Drumond Park’s brand new table-top game, Crazy Claw, brings the never-forgotten thrills of the gaming arcade to youngsters aged 5 and up! Crazy Claw (rrp £22.99, for 2-4 players) is a colourful, action packed game of boiling, bouncing balls and a grabbing claw, operated by each child in turn.
We were sent a copy of the game to try out, and one lucky In The Playroom winner will have a chance to win a Crazy Claw game for their own family too! (Enter via the Gleam widget at the end of this post)
My kids are always interested in claw arcade machines when we see them out and about, at service stations or in the arcades at bowling, so it’s a really fun and different idea to have a game based on this at home!
To play the game, first you need to set up the Crazy Claw machine, and put the tokens into each of the balls.
You fold down the claw machine each time to store it back in the box, but the rest of this set up is one time only.
Once everything is set up, each player takes one of the four cards which show the three tokens you need to collect from the Crazy Claw machine:
Each player takes turns with the claw, while the other players jiggle around the contents of the machine using the levers at the sides. Once the player manages to grab a ball, they open it up and see if the token matches one of their pictures on their card.
If it does, they get to keep this token, but if not then they have to put it back and try again next time.
The claw is quite easy to use. My 5 year old managed it without any frustration. I would say the recommended age of 5+ is about right, and he really enjoyed the game.
One small improvement I would suggest is that we would have liked there to be more of the cards included for a bit more variety while playing. However, I think there’s quite a lot of potential to make up your own ideas with this game. I am planning to print out some cards of my own for different topics like sight words, Arabic letters, or anything I want to learn with the kids in a fun way – you can easily put your own things inside the balls and play the game in the same way, so it might be a handy one to make learning fun – as well as playing it just as it comes.
Giveaway
For your chance to be the lucky winner of the Crazy Claw game on In The Playroom, enter via the Gleam widget below.
Good luck!
October 4, 2016 @ 9:38 am
my daughter would have so much fun with htis!
October 4, 2016 @ 9:42 am
I can imagine lots of laughs & fun with this game, my grandsons would love it!
October 4, 2016 @ 9:44 am
My 2 girls would love this for christmas
October 4, 2016 @ 9:46 am
This looks like great fun!!!!!
October 4, 2016 @ 9:46 am
All my four would love this!
October 4, 2016 @ 9:59 am
This looks like good fun!
October 4, 2016 @ 10:01 am
Looks like great fun – reminds me of the arcade games on holiday xx
October 4, 2016 @ 10:11 am
Another fun game for all the family.
October 4, 2016 @ 10:24 am
I would love to win this for my son, as I know he would love it. It closely resembles the egg machines that half of my salary seems to go on lol
October 4, 2016 @ 11:39 am
This looks like so much fun!
October 4, 2016 @ 12:23 pm
looks great fingers crossed x
October 4, 2016 @ 1:02 pm
This game looks fantastic! To me it reminds me of all the seaside holidays I had as a child and hours in the arcades looking into the grabber machines wishing of the soft toys in them! I’d have loved this when I was younger – I think i’d love to play it now in fact!
October 4, 2016 @ 1:46 pm
This looks like a lot of fun, my daughter has seen it advertised and really likes the look of it 🙂
October 4, 2016 @ 2:09 pm
Looks fun, my girls would enjoy this, they enjoy going to the arcades
October 4, 2016 @ 2:30 pm
this lokks like the kids would have great fun with it
October 4, 2016 @ 3:22 pm
looks a great game
October 4, 2016 @ 3:29 pm
i love this game it reminds me of the ones at the arcade! My friend at school, her dad used to have to go and fix them sometimes and he used to tighten the grips on all the claws so everyone would win! 😉
October 4, 2016 @ 3:30 pm
the girls would love to play this – but I bags first go
October 4, 2016 @ 4:52 pm
this looks fun! ideal for our little Grandson
October 4, 2016 @ 6:21 pm
This looks like a really fun game!
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October 4, 2016 @ 6:33 pm
looks a fun game
October 4, 2016 @ 7:01 pm
Looks like lots of fun
October 4, 2016 @ 7:13 pm
It looks fab, thanks for the chance.
October 4, 2016 @ 7:15 pm
Looks a great game, my Grandchildren would enjoy playing.
October 4, 2016 @ 7:35 pm
My girls would love this Crazy Claw game!
October 4, 2016 @ 8:16 pm
Looks like a fun game to play with my nephews
October 4, 2016 @ 8:21 pm
This looks really fun and entertaining
October 4, 2016 @ 9:03 pm
very novel and looks good fun for the kids
October 4, 2016 @ 9:13 pm
Looks so much fun. I would happily play it with my son…
October 4, 2016 @ 9:47 pm
My nieces would have hours of fun playing with this.
