Show Me's Christmas Holiday Games 2008

Have yourself a 'creature Christmas' with Show Me's 2008 round-up of games.

Showing cartoon images of a sheep and a chicken. Both have dark sunglasses on. The chickem is brown with an orange tail, red comb (the feathers on top of its head) and yellow beak.

Take to the air in a hot air balloon and fly around the world in this Balloon Challenge game from Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.

You can choose this cool sheep and chicken as your part of your flying team. Up, up and away...

Back down on the ground, there's the Domesday Game from National Archives.

Never mind the cows in the picture on the right - we can't get past the deer park. Bet you can you do better.

© National Archives

Showing drawn image of brown cattle in a park with a spiked wooden fence and castle on a hill in the background.

Showing cartoon image, from above, of a large, dark green, scaly dinosaur defending its eggs against other smaller, light brown dinosaur predators.

Travel back in time for:

Dinosaur Defender from the Natural History Museum.

Will you be able to whack the hungry raptors and save your dino eggs?

From the big to the small... If you like mini-beasts, how about:

Climbers and Creepers from Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew?

Showing a cartoon image of a bumble bee. The bee has a spiky nose and googly eyes. It is smiling.

Showing a cartoon image of a young man with a net to capture pests hanging out of his backpack. He also has a magnifying glass attached to a strap on his head and a bug catching tool behind his right ear. He has short, brown hair and is earing a white t-shirt. There's a frown on his face.

Creepy crawlies and other small creatures are great but what do you do with them if they're indoors? Deal with some unwelcome visitors in the National Trust's Pest Detective game.

Then you can head to the ocean with Catch and Save.

Stop the turtles and seahorses getting caught up in the fishing net in this fishing game with a difference from the Marine Stewardship Council.

Showing a cartoon image of an orange cat with googly eyes. He wearing a white sailor's hat with an anchor on it. Above the cat's head is the game's title: Catch and Save.

Showing a cartoon image of a salmon fish. It's grey in colour and is jumping out of the dark green water.

Or you could be a fish in the Egg And Spawn Race from Planet ARKive?

Can you dodge the fishing nets and those hungry seals and sharks?

There are plenty more games on Show Me's Games and Fun page.

Remember, if you find any more you think we should know about, get in touch.