Hi Ho! Cherry-O
It's from 1960, before you were born.
- Maker
- Whitman / Hasbro
- Type
- Board game (children's)
- Debuted
- 1960
- Note
- A toddler's first counting game
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About
As of 2026, it's 66 years old.
Hi Ho! Cherry-O debuted in 1960 as one of the all-time great first board games for the preschool set: spin the dial, pick (or lose) plastic cherries from your little tree, and race to fill your bucket with all ten. It's basically a counting lesson disguised as a game, which is exactly the point.
The spinner is the whole drama — land on the dreaded bird or dog and you spill cherries back onto your tree, a tiny tragedy that teaches toddlers their first lessons about setbacks. Those little red plastic cherries also taught a generation of parents to count vacuum-cleaner casualties.
Simple, cherry-picking, and gently educational, Hi Ho! Cherry-O is the counting game that introduced countless kids to both addition and the unfairness of the spinner.
