Author: Linda

You need 2 or more players.
Lay out cards in rows.
Take it in turns to turn over two cards—add up the two cards (or subtract) to try and make 10.
If you make 10, then you keep the two cards, if they don’t add to 10, then you turn them back over.
The winner is the first person to collect 5 pairs.
Play again trying to make a different number.

You need 2 or more players.
Take it in turns to lay down a card.
When you lay down your card you have to say whether it is ‘Higher’ or ‘Lower’
than the last card.
If you get three ‘Higher’ or ‘Lower’ calls in a row, the person who makes the third call collects the pile.
The winner is the player who collects all of the cards or who collects the most cards after a set time.

You need 2 or more players.
Deal out all of the cards. You can lay them on the floor if you can’t hold all of them.
Someone who has the Ace of Hearts lays it down and then you take it in turns to lay down the cards in order.
There should be 4 piles for the 4 suits.
You may lay down an Ace, or put down the next number in sequence 2,3,4 and so on.
The winner is the first person to lay down all of their cards.
Play again but lay the King of Hearts first and work backwards!

You need 2 or more players.
Lay out all of the cards in rows.
Take it in turns to turn over 2 cards and try to make pairs.
If you make a pair, keep the cards.
The winner is the player with the most pairs.
Play again but this time you make pairs of even numbers or odd numbers.

Add Snap
2 or more players.
Deal out all of the cards.
Take it in turns to put a card down—and then add your card total to the last card total.
If the amount adds up to 10 you take the pile!
The winner is the person who finishes with all of the cards.

Dice and Cards
One or more players
Take out the kings, then lay out all of the cards.
Throw 2 dice. Add up the numbers on the dice.
Turn over a card. If it is the same as one of the dice numbers, or as the number which you added, you keep the card. If not, turn it back over.
The winner is the person with the most cards.

More or Less Pairs
One or more players.
Lay out all of the cards in rows.
Take it in turns to turn over 2 cards.
Turn over your first card. Turn over your second card—if the number is one more or one less than the first card, you keep the cards.
The winner is the person with the most cards.
Try playing again with 2 more or less (or 3 or 4!)

Pay me out!
2 or more players.
Deal all of the cards out to the players.
Take it in turns to put a card on the pile.
If you lay down a Jack, the next player must pay you out 1 card. You then pick up the pile.
If you lay a Queen the next player pays out 2 cards, King =3, Ace = 4.
If you lay down a J, Q, K, or A when you are paying out, the next player pays you instead.
Only when someone has finished paying out does someone pick up the pile.