Three year olds love craft projects, so this is a “two for one”: make a craft, have a game to play.
You will need scissors, card stock and stickers. Simple. It was a snowy day when we made this game, and I didn’t have card stock at home, so I used a file folder I had in my old teaching stuff (nothing beats using what you already have). I cut it in 2″X2″ squares. Thankfully we have plenty of stickers (a bunch left over from teaching and some new ones too). I had enough matching My Little Pony stickers to make 6 pairs of cards.
Peanut loved getting to place each sticker carefully on the cards.
And afterward, she had a nice set of 12 cards to play Memory, a good number to start with when you’re only three.
Another bonus of this make it yourself game: she can make new sets as her interests change, and her brother won’t be stuck with some “girly” game when he gets bigger.
Carol says
You brought back memories! We used to make our own memory games too. My mom worked in a daycare and made them for all the kids. If you contact them or laminate them they’ll last a very long time. You can make several different games: numbers, shapes, colors, ABC’s. The sky’s the limit.
admin says
I never thought about laminating them – I’ll have to try that later on. Good idea for making some more “educational themed ones”… I think we’ll make a set with upper and lower case letters to match up!