October 4, 2016 @ 10:18 pm
looks fantastic- the kids will love it
October 5, 2016 @ 5:16 am
It looks great fun. My friends’ children would love it
October 5, 2016 @ 6:31 am
My daughter would love this she loves the claw games at the arcade.
October 5, 2016 @ 7:24 am
This looks like a lot of fun xx
October 5, 2016 @ 8:52 am
This looks good! My little boy would have so much fun with this x
October 5, 2016 @ 10:51 am
My Daughter Isla would love this..so would I!
October 5, 2016 @ 12:42 pm
My boys always want to play the claw at arcades – I can see this being on their Xmas lists!
October 5, 2016 @ 2:49 pm
This looks like a fun game – the claw games at the arcade always look like they’re impossible to win.
October 5, 2016 @ 4:41 pm
This would be great for my girls, they are 13, 8 and 5 and my eldest always gloats about winning. It’s nice that there is no unfair advantage and all have a chance to win despite their age.
October 5, 2016 @ 7:24 pm
My son would love this!
October 5, 2016 @ 9:03 pm
looks like great fun
October 6, 2016 @ 7:07 am
my kids cant wait to play this they think it looks brill it is on their xmas list
October 6, 2016 @ 12:52 pm
I would love to play this with my Grandson, lots of fun
October 6, 2016 @ 5:55 pm
This looks like great.fun!
October 7, 2016 @ 5:24 am
What a cool game!
October 8, 2016 @ 5:36 pm
Sounds like great fun …
October 8, 2016 @ 7:57 pm
Can’t wait to play this with the kids
October 8, 2016 @ 9:50 pm
This looks right up my sons street
October 8, 2016 @ 10:44 pm
serious fun for the family
October 9, 2016 @ 1:30 pm
The claw machines are always so frustrating, this looks a lot better!
October 9, 2016 @ 9:43 pm
Looks like great fun, doubt my son would let anyone else have a go!
October 9, 2016 @ 11:12 pm
I think my 7 year old would really enjoy this x
October 11, 2016 @ 12:41 pm
It looks good fun! We love the teddy claw machines at the beach.
October 11, 2016 @ 2:02 pm
Seems like a game which would entertain the children. They can be quite competitive.
October 11, 2016 @ 6:02 pm
I love this game, it is great for eye – hand coordination
October 12, 2016 @ 12:43 pm
My children love the grab machine at the seaside – so this would be fab x
October 12, 2016 @ 3:10 pm
looks like a un game for all family
October 12, 2016 @ 7:52 pm
Would be great to play with my grandkids when they visit
October 13, 2016 @ 4:57 pm
this reminds me of the grabbers for teddies when we were little x
October 13, 2016 @ 5:56 pm
My grandsons would love this fun looking game
October 13, 2016 @ 7:22 pm
heck my daughter would think this is the best game ever
October 14, 2016 @ 8:06 pm
my little nephew would love this
October 14, 2016 @ 9:16 pm
This looks great fun, wish they would make a coin pusher game too 🙂
October 15, 2016 @ 3:53 pm
I like how we could play together when my nieces visit on Sundays.
October 15, 2016 @ 5:24 pm
Seeing it so many times advertised on tv lately. Look such a wonderful game to play as a family and have fun.
October 16, 2016 @ 8:25 am
This game looks amazing! My girls love grabber machines.
October 16, 2016 @ 3:00 pm
Looks great fun
October 16, 2016 @ 6:08 pm
Looks fun and might have better luck with this game ha
October 16, 2016 @ 7:02 pm
Looks like fun. I think I would put sweets inside the balls for an extra surprise
October 16, 2016 @ 7:08 pm
This game looks like so much fun!!
October 16, 2016 @ 7:45 pm
I love how different it is compared to other games! Very challenging.
October 16, 2016 @ 8:52 pm
This game looks great fun. xx
October 16, 2016 @ 8:53 pm
This game looks rally fun, my kids would love it
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October 17, 2016 @ 5:59 am
This would remind the girls of their fantastic holidays in Devon
October 18, 2016 @ 3:07 pm
Crazy Claw looks like a fun game for all the family!
October 20, 2016 @ 1:24 pm
My son pretends he is a grab machine (too frequently!), he is obsessed. he would love this game.
