Are you looking to build your gameschool closet on a budget? I’ve got you covered! Today, I am sharing the best gameschooling resources for under twenty-five dollars!
(And, trust me, as I mentioned in an earlier post, NOW is the best time to hit those thrift stores! The Kondo Craze is causing the stores to overfloweth with used and like-new games!)
Now, let’s get started!
The Best Gameschooling Resources for Under $25
Before we begin, I just want to make a quick note about prices. In general, these games are $25 or under but sometimes, as we all know, prices change. If a price is off when you check it, my sincerest apologies and I would advise you to keep an eye on it because it should go down!
Tips and Tricks for Building Your Game Closet on a Budget
Are you looking to build your game collection without breaking the bank? It is possible, and here’s how to do it:
Gameschool Building Blocks for Under $25
- A Gamut of Games
- Cards
- Card Games Around the World
- Dice
- Dice Games Properly Explained
- Dominoes
- Let’s Play Math
Gameschooling Resources for Under $25
Art:
- Compose Yourself
- Pictionary
- Professor Noggin Trivia Decks are typically available between $9 and $15 and cover all academic subjects
- Usborne Art Activity Cards are typically available under $15
Card Games:
Most card games are under $15 and you can read more about the best card games for your homeschool here:
Also, consider adding more travel-sized games to your game closet collection. These bite-sized games offer a lot of bang for your buck. Read more here:
Cooperative:
- Castle Panic
- Forbidden Desert
- Forbidden Island
- Hanabi
- Hoot Hoot Owl
- Mermaid Island
- Richard Scarry’s Busytown
- The Fairy Game
- The Grizzled
Games for Littles:
- Build a Robot
- Count Your Chickens
- Fairytale Spinner Game
- Hisss
- Hi-Ho Cherry-O
- Hoot Hoot Owl
- I Spy Eagle Eye
- Mermaid Island
- Richard Scarry’s Busytown
- The Fairy Game
- Picnic Spinner Game
- The Sneaky Snacky Squirrel Game
Geography:
- Cardline Globetrotters
- Flag Frenzy
- GeoBingo
- Professor Noggin Trivia Decks are typically available between $9 and $15 and cover all academic subjects
- Scrambled States of America
- Sequence States and Capitals
Harry Potter:
History:
- Brain Box Inventions
- Professor Noggin Trivia Decks are typically available between $9 and $15 and cover all academic subjects
- Timeline History Games
Just for Fun:
- Go Nuts for Donuts
- GUBS
- Guess Who?
- Harry Potter UNO
- Hedbanz
- Professor Noggin Trivia Decks are typically available between $9 and $15 and cover all academic subjects
- Sushi Go
- Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza
Math & Logic:
- 24
- Block by Block
- Brick by Brick
- Check the Fridge
- Chess
- Clumsy Thief
- Cribbage
- Dutch Blitz
- Hive
- IQ Twist
- Logic Links
- Math Dice
- Mille Bornes
- Money Bags
- Onitama
- Q Bitz
- Rat a Tat Cat
- Rubik’s Cube
- SET
- Shape by Shape
- Sleeping Queens
- Star Realms
- Sum Swamp
- Sums in Space
- Qwixx
- Yahtzee
One-Player Games:
- Block by Block
- Brick by Brick
- Chocolate Fix
- Color Cube Sudoku
- Dr. Eureka
- Fidgitz
- IQ Twist
- IZZI
- Laser Maze
- Lunar Landing
- Rubik’s Cube
- Rush Hour
- Shape by Shape
- Stratos Spheres
- Wave Breaker
Reading, Writing, and Language Arts:
- Apples to Apples Freestyle
- Bananagrams
- Blurt!
- Fairytale Spinner Game
- In a Pickle
- Mad Libs
- Mad Libs Game
- Magnetic Poetry
- Professor Noggin Trivia Decks are typically available between $9 and $15 and cover all academic subjects
- Quiddler
- Rory’s Story Cubes
- Scrabble
- Super Sleuth
- Tell Me A Story Cards
- Word-A-Round
- Wordical
- Zingo!
Science, STEM, & Nature:
- Cardline Animals
- Circuit Maze
- Clue Master
- Code Master
- Into the Forest
- Keva Brain Builders
- Laser Maze
- Organ Attack
- Professor Noggin Trivia Decks are typically available between $9 and $15 and cover all academic subjects
- Robot Turtles
- ThinkFun’s CODE series
- Totally Gross Science
- Valence Science Ninjas
Didn’t find the game you were looking for?
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