How To Make A Homemade Board Game

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My family loves to play board games. When the girls and their family come home for a visit, they will be found at the kitchen table till late in the night, playing board games. The problem is that board games are getting expensive to purchase these days. They are so great to play in winter when the kids cant go outside. This is a great way to make a homemade boardgame or several of different kinds. This is such a fun activity to make for Family Night. A great way to have fun. Making a simple board game is one of the easiest and fun things you can do on a rainy afternoon or for a family night activity. You will need: 4 PIECES OF DIFFERENT COLOR COPY PAPER 1 LARGE SHEET POSTER PAPER (cut the size you want your board for your game) Felt tip pens Glue stick Glue Dice First, cut a strip off the length of each piece of paper about one inch wide. Cut each of these strips into small squares. They don't have to be all the same size , in fact it's better if there are a few smaller pieces as well as a bunch of bigger squares. Draw a line around the piece of poster board which will be the track of your game play. A Capital "N" with rounded corners work super. Stick a start and finish square at each end: Then glue all of the little squares side by side along the line,until the entire line is covered. It's best if you mix up the colors so that not too many of the same color are sitting next to one another . Make a couple of "short cut" places to give the game a bit of interest: Making the two parts of the N look like 2 Capital A's Decorate any way your want. Remember, this is your game. You could number the squares if this takes your child's fancy. Take the remaining colored paper and cut each sheet into uniformly sized rectangles: On the backs of these write your game playing instructions such as "Miss a turn", "Move forward three spaces". It is more fun to elaborate a little so that they say things like "Win American Idol! Move forward two spaces" or "Slip on a banana peel, go back one space" etc. You and your child may want to come up with the card ideas together - so they are all familiar concepts to your child- "You need a has a nap, miss a turn", "Pancakes for dinner! Move ahead three spaces," Add some crazy ones such as "Meet a monkey who eats your lunch! Go back five spaces". You might want to add "Stay where you are" cards just so that the game play doesn't go too quickly. For teens you could ask questions on the card along with directions as to how to move on the board. You could make a family themed game , with pictures of relatives copied and put and on the board. You could come up with all kinds of different themes and looks. You could use a haunted house and all the instructions were spooky for Halloween. How about pirates, Wiggles, care bears and make the game board and card instructions fit in. No rules for these games and the possibilities are endless. Roll the dice to see who goes first she or he rolls the dice and moves the number of spaces shown. She picks up a card of the corresponding color to the place she has landed on and follows the instructions. If she is told to move ahead or back she does so, and her turn ends without picking up another card. Move to the next player. The older the child the more complicated you might like to make the rules. If you land on a square occupied by another counter, you have to do 20 star jumps or maybe if you land on a square marked with a star get a special star card which you can use to avoid squares marked with aliens (and alien marked squares might mean you have to change counters with another player or something) — really, there is no limit to how wild it could get. Make your game fun for any age. Great Family Night Activity. Have fun and never purchase commercial games again.