Candyland Series Part 1-Candyland Kids

Candyland I remember from my childhood

Candyland Series Part 1- Candyland Kids & The Gingerbread Men

Do you remember the Candyland game from your childhood?

It was most likely one of the first games you learned to play, you didn't need to count above two and you barely even had to know your colors, as you were able to match the colors of the card to the board. Many kids loved the special cards so much, that they would go as far as remixing them and strategically placing the cards where they would be the one to receive the special cards.

I had the idea of bringing this game to life. I wanted it to be a game that people would be able to walk through and collect the candies in real life.

I decided to do this theme for the holiday of Purim. It's not obligatory to do all this work for it, but for fun I decided to go for it. We are only obligated to give one person 2 respectable food items. You can read more about the obligations of the day here & here.

There are costumes as we dress up. Candyland has many characters, so there is something for everyone, whether you choose to dress up as a few characters or get everyone together for all the characters.

Characters & Locations List:

1. Candyland Kids at the Beginning of the board
2. Gingerbread Men at the Beginning of the board
3. Plumpy under the Gingerbread Plum Tree
4. Mr. Mint in the Peppermint Forest
5. Jolly near the Gumdrop Mountains
6. Gramma Nut near her cottage
7. Princess Lolly in the lollipop woods
8. Queen Frostine in the Ice Cream Sea
9. Gloppy in the Molasses/Chocolate Swamp depending on version
10. King Kandy

For this post we are going to focus on the Candyland Kids and the Gingerbread Men as they go together. The Gingerbread Men serve as the Candyland Kids guides on their adventure to find the lost King Kandy.

Candyland Kids

Costume Ideas for the Candyland Kids:

Blue overalls and red and white striped shirt. Optional: Red Sneakers. Girl should wear her hair in a whole pony with a red bow.

Costume Idea for Gingerbread Men:

(Clicking on the picture will take you to Amazon where you can purchase the costumes.)

baby gingerbread bunting    

cute gingerbread

child gingerbread

adult gingerbread

child gin


What you can do with this stop or these characters:

1. Use Gingerbread Cookies as party favors
2. Have a Decorate the Gingerbread Cookie as an activity.
3. Gingerbread Playdough-she also has lots more Candyland themed activities.

This post is part of a series to see other posts related to the Candyland theme click on the links below:

The links are coming soon.

1. Candyland Kids at the Beginning of the board
2. Gingerbread Men at the Beginning of the board
3. Plumpy under the Gingerbread Plum Tree
4. Mr. Mint in the Peppermint Forest
5. Jolly near the Gumdrop Mountains
6. Gramma Nut near her cottage
7. Princess Lolly in the lollipop woods
8. Queen Frostine in the Ice Cream Sea
9. Gloppy in the Molasses/Chocolate Swamp depending on version
10. King Kandy
11. Board Set-Up-Tiles, Signposts, Cards/Spinner, Music & Movie
12. Favor Box Ideas