Best Bag Games in 2026

HURRY LITTLE OWLS: In this color coordinated matching game, players cooperate to help the owls fly back to their nest before the sun comes up. Help all the owls home before sunrise and everyone wins!

LEARNING AND GROWING: Kids learn simple strategy, following directions & taking turns. Two levels of play allow the game to grow with your child and lets older kids play with younger ones too.

BENEFITS: Cooperative games cultivate emotional development, shared decision making, positive self esteem, creative problem solving, and develop a sense of community in a non-stressful play environment.

ABC LEARNING: Reach into the bag and pull out a letter. If you have a match, you're on your way to Bingo! This game will help kids become early readers as they learn and recognize their letters while having fun.

LEARNING AND GROWING: Kids learn letter recognition, develop letter and object association, and improve concentration skills. This game is a valuable teaching tool for fun learning.

PRESCHOOL LEARNING: Mutiple ways to play with the included variations! For a twist on traditional Bingo, try Letter Sound Bingo, Cooperative Bingo, and Picture Bingo to determine the letter that goes with the picture.

COOPERATIVE GAME: Build a path with your team and collect 3 keys on a race to beat Ogre to the treasure! It's a game where everyone plays together, no one is left out, and everybody has fun!

FUN CHALLENGE: Kids love working together to beat the Ogre. Players strategize, cooperate and build the path together. Building onto a path encourages kids to think 2 steps ahead and examine options.

EDUCATIONAL GAME: Cooperative games cultivate emotional development, shared decision making, positive self esteem, creative problem solving and develop a sense of community in a non-stressful play environment.

WORK TOGETHER TO BEAT THE STINKBUGS: All the colorful bugs need your help to get safe and snug before the stinkbugs show up and stink up the place! A fun cooperative and matching game for children with 3 levels of play so the game can grow with your child.

LEARNING AND GROWING: Kids learn colors, numbers, shapes, counting, matching and the concept of big and little. They also get to practice rolling a die, spinning a spinner and taking turns.

EDUCATIONAL GAME: Cooperative games cultivate emotional development, shared decision making, positive self esteem, creative problem solving and develop a sense of community in a non-stressful play environment.

MERMAID ISLAND: Players must cooperate to help the three Mermaids swim to Mermaid Island before the Sea Witch gets there. Spin and move, pick up a wand and you'll have the power to defeat the Sea Witch!

GAMING FUN: Children develop strategical skills as well as shared decision-making, and cooperation. This spin and move game of magical adventure is appropriate for younger children as it also requires no reading. Gameplay lasts around 15 minutes.

PLAY TOGETHER: Fun game designed for 2 to 6 players who are ages 5 years old and older. Boys and girls work together against the Sea Wtich to collectively reach Mermaid Island safely!

GET READY TO MOVE: A wonderful first board game for kids that was created specifically for you and your two year old. Kids love getting to move about while playing a game!

LETS MOVE TOGETHER: From hugs to high fives to simple skills like balancing, hopping, and marching, the cards in the game will prompt you and your toddler to get on the move! The included beanbag banana adds to the fun!

LEARNING AND GROWING: Monkey Around improves gross motor skill development, coordination, understanding spatial concepts, recognizing matching body parts, listening, and building vocabulary.

SILLY SNACKS: The Woozle loves to eat hairy pickles and fuzzy donuts. Can you help feed him 12 crazy treats before all the snacks are gone? A monstrous game of mixed up fun!

GROWS WITH YOUR CHILDREN: Comes with three levels so it grows with your child. Kids ages 3 and up work together to help feed the Woozle. No reading required, so even the smallest can participate!

LEARNING AND GROWING: Kids learn dexterity, fine motor skills, body awareness, and counting all while having fun and cooperating. Kids learn about taking turns and develop valuable social skills.

SPELLBINDING FUN: Aspiring wizards and witches will love helping to save the kingdom from a dark spell. Everyone works together to beat the wizard and create a magical potion to break the spell!

CAST SPELLS AND TRADE POTIONS: While working together, players use strategy and problem solving to find ingredients before the wizard blocks the path. Tokens, dice, and bottles add to the fun.

BENEFITS: Cooperative games cultivate emotional development, shared decision making, positive self-esteem, creative problem solving, and a sense of community in a non-stressful play environment.

THE VOLCANO IS RUMBLING: Your dinosaur friends are lost in the ferns and a volcano is about to blow. Can you help them escape to safety on dinosaur island? Memory, logic and luck will be your guide!

LEARNING AND GROWING: Kids work together, use their memory and incorporate simple strategy to rescue the dinos. Help each other remember what tokens are flipped over and save the dinos so everyone wins.

