Cranium Cariboo Island

by Cranium

Product Features

• Cranium Cariboo is the magical treasure hunt game designed especially for young children.
• Kids love exploring the golden island of Cariboo, searching for coins to help them unlock the treasure chest.
• Cariboo reinforces four early-learning fundamentals, letters, numbers, shapes, and colors and it's packed with fun.
• Now comes with a spinning island, magical treasure chest, a search for buried coins, and key.
• Includes beginner and advanced ways to play.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.5 x 15.8 x 10.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0028Y4RAU
• Item model number: 16576
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 5 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,346 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Cranium Cariboo is the magical treasure hunt game designed especially for young children. Kids love exploring the golden island of Cariboo, searching for coins to help them unlock the treasure chest. Cariboo reinforces four early-learning fundamentals, letters, numbers, shapes, and colors, and it's packed with fun. Now comes with a spinning island, magical treasure chest, a search for buried coins, and key. Includes beginner and advanced ways to play.

Product Description

Cranium Cariboo is the magical treasure hunt game designed especially for young children. Kids love exploring the golden island of Cariboo, searching for coins to help them unlock the treasure chest. Cariboo reinforces four early-learning fundamentals, letters, numbers, shapes, and colors, and it's packed with fun. Now comes with a spinning island, magical treasure chest, a search for buried coins, and key. Includes beginner and advanced ways to play.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great first game for little ones, October 16, 2009

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Music Muffin "music_muffin" (Burlington, ON) - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Cranium Cariboo Island (Toy)

My 2.5 year old has a wonderful time playing this in beginner mode. I also got excited watching her demonstrate how well she knew her numbers, letters, shapes and colours. The concept of the game has just the right amount of complexity to keep her (and me) interested, but is simple enough that she knows exactly how it works and it doesn't require ongoing guidance or coaching every time. I like that it has a harder level - though I expect it will have to get put away for a while to make it interesting again once her interest wanes at the easy level.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Original was better, December 7, 2010

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BGLsMom - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Cranium Cariboo Island (Toy)

We have both the original Cariboo game plus this Island version. It does teach letter, number, color and shape recognition. The doors come off easily (at least by my child), but is hard to get back on. The chest sometimes opens when bumped, which takes away the fun part of it opening at the end. The one good feature is that you can not accidentally see where the coins are hidden like you could with the original. All in all I still recommend the original game over this one.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Limited, poor construction, disappointing, October 6, 2011

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Mary Shelley (Maryland) - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Cranium Cariboo Island (Toy)

I bought this for my 4 y.o. It is fun to use the key to open the bins and have the anticipation of maybe finding a coin. Other than that, not much to offer. The basic game was too easy for him, and the advanced game also felt limited. Very little replay value. The treasure chest pops open when bumped and fails to pop open as it's supposed to when all the coins are "buried" in the plastic "sand" slot. The packaging is cheap and tough to get the pieces of the game in and out of. The island moves easily when bumped but does not spin independently of the base. To turn it, you have to be careful not to open the chest, not to close open bins, and to stabilize it so it doesn't scoot across the floor or table.