Now that Christmas is over we have started up our family games night again on a Saturday evening, We make sure we have plenty of snacks and drinks ready and get set up for a fun night. The other week we played Telestrations by John Adams for the first time. I had seen the adverts for it and thought it looked fun so was excited to give it a go. Initially the instructions seemed a little bit complicated but we soon got to grips with it and were drawing our pictures and passing our books on over and over again and it was actually really easy.
Telestrations is for age 8 plus so we added a bit of extra time for Lottie to do her drawings because she is younger and we let her pick the colour topic for the drawings as some were a bit complicated for her to understand but otherwise just got on with it.
You pick a colour on the card and everyone writes that word on the first page of their book (they have already put their name in it) and then you set the timer and begin drawing the word. When the timer rings you pass your book to the next player whether you have finished drawing or not. They then get a certain time to try and guess what they think you have drawn. They write their best guess on the next page before passing it on to the next player. The book then gets passed to the next player who reads the guess and draws what they see that guess as before their time runs out. Finally you pass it back to the original player who gets to see what the last drawing is and what people have guessed their original artwork to be. This is where it gets really funny- some of the guesses are no where near the original drawing- it’s a bit like playing a drawing version of the game where you whisper and see what the person at the end of the circle hears and it is even funnier.
You then rub out the drawings and start all over again with a new card. I like the way it is all reusable and you can play over and over again without wasting loads of paper.
I don’t think you have to be good at drawing to play this game. In fact it’s funnier if you are not. I think this will be a brilliant game to play after a family dinner and is good to play with lots of people. It’s a great game because people of all ages can play it together and everyone is able to join in equally so it’s a real family game.
We are excited to be able to give away a game of Telestrations to one lucky family- we are sure you will enjoy it as much as us so to get you started we are asking you to us the link below to tweet us using the hashtag #telestrationsontwitter your guess as to what my drawing below is!
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I’ve tried to guess . I would play with my kids
Had a guess, but probably miles away from the answer! I’d love to play this with my young nephew and nieces.
I’ve tweeted my guess and I would play this with my kids x
I would love to play this with my boys, I have tweeted you my guess
I would play with my parents and partner and my guess for the drawing is tea and cake.
I would play the game with my kids. As for twitter – clueless!
the kids made an attempt to guuess
With the kids, I think they would love it
Teacake !
Great fun to play with the nephews
I would love to play with my family and I have tweeted a guess xx
my boys would love it, my eldest guessed it before me 🙂
This looks like a great family board game!
I would play with my sons
I’d love to play with all the family. I think I’ve guessed the answer correctly on twitter
I would play with my family and great niece.
I tweeted my guess. would love to play with my family
iv had my guess on twitter! would love to play it with my son and daughter and also our friends and there kids when they come around for games nights!
Would play this with the whole family.
Would love to play with the family and have put my guess on twitter!
Would love to play it with the family – bet the cats would try to join in.
I would love to play with my four children and I think it is tea and cake
Would love to play this with my loving family and I’ve just put my guess on Twitter! Fingers crossed! 🙂
I’d love to play with the family! I’ve put my guess on twitter!
I would play this with my husband and son. I have posted a guess on Twitter – I’m not sure if its correct though!
It looks like good fun although my arty 9 year old would destroy me lol
I would play with my children
Would love to play with my family,not sure I have guessed the right picture in the right place though!!! x
I would play it with my whole family
I would play it with the whole family, grown ups and children. I have guessed on Twitter!
I would play this with my family and I haven’t got a clue ha ha 😇
I’d love to play this with my son – no clue what the picture is!!
I’ve tweeted my answer. I’d play with my niece when she visits.
i have took a guess and i would play with my whole family
I tweeted my guess and i would love to play this with my kids and my grandson
I would love to play this with my family
play at home
I would love to play with my nephew and sister, and I have tweeted a guess.
Its the sort of game the whole family would love 🙂
My kids would absolutely love playing this, we love playing games and my boy enjoys watching Catchphrase!! I have guessed on twitter but not sure if I’m right!
I would love to play this with my nephew and the rest of the family
I have tweeted my answer and I would play with my children.
My boys would love this, I have tweeted a guess – hope I am right. Thanks xxx
I would play this with my family and I haven’t got a clue ha ha 😇
With my kids. I have guessed on twitter
I would love to play with my daughter but i haven’t tweeted a guess! oops
our whole family, big and small LOVE board games, its our bonding time and this one looks perfect for all the family, I’m tweeting my answer now 🙂