EDUCATIONAL GAME: Cooperative games cultivate emotional development, shared decision making, positive self-esteem, creative problem solving and develop a sense of community in a non-stressful play environment.

Squirrel likes to store extra food for the winter. In this game you and your child will help Squirrel make yummy soups by following the included recipe cards!

Acorn Soup is designed so that your young child will experience what it’s like to take turns, play within the rules (even loosely!), and possibly learn a new skill like rolling die.

This game will build their vocabulary and help develop fine motor skills such as, balancing and hand-eye coordination.

Snakes in Space: A band of snakes has infiltrated the Mole Rats' Space Station! Work together to help the busy Mole Rats gather their equipment and make it to their escape pod before time runs out!

Games that Grow: In Peaceable Kingdom’s Space Escape, kids practice communication, strategy and shared decision-making as they work as a team to collect the Mole Rats’ equipment, dodge the snakes and get to the escape pod!

Cooperative Games: Peaceable Kingdom’s Cooperative Games cultivate emotional development, teamwork, creative problem-solving and a sense of community. They are fun for families and perfect for classrooms.

DARE TO ENTER THE MAZE: Gnomes at Night is a cooperative search-and-find maze game where players work as a team to maneuver the magnetic gnome movers around the maze. Work together in this quick-thinking communication game where every second counts!

CALLING IN THE GNOMES: Twelve of the Queen's most priced treasures have been stolen! The thief was last seen running through the castle's stone maze, dropping objects in his haste to get away. It's up to the Gnomes to find the treasures and return them to the Queen before morning. Can you help?

THE MAZES: The maze paths are different on each side of the board. You may move your mover only along the paths on your side of the board. You cannot move your mover through a wall in the maze, but the player on the other side of the board CAN move your mover through walls. That's how you can help each other reach a treasure!

MATCHING GAME: Stone Soup is the award-winning yummy memory matching game with spice! Players work together to "cook" a soup by making matches of ingredients. If they are successful, everyone wins!

GAMEPLAY: Match all the ingredients before the fire under the kettle goes out! While playing this game, kids can develop memory, problem solving, and social skills. No reading required.

DETAILS: Play with 2 to 6 children ages 5 years old and up. Gameplay lasts 15 to 20 minutes. Includes game board, story and instructions, magical stone card, 24 soup cards, and 10 fire out cards.

CLASSIC FUN FOR EVERYONE: It's classic Crazy 8s - a quick thinking, fast-acting card game where losing is winning and the 8s will drive you crazy! Whimsical animals illustrate the deck for more fun.

LEARNING AND GROWING: A classic introduction to card games; Kids learn about numbers, pairs, counting, how to hold cards, how to deal them & take turns.

BENEFITS OF CARD GAMES: Simple card games have lots to offer. They can improve concentration, vocabulary, train visual memory, help with learning to classify and differentiate objects, & they're fun!

VISUAL PLAY: Use your eyes and wits to match the fish, row by row, the more you match the faster you go. Takes minutes to learn and every age can play and enjoy! Simply match fish and score points.

FISH FUN FOR EVERYONE: Match fish and score points! Different skill levels can play together with or without strategy so adults and kids can all have fun! It’s a different game every time you play.

LEARNING & GROWING: Matching colors and counting fish is a fun way for kids to strategize while practicing color recognition and counting. Smaller kids can learn direction, sorting, and categorizing.

Move and Groove: Get moving and grooving with this fun dancing game for toddlers! From spinning to wiggling, players imitate the dancing ducks to uncover 4 audience members and complete the game.

Games that Grow: Kids practice gross-motor skills, sequencing, counting, imitating and vocabulary as they play! Parents can use the included guide to play the game in several ways to encourage growth.

Toddler Games: Peaceable Kingdom’s games for 2 years and up encourage meaningful connection between you and your toddler. Each game focuses on physical, cognitive, and language skills with variations to adapt to your child’s skill level.

PRETEND VACATION: Pick one of five locations and pack for a trip! Peaceable Kingdom’s Topper Takes a Trip can be a fun way to practice vocabulary or prepare a child to take their first trip away from home.

GAMES THAT GROW: Kids learn to follow instructions while building their vocabulary and identification skills. Parents can use the included guide to play the game in several ways to encourage growth.

TODDLER GAMES: Peaceable Kingdom’s games for 2 years and up encourage meaningful connection between you and your toddler. Each game focuses on physical, cognitive, and language skills with variations to adapt to your child’s skill level.

