Princess Birthday Party Game

Today is Ellie's birthday and she needs to be ready before the guests arrive.Help Ellie find the perfect dress for her birthday party and then help her decorate the room.Enjoy Ellie's birthday...

Our beautiful princess and her daughter has recently joined the ice skating contest and they need your help to prepare for the contest .Start by picking the perfect costume for our princess and then continue by helping our little girl to dress up for the...

Resize Mahjong

You need to find and match tiles with the same pictures of animals. Unlike regular mahjong, the game has tiles of different shapes and sizes. It is possible to combine tiles of the different sizes among themselves, the main thing that on them identical...

Cute Little Dragon Creator

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Romantic Spring Wedding

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Back To School Fashion Trends

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The Floor is Lava

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Kinder Surprise

Kinde Surprise is fun online game suitable for all ages, especially for kids. This time you need to unwrap your kinder egg by clicking on it, than eat the chocolate and open the yellow container to get a toy. I hope that each time you will get a...

2048 Cuteness Edition

2048 Cuteness Edition is a HTML5 Skill Game. Enjoy this cute 2048 version! Use arrow keys to move the tiles. When two identical animals touch, they’ll merge into one. Will you get to the 2048 tile? ...

Underwater Odyssey of the Little Mermaid

Welcome to the amazing underwater world. Help Ariel deceive the sea witch - Ursula, and find all the treasures before her. Manage to collect all the items until the time runs out. You can use three hits. At the second level, Ariel will have to take care...

The Boy and the Nettles

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A boy was gathering berries from a hedge when his hand was stung by a nettle. Smarting with the pain, he ran to tell his mother, and said to her between his sobs, “I only touched it ever so lightly, mother.”
“That’s just why you got stung, my son,” she said. “If you had grasped it firmly, it wouldn’t have hurt you in the least.”