Welcome to
a new way to play!
VONK is a stay-at-home game that bridges virtual playdates and real-world play. Learn More
Choose from a series of silly, creative and active offline challenges with VONK PLAYing Cards.
Draw a monster eating a cupcake
Spell your name in forks
Put on all the hats in the house
Name your fingers
Do a silly walk
Build a stack of pillows bigger than you
VONK works the way kids play
How to Play
Shuffle the VONK PLAYing Cards and follow the directions on each to complete fun and active challenges using stuff you have at home. Pass on any card you don't want to complete and pick the next card to keep playing.
CHOOSE a challenge from the card deck
CREATE something fun from stuff at home
SHARE virtually with your friends and family
CELEBRATE with Reactions and LOLicons
Repeat and have FUN!
Send us your high scores and pics and we'll publish them on our website. Email us at vonk@playvonk.com.
Ways to Play
Play Breaks
Good for solo play or sibling play.
Shuffle and start playing the VONK PLAYing Cards!
Try keeping a running tally of your total VONK points OF ALL TIME! Go for a streak and play one prompt a day.
Play Dates
Play together with friends using a virtual video call service of your choice.
Choose a VONK PLAYing Card for both players to do at the same time and share the results. Trade off who picks the VONK PLAYing Card.
Don’t forget to print and share your Reactions and sport your LOLicons badges.
Challenge Play
Go for your high score.
Challenge a friend or sibling to a game & see how many points you can get in 20 minutes. Each player picks 10 random cards with their eyes closed (no peeking).
Complete the challenges and see how many points you can get.
If you finish all 10, keep drawing cards and raising your total points.
Game Night
Play VONK as a virtual game night challenge with another family.
Families take turn picking a VONK PLAYing Card at random.
Complete the challenge and share the results. Everyone votes on who completed the challenge the best.
Have fun and come up with a family team name!
Reaction Time
Book It
Pillow Pals
Fork It Over
Head Trip
With VONK you can safely give your kids one of the most important parts of everyday life they are missing: playing with others.
VONK is a stay-at-home game for kids that bridges virtual playdates and real world play. VONK can be played alone as a short playbreak from remote learning or as a scheduled playdate activity with socially distanced friends or family members using a video call.
Kids trade silly challenges and do what they do best - play. VONK turns a video call into a creative and active playdate. With more than one way to play, VONK is good for solo play, a shared playdate or even a family-vs-family game night challenge.
With VONK, there is no special equipment required, no apps to install and it's free to play.
About VONK
VONK was originally developed as part of the StartEd incubator at NYU as a pre-social platform that could be used by hospitals, libraries and families.
VONK is great for elementary school age kids, who are independent readers, ages 6-10 but anyone can play and enjoy.
Designed by two moms, Dawn Nadeau and Elizabeth Chapin, we have modified the original content of VONK to offer the silly play challenges that were the core of the original App prototype to be used as an easy print-at-home and play-via-video call game.
About the Mom’s Choice Awards®
The Mom’s Choice Awards® (MCA) evaluates products and services created for children, families and educators. The program is globally recognized for establishing the benchmark of excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. The organization is based in the United States and has reviewed thousands of entries from more than 55 countries.
Around the world, parents, educators, retailers and members of the media look for the MCA mother-and-child Honoring Excellence seal of approval when selecting quality products and services for children and families.
Learn more about the Mom's Choice Awards by visiting their website: MomsChoiceAwards.com.
PlayVonk is honored to announce that our website has earned the prestigious Mom’s Choice Award®. Having been rigorously evaluated by a panel of MCA evaluators, PlayVonk is deemed to be among the best products for families.
The Mom’s Choice Awards Names PlayVonk Among the Best in Family-Friendly Products.