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Making a Memory (game, that is)

February 8, 2011 by OneMommy

 

 

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.

make your own memory gameAnd afterward, she had a nice set of 12 cards to play Memory, a good number to start with when you’re only three.

simple to make kid game

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.

Filed Under: Kids Crafts Tagged With: craft, game, thrifty, toddler

Comments

  1. Carol says

    February 9, 2011 at 12:25 am

    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

      February 9, 2011 at 10:18 am

      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!

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