October 21, 2016 @ 1:16 pm
My nephew would love this game
October 21, 2016 @ 8:50 pm
This looks a great game, It reminds me of the fun arcade games at the seaside my children play in the summer
October 23, 2016 @ 7:34 am
This game looks lots of fun – I’m sure my son would LOVE it
October 24, 2016 @ 6:24 pm
my grandaughter would love this x
October 24, 2016 @ 7:08 pm
It looks fun and different to other games
October 24, 2016 @ 8:03 pm
My nephew saw this advertised on TV and has been begging for it ever since.
October 24, 2016 @ 8:48 pm
wow this is top on our christmas list we always try to add onto our game collection at christmas time and this looks like it would fast become a firm family favourite.
October 25, 2016 @ 1:24 pm
this looks like alot of fun !
October 25, 2016 @ 9:24 pm
I think I might be fighting the grandchildren off to have a go myself on this game
October 26, 2016 @ 4:04 pm
This game looks like so much fun for all the family.
October 28, 2016 @ 1:28 am
This game looks so much fun, I know my little boy would love it.
October 28, 2016 @ 7:16 am
My kids would love playing this game as they like them at the arcades
October 28, 2016 @ 10:00 am
Looks like great fun, I’m sure my son will want to add other things to the balls and make up his own game.
October 28, 2016 @ 1:30 pm
This looks like a fun game
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October 30, 2016 @ 1:51 pm
Looks a lot of fun especially for the boys
October 30, 2016 @ 2:35 pm
This looks like great fun
October 30, 2016 @ 5:36 pm
Need the same sort of skills as Operation
October 30, 2016 @ 5:52 pm
I know my grandchildren would have a lot of fun with this game.
October 30, 2016 @ 6:28 pm
The twins and their cousins would have great fun playing this.
October 30, 2016 @ 7:32 pm
Looks so much fun
October 30, 2016 @ 8:24 pm
my daughter would love playing this at christmas
October 30, 2016 @ 9:06 pm
Sounds like this game will provide children hours of fun.
October 30, 2016 @ 10:42 pm
My boys love these type of arcade games so think this would be a big hit
October 31, 2016 @ 8:20 am
It looks a good game for over christmas
October 31, 2016 @ 9:04 am
This looks great fun.x
October 31, 2016 @ 9:48 am
My son would love this
October 31, 2016 @ 11:43 am
this game looks like great fun, i would give this to my daughter
October 31, 2016 @ 12:16 pm
Looks fun my kids would love this
October 31, 2016 @ 2:22 pm
looks like great fun, and a little easier than the real arcade game 😉
October 31, 2016 @ 2:38 pm
It’s on my boys Christmas list, he’s craving a go at it haha
October 31, 2016 @ 4:08 pm
It looks like a great game which would be suitable for all ages to be able to play together.
October 31, 2016 @ 8:45 pm
This looks like a fun game.
October 31, 2016 @ 9:47 pm
My daughter would love this
November 1, 2016 @ 12:49 am
Great family fun 🙂
November 1, 2016 @ 7:07 am
Looks like a great fun game!
November 1, 2016 @ 8:32 am
I would love to try it out! My daughter would love it too 🙂
November 1, 2016 @ 9:57 am
This game looks like so much fun!
November 1, 2016 @ 1:10 pm
Looks like it would be a fun game
November 1, 2016 @ 1:41 pm
My son would love this
November 1, 2016 @ 2:14 pm
my kids would love to play this together x
November 1, 2016 @ 3:40 pm
Great game – reminds me of fun days at the seaside arcades when I was a child!
November 1, 2016 @ 3:45 pm
It looks like hours of fun fab!!
November 1, 2016 @ 4:17 pm
A great game to play with my 4 year old & 7 year old – looks like we would have lots of laughs.
November 1, 2016 @ 4:29 pm
I think the whole family would enjoy this but I can see the balls being swapped for other goodies during use? 😉
November 1, 2016 @ 5:00 pm
This game looks like brilliant fun to play
November 1, 2016 @ 6:45 pm
My grandchildren and I would have fun playing this 🙂
November 1, 2016 @ 11:34 pm
The game looks like it would be fun for all the family x
November 2, 2016 @ 12:55 am
this looks like so much fun
November 2, 2016 @ 8:33 am
Looks like a fun arcade game to play at home
November 2, 2016 @ 11:20 am
It looks like so much fun
November 2, 2016 @ 1:26 pm
Looks like a fun game to play together
November 2, 2016 @ 1:46 pm
Would love to win for my daughter please.
November 2, 2016 @ 1:59 pm
Looks like a fun family game…thanks for the chance! :0
November 2, 2016 @ 4:48 pm
Our family always play games at Christmas and this one would be perfect for us!
