Guest Author - Lynn Little

The love for card games can develop at an early age. There are plenty of great card games for kids of all ages. Some classic and newer card games can be a lot of fun for young children and adults to play together.

Go Fish is a fun game for kids. The rules are easy since you ask for a card that you need a match to. If you don't get that card, then "go fish," that is draw a card from the deck.

Old Maid is a classic card game that can either be played with a special deck or a regular deck of cards. With a regular deck, just remove one queen so there is an odd number of queens. When players have a match, then they sit those cards to the side. Players take turns choosing a card from another player's hand. The person who gets stuck with the Old Maid can't win the game.

Memory can test your memory skills while proving to be a lot of fun. Shuffle the cards and place them face down in rows. Take turns flipping two cards over. If they are a match, collect the cards. If not, turn them back over for the next player to choose two cards. The person who makes the most matches wins the game.

Fuddy Duddy is a newer game where players try to get the numbers 1,2,3,4 in their hand. Also the numbers all have to be the same color. That is called a Fuddy. If all four cards are colorless, then that's a Fuddy Duddy and worth 40 points. The first player to reach 100 points wins the game.

Top Speed is a fast-paced game for two players. Players take their decks and place the car items onto one of eight rows. Each row can only have one item and one color in it. Score points by winning rows. Top Speed takes less than 12 minutes to play.

UglyDoll is a card game that features the Uglydolls. Shuffle the cards then randomly place them onto a playing surface. Cards do not have to be in rows, but they do have to be placed face down. Players take turn flipping over cards. When a player spots three Uglydolls that are alike, then she can grab them up. When she makes her move, other players can try to grab the matching dolls.

There are plenty of other great kids card games on the market today. Check out the side menu "Kid Card Games" for more card game ideas.