MATCHING GAME: Stone Soup is the award-winning yummy memory matching game with spice! Players work together to "cook" a soup by making matches of ingredients. If they are successful, everyone wins!

GAMEPLAY: Match all the ingredients before the fire under the kettle goes out! While playing this game, kids can develop memory, problem solving, and social skills. No reading required.

DETAILS: Play with 2 to 6 children ages 5 years old and up. Gameplay lasts 15 to 20 minutes. Includes game board, story and instructions, magical stone card, 24 soup cards, and 10 fire out cards.

GAMES THAT TEACH: This get-up-and-move game helps children develop gross-motor skills through such fun activities as running, crawling, jumping and dancing. This game is great for beginners, as it also teaches them to listen, take turns, draw cards, spin the spinner and follow directions.

PLAYING IS GROWTH: Frequent play for children is beneficial on many levels. Play creates opportunity for social skill development, offers numerous cognitive benefits, and can improve emotional well-being.

HOW TO PLAY: Roll the die, spin the spinner and follow the directions in this fun first game option. Feed each of the adorable pups a stuffed bone to win the game!

ACTIVITIES THAT TEACH: Toddlers will learn vocabulary, imitation and social-emotional skills through engaging in this fun game and book combo set.

ENCOURAGE ACTIVE PLAY: This Monkey Around set combines the popular board book and the game, both of which include activities that get toddlers moving! From marching to balancing to hopping and more, this combo is great to break out when your toddler has energy to burn.

FORM A FAMILY BOND: Get your little ones in on family game night fun with these activities that are just their speed! The whole family can participate and enjoy following the prompts to give each other hugs, high fives and more. Plus, it’s a great way to laugh and have fun together!

GAMES THAT GROW: It’s a space-themed bingo game that kids can play themselves! Kids practice color-identification, taking turns and following directions as they try to get a bingo that’s out of this world.

CLASSROOM GAME: A great game for classrooms that kids can play on their own! With an easy-to-use dice popper to serve as a bingo caller, up to 6 kids can play together. A fun color-matching game that even pre-reader kids can play!

HOW TO PLAY: Kids press the dice-popper and see what color pops up. If they can find the color on their card of smiling planets, then they are one step closer to a bingo! 6 double-sided playing boards allow for group play.

Recommended Age 5+

This is a cooperative game that all players play together as a single team against the game, not against each other. Players either win or lose as a team. Play together-catch the mouse together-and win together.

Players work together to surround the mouse on all sides with four cats before the mouse gets to the fence. Each player takes a turn which consists of three steps: roll the dice, move the mouse and move the cats.

Games That Teach: This fun, silly cooperative game develops creativity, spatial awareness, fine motor skills and cooperation as you work together to dress up your bananas.

Silly Family Bonding: Players of all ages will go bananas for this silly magnetic dress-up game! Take turns dressing the bananas and then awarding each banana with a certificate. Choose from silliest banana, most creative, most likely to be a scientist and more in this cooperative game where everyone wins!

How to Play: Players take turns rolling the die, which tells them which category to dress up next: eyes, mouths, arms, hats, etc. Use your imagination…the wackier, the better! Once any player’s banana is completely dressed with each category completed, the judging begins! Players will take turns randomly choosing award certificates and then working together to decide which banana best fits the mark. Let the laughter begin in this fun game where everyone wins!

2-IN-1 PLAY: It's a sparkle and play puzzle game.

COOPERATIVE GAME: Build confidence, encourage inclusion, and teach kids to share.

FOR AGES: 3 and up with 2-4 Players

COUNT TO WIN: Roll the die and count out that number of ice cream scoops to add to tasty banana splits! If you fill a board full of yummy scoops, you get to add a scratch-and-sniff cherry and claim that board. Such sweet fun for kids and families!

FUN CHALLENGE: This game is full of fun strategy! Fill the boards but not enough that other players can finish them off and claim those splits as their own. Players need to strategize, think ahead and examine options to win sweet victory!

GAMES THAT TEACH: Kids learn counting, decision-making, turn-taking, creative problem solving and more, all while having a blast with this fun family game!

LETS MOVE TOGETHER: Toddlers and their caregivers will be jumping for joy when they spot this new addition to your early learning games! Simple and sweet, this hop-around-the-room game encourages active play as toddlers learn, laugh and move.

LEARNING AND GROWING: Jump Jump Joey improves gross motor skill development, understanding spatial concepts, imitating, pretend play, listening, and building vocabulary.

PLAY WITH YOUR BABY IN MIND: Every child develops at their own pace. If they aren't ready to catch a tossed banana, help them by shaping their hands into a bowl. Littles love to imitate, they catch on fast!