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Below you will find out how to make board games & tutorials about making your own homemade board games with recycled items from around the home. Find out how to make your own fun board games with the following arts and crafts decorations, instructions, patterns, and activities for children, teens, and preschoolers. You Might Also Like our Toys and Games Crafts Page.

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A Travel Game for the Cars - This reusable tic-tac-toe board is easy to make at home, and provides the perfect car game to keep your kids ooccupied during those long road trips.

ABC Matching Game to Make for Preschoolers & Toddlers - - Children will have fun learning their Alphabet Cases by matching upper and lowercase alphabet letters in this fun ABC Matching Game craft.

Backseat Travel Trays Making Instructions - Serve up some backseat fun on your next road trip -- a tray full of magnetic games and drawing supplies.

Bristol Board Mazes to Make - Tease your brain by creating and then solving this maze drawn on bristol board. It's a good indoor craft for rainy days and will keep small hands and active minds busy.

Chess For Kids - Chess is an excellent game for kids. It teaches them strategic thinking, logic and it's fun, too! We have the rules of Chess, here, written so that children can understand them. Read online or download a printable version. And if you are desperate to start playing chess straight away and don't have a chess board or chess men, we have some printable versions of those, too!

Customized Game Table - - Any child would get a kick out of pulling up a chair to a one-of-a-kind game table like this one, particularly if he's had a hand in creating it. Applying the self-leveling polymer finish is definitely a job for adults only - but the good news is that it pours on and, once cured, it is waterproof.

Design A Simple Board Games Directions - All you need to make the simplest board games is a large piece of paper, some crayons, a die and some imagination. But with a few extra supplies and ideas you can go a lot further...

Dinosaur Board Game Craft - Make this cool dinosaur board game for fun.

Dinosaur Memory Cards Game - Dinosaur Memory Cards Game.

Family Game Memories for Grandparents Day- - This is a great way for generations to get to know each other, and learn some new, or traditional, games.

Felt Checkers Game Craft for Kids - Kids learn a little bit of sewing when they make this game and bag to store it in. It also makes a great gift for any checkers fanatic.

Giant Alphabet Game Bag Activity Instructions - Give your child's alphabet learning a boost through this alphabet bag craft. Play an alphabet matching game after you've finished this project.

Herd The Bull Board Games - Drive your bull home with this exciting game! These traditional rules are borrowed from Sudan. Crayola® Model Magic® and fun are today's favorites!

Homemade Board Games Instructions - In this activity, you’ll learn how to create a board game which can be a great way to teach your child patience since game-playing involves waiting to take your turn.

Homemade Board Games to Make at Home- Making board games at home, is a fun thing to do. It is a nice way to display our creativity. There are many different board games that can be prepared at home. Trivia, battle games and finish games are some of the games commonly played at home along with other indoor games.

Juice Lid Memory Game Making Directions for Kids - Andrea explains how to make your own memory game from frozen juice container lids.

Magic Skittles Game - It's always fun to go bowling! Make your own tabletop skittles game to play with friends and family.

Make Your Own Bible Games - Playing games is a great way to bring to life a Bible story. You can make your own game using the templates and ideas given below.

Make Your Own Checkerboard - Make Your Own checkerboard with 1 piece of plywood cut (square) to size you want; Felt in two different colors; Paint (enough to cover the top of the plywood); Paint: small amount in two colors (same as colors of felt); Bag of round wooden discs (available at craft supply stores).

Make Thanksgiving Games with 3D Pilgrim & Turkey Tic-Tac-Toe Game - Have a free afternoon and want to make the coolest craft you have ever made? All you need are a box, chopsticks, printer, paper, scissors, glue, and patience and you will have a fun Thanksgiving arts and crafts activity to keep you busy. This Thanksgiving game was a big hit in my house and I think your kids will love it too.

Marble Maze - Loosely based on a popular old puzzle called pigs in clover (see below), this toy's changeable rubber band walls allow for almost infinite maze designs.

Mix & Match Animal Games - Kids mix and match different animals to make unusual kreatures. Encourage creative thinking by asking questions: What if a hippo had a bird's body? What if a camel had paws like a tiger?

Moves Count - - Designa n original board game to use math skills. Sculpt playing pieces with Crayola® Model Magic. Clear directions and rules are a challenge to create, too!

Pachisis - Pachisi is a very ancient Indian game for 4 people playing in 2 pairs, also known as "Twenty Five". This is the original game from which Ludo and Parcheesi were derived, although you will see that the rules are different. Pachisi is quite a skillful game, where you must definitely play as a partnership to win!

Penny Graph Game : Craft with Pennies - - Every penny counts in the Penny Graph Game! Learn more about coins in circulation with this easy indoor game for kids. By taking a sampling of when coins were minted and graphing the results, kids can find out when most pennies in circulation were minted.

Peter Cottontail Games - Choose from a beautiful color version to print and play from, or a black and white version that you can color. You can use the printable characters or use jelly beans as your markers.

Portable Game Sets - This homemade 3-in-1 game board lets players take their pick of challenges, with tic-tac-toe and checkers on one side and a penny-pitching target on the other. Roll it up like a scroll and take it on vacation for a rainy-day diversion.

Portable Soccer Game Making Instructions - Fun and easy to make portable soccer game.

Pot of Gold Games - A game easily adapted to the learning level of the child playing the game.

Pumpkin Patch Board Games - Kids can count on handmade games for holiday entertainment. They learn about how pumpkins grow and figure out game strategies, too!

Ramadan Game - The kids love the game, and learn some new things.

Snowflake Game – The Holidays can sometimes get boring especially when you are waiting for that opportune moment to open up your gifts. So why not waste away the waiting time with playing a snowflake game? Find some old oatmeal containers first and follow these easy step by step instructions.

Stacking Tic-tac-toe Craft - Add a third dimension to plain old 'X's & 'O's with this stacking tic-tac-toe craft. Makes a great kids' game for long car rides.

Table Soccer Printable Paper Game Craft - Make a table soccer game from paper and a printer.

Tic-Tac-Toe Game Making Craft - You can make your own tic tac toe board and pieces with Perler beads!

What’s the Mystery Picture? - Who can keep a surprise? Ask them to make your mystery game. Then peek through the tiny hole. What do you see?

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