What animal...?

One of our favorite games to play with each other in our family is: "What animal...?"  I think we made it up, I don't know, but it's something we do all the time, usually while we're eating a meal together or riding in the car, etc.  One of us thinks of an animal and gives the rest of the family clues about that animal until the correct animal is guessed.  Wanna play?  Now no cheating and looking at the pictures before making your guess!  :)

Some of Vanna's favorites:

 

 

What animal eats and has four legs?  She gives some of the most vague clues sometimes. It's hilarious. We have to say, "Well, honey, lots of animals eat and have four legs - how about giving us another clue?"  

 

 

 

So she provides: "It eats hay!"

What animal is pink?  Of course our little girl loves a pink animal.  Now if she could find one that was purple - that would be perfection! :)

What animal lives in the sea and swims up and down (she means this animal swims by waving it's tail up and down rather than side to side)?




And they always look happy.

Vanna says she wants to buy one!  She LOVES dolphins!

BTW - have any of you seen Dolphin Tale?  It's Vanna's new favorite movie - the whole family loved it.  It's just a great little family film that had nothing in it that I had a problem with - those are few and far between any more!

Some of Cash's favorites:


What animal can fly and hunts at night?



It likes to eat mosquitoes and can hang upside-down .

Ooo - don't they just give you the creeps!?

What animal has five eyes?




It also has five legs and when one of it's legs gets cut off, it grows back.

What snake is the fastest in the world?



It is also one of the most poisonous snakes.

Black Momba

Cash learns some of these from his dad or some from his LeapPad but he truly is so smart with his animals.  His new desire is to be a Zoo Keeper when he grows up.  I'm sure he'd really enjoy that and be really good at it too!

Some of my favorites:


What animal is black and white all over?



It is also furry and eats bamboo.

Awww- isn't it cute!?

I really stumped the family on this one for a bit. What animal is usually gray or brown and has tusks? 

 

 

 

 

The popular guess was an elephant but that wasn't what I was thinking of.  Need another clue?  It is roughly the size of a dog and it's babies have chocolate stripes running lengthwise on their bodies.  Got it now?

What animal is big and gray?



Has a huge mouth and tiny ears?



And is usually found in the water?

Some of Ty's favorites:



What animal is not much bigger than a human but has the strength of 10 humans put together? 

What animal is the largest animal on the earth?

The sperm whale!

What animal (or rather, insect) is the strongest animal in the world for it's size?

The power of one ant! :)

 

 

Our kids are getting so good at this game too - they love to really think about their answers and love figuring out what animal we think we've stumped them on.  They even stump us on occasion too.  Anyway, I just wanted to remember that it was something simple and fun that we enjoyed doing with our kids at this stage in their lives!