November 2, 2016 @ 5:33 pm
This looks like good fun!
November 2, 2016 @ 6:43 pm
looks like fun
November 2, 2016 @ 6:58 pm
This looks such great fun
November 2, 2016 @ 9:38 pm
Oh wow this looks like so much fun 😀 I’m sure my 4 munchkins would love this x
November 2, 2016 @ 9:45 pm
This looks like great fun for all ages
November 2, 2016 @ 9:55 pm
looks like the perfect game to play over christmas with the kids
November 2, 2016 @ 11:07 pm
Fabulous Game for Christmas presents, boys or girls , takes me back to holidays by the sea.
November 3, 2016 @ 2:19 am
This looks like great fun! My nephew would love it.
November 3, 2016 @ 7:17 am
This looks like so much fun, I think the kids (and me) would love it
November 3, 2016 @ 7:59 am
This game looks lots of fun my grandsons would love it x
November 3, 2016 @ 8:53 am
This looks like great fun!
November 3, 2016 @ 9:36 am
This game looks so much fun
November 3, 2016 @ 9:37 am
this looks so much fun and I know my lot would love this , (it says I haven’t tweeted but I definitely have x
November 3, 2016 @ 9:55 am
This looks like great fun to play during the Christmas holidays!
November 3, 2016 @ 10:50 am
My girls would love this game. Looks a lot of fun x
November 3, 2016 @ 11:10 am
My 2 boys would love this. Perfect for Xmas day 😀
November 3, 2016 @ 11:36 am
My grandchildren would love to play this over the festive period
November 3, 2016 @ 11:44 am
My 2 girls would absolutely love this game! It looks like so much fun! It’s the perfect family game to play at Christmas time!
November 3, 2016 @ 12:07 pm
Looks like great fun 🙂
November 3, 2016 @ 12:32 pm
great prize
November 3, 2016 @ 12:51 pm
my children love board games and we do like to play as a family this games looks like lots of fun
November 3, 2016 @ 12:58 pm
I just showed this to 1 of the girls at work – she has nieces and nephews the same age as mine – we both said how much fun it looks – can see my nephew really getting stuck in to this.
November 3, 2016 @ 1:04 pm
what a cool game
November 3, 2016 @ 1:05 pm
this looks so much fun would love to play it with my daughter 🙂
November 3, 2016 @ 2:45 pm
This looks so much fun, a good game to get out on Christmas Day. I think it would keep all of the family amused, adults and children!
November 3, 2016 @ 3:08 pm
This looks like a lot of fun for everyone!
November 3, 2016 @ 3:33 pm
My kids love games like this, looks heaps of fun
November 3, 2016 @ 3:40 pm
Looks really fun to play
November 3, 2016 @ 3:41 pm
Be nice to keep trying till I win something rather than running out of coins like when I’m at the seaside
November 3, 2016 @ 5:20 pm
my son loves this type of game!
November 3, 2016 @ 5:37 pm
Brings back memories of old arcade games,……didn’t have a lot of success on them to be honest. Perfect game to play with my grandson!
November 3, 2016 @ 5:41 pm
My boy and me would have loads of fun playing this fingers crossed x
November 3, 2016 @ 6:04 pm
it looks like a lots of fun filled hours
November 3, 2016 @ 6:04 pm
this looks like hours of fun
November 3, 2016 @ 6:31 pm
This looks infuriating yet fun!
November 3, 2016 @ 6:39 pm
I’d love this game for my 5 year old nephew for Christmas, I know he’d be thrilled!
November 3, 2016 @ 6:44 pm
My children would love to play this. It looks great fun.
November 3, 2016 @ 6:52 pm
this looks like great fun love arcade games
November 3, 2016 @ 6:59 pm
this looks like it could be a lot of fun
November 3, 2016 @ 7:13 pm
my daughter would love to play this x
November 3, 2016 @ 7:50 pm
my kids love the grab machines inside pubs and on holiday,
so this is such a fab idea!
November 3, 2016 @ 8:11 pm
LOVE BOARD GAMES
November 3, 2016 @ 9:08 pm
this looks so much fun 🙂
November 3, 2016 @ 9:51 pm
Both my sons have this on their xmas list
November 3, 2016 @ 10:13 pm
This looks really fun. My son would love it!
November 3, 2016 @ 10:39 pm
This game looks awesome!! Arcade claws are a lot of hard work but this looks really fun 🙂
November 3, 2016 @ 10:47 pm
Fun prize, thanks for the chance x