The Don't Laugh Challenge - Dad vs. Kid Edition: The Ultimate Showdown Between Dads and Kids - A Joke Book for Father's Day, Birthdays, Christmas and More (Gift of Giggles Series)

First, let me explain how the book is organized. Dad takes a turn trying to get the kid (or kids) to laugh in three ways: Telling some jokes, doing a few madlibs (which the kids pick the words for), and acting out some silly scenarios. Afterwards, the kid (or kids) do the same activities and Dad tries not to laugh (i.e., jokes, madlibs, and scenarios).The jokes are really disappointing and neither Dad nor the kids ever laughed at any of them. They are really a waste of time. The madlibs are kind of hit or miss and it depends a great deal on the creativity and vocabulary of whoever is saying the words to fill in. Some of the stories are really well written, others are meh.The scenarios, on the other hand, are quite fun and hilarious. By far, these get the kids and dad to laugh the most and are also most susceptible to creative liberty (which adds to the fun and hilarity). For example, Dad has to pretend he's a robot who gets spilled on and then goes haywire (Dad may have started "putting his hands in the air like he just don't care"). It is kind of like gestures but you can use sounds and whatever props you want. You do have to be comfortable with acting silly and doing bizarre things, but all of my kids (under age 8), laughed pretty hard at nearly every one.So overall I think this product has potential for great fun if the jokes are skipped entirely and the madlibs are done with a lot of creativity. The only downside is the replay value is quite low. For these reasons, I gave it 3 stars.

Very cute idea. Quality of book is meh. It’s in perfect new condition, just has awkward font and squished margins that look “home-published.” I don’t think my son will notice; I’m picky.As an ELA educator and mom of an 8 yo, I would recommend switching the Father and Kid sections so that the harder jokes are read by the kid for the dad to guess. I think some may go over an 8 year old’s head. That said, they are all appropriate and pretty thoughtful. I appreciate that. I am also curious why it says you can play with more than one kid, but the set up and scoring only allows one child to play.Overall, Great way to get my son to enjoy reading and with his dad as a role model! (look up the research on that!) He loves graphic novels and they are both silly! I bought one for them, and one my father to read with my goofy younger brothers as well.

My daughter is 9years old and finds the jokes are kinda lame. We are a joke telling family and none of us seem to find anything funny

Husband and son found some funny jokes in there but there are a decent amount that aren't really funny and do not work with the age - 10 year old son.

Got this fort husband for his Birthday to be given from our son. They have only played the first section so far and they love it! It was so funny watching them play this. Ot had us all laughing! Great gift idea!!

We had a great time with this book! My youngest son and my husband live to prank each other so this book was really good for them. Perfect gift for Dads!

My husband and step-daughter (6) love this book. They go through a "round" every night before bed. It does seem to cater to the child (the jokes my husband reads to her are DEFINITELY not as funny) and there are some grammatical errors (that the 6 year old pointed out), but they enjoy themselves, so it is definitely a great buy!

Something the kids love to do and now Dad joins in too.

Old school jokes and some lil games 2 play

It's called 'Don't Laugh' and don't worry, you won't. This is a great concept marred by terrible jokes. My 8 year old bored quickly or it and so did I. You can blame my delivery but that only goes so far! We quickly moved on from this Christmas Day activity.

From daughter to dad

What bought as a Christmas gift. My daughter and my other half have really enjoyed it so far. Super cute book

Dad and kids are having fun trying to out joke eachother.