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One of the biggest reasons parents struggle to get their kids outdoors is probably the game console. Playstation, XBox, and all the others do a much better job of keeping kids indoors in front of a virtual world, rather than outdoors discovering the real one! Recently I’ve come across a way to lure those young ones back out into the fresh air and sunshine, and they won’t have to give up their technology to do it! It’s the new kids’ game console from Europe, Swinxs.
Win a Swinxs and get those kids outdoors!
Swinxs is brand new to the U.S. market. There’s no screen to stare at, no cables snaking around the room. Instead there’s a cute and funky shaped cordless unit that can go indoors and out, ready to get your kids on their feet, running and playing. Swinxs has only three simple buttons but a large array of games that can be played by 1 to up to 40 players! Each kid gets a bracelet that identifies him or her by color to the Swinxs, so if, let’s say, your child wins the race and touches Swinxs first, they will be declared winner of the round. (No fighting on who was first, either.)
For rainy days, the Swinxs can be brought inside for quieter games. The first time we tested out our unit, it was raining and my son had no one to entertain him that afternoon. I still had work to do, so I was very happy that the volume can be controlled. It turns down to a comfortably low parent-happy level that allowed me to focus, even though the unit was on the floor near my feet. My son loved the one-person games and the music, and I love the fact that we can hook it to our computer and download even more games when he wants something new. If you’re a techie, you can even program your own games and share them with the Swinxs online community.
My favorite Swinxs features: Rechargeable batteries, countless game possibilities, works
with a computer hookup or without. But the best twist of all? It gets the kids outdoors and having a great time. It is capable of giving an entire neighborhood or birthday party a chance at participating in active outdoor play, yet it’s still capable of entertaining a lonely kid on a rainy day.
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Hide Your xs sounds like fun.
Ian is really into hide and seek right now so that’s the one I’d choose.
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I like that you can create your own games and then load them up on the console.
The Animal sounds game looks fun. thanks for the chance.
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I like the Flyswatter game. Speed games are a lot of fun.
I like that it’s cordless and water resistant, and it has a ton of other great features also!
my daughter would love the sound game
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like that it’s cordless
1-40 players? I love that all 4 kids will be able to play. No waiting for turns. Awesome.
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The reaction game is nice because it can be played alone.
The jukebox game looks like something my 9 year old and my 3 year old could enjoy together( hard to come by)
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I like the charades game
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I like that it is durable, lightweight water-resistant and cordless
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My girls would enjoy the circleswinx game!
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I like that this is water resistant. It’s nice to know it could survive the morning dew if left outside over night.
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…features that appeal to me the most are: play indoors and out; one or a group; that the kids can play this on there own
Its cordless and water resistant.
Such fun! I like the Flyswatter Game! Thanks! senekers@comcast.net
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I really like the Animal Game and the Jukebox. The Animal Game is one that both my 6 year old and almost 3 year old granddaughters could play together. The Jukebox is a nice game so that when they are tired of running around or playing all the mental games, they can relax to the music!
It’s great that one console has games for all the different age levels. The jukebox feature is nice, can still enjoy it while having a break.All the games look fun,a lot educational, great ways to get exercise! I hope their listening books will be available here soon, my daughter would enjoy them.
I like that it lasts for 4 hours. Gives kids tons of time to play
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The Sound Game seems a lot of fun, I’d love to play that!
I like the Relay game for speed and movement. Thanks!
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my son would like the sports quiz
The Swinx Card Games (Animal Sound Game) also look like fun!
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