New Twist on Tic Tac Toe Board Game
by
DesertRose
5 Materials
$9
2 Hours
Easy
Sometimes a new twist on an old game can get the children or grandchildren interested in a board game and away from all their electronic entertainment centers.
Several enjoyable days were spent in gathering materials with the children, completing the project, and then playing together. This is a game a good friend made WITH her grandkids and they still enjoy it on a regular basis now that Grandma has gone back home. The game can be played inside or outside depending on the weather and space available.
First, they spent a day in the forest and fields walking together and searching for flat, smooth rounded river rocks that would fit in one hand. Can't you imagine the chatter and fun the children had walking in the fields with grandma to collect "perfect" stones?
Next, they spray painted the stones red, black, or yellow. Four or five of each color was painted. Technically, you only need 3 of each. They made multiple games, so they painted more stones. Notice, the stones were large enough that smaller children could not put them in their mouth and possibly choke on them.
The stones dried in five to ten minutes. Then using modeling paint, they painted details on each stone to make half the stones look like lady bugs and half to look like their version of a bee. One insect would represent the "O's" in the game and the other insect stood for the "X's" on the board.
Finally, the board was made from a tree trunk slice. Any flat board whether square or round will suffice if it is sanded and finished with a tic tac toe pattern. She painted the 3 x 3 box design lines on the bare wood then covered it all with polyurethane. They let this dry over night.
The tree trunk slices were on hand, but they also added to the "new look" to an old game.
This project allowed the children to be a part of the planning and making of a new "old" game. They planned the theme of using insects and the colors.
Something so basic to nature as tree trunk wood and stones brought the family closer together.
Memories, stones, and wood last longer than electronic toys.
One of the mini games she made.
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Thank you Wendy, and thanks for viewing
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How adorable!! What's expecting a checker board
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