DIY Giant Board Game Creation
Designing, drawing, and physically playing a life-sized board game painted or taped onto a large floor surface, making the players the active game pieces.
- Takes
- 1–2 hr
- Your setup
- 30 min prep
- Ages
- Ages 6–12
- Mess
- Some mess
- Cost
- $
- Where
- Indoors
How to do it
- 1Draw or tape out a large path of 30-40 squares on the floor or paper.
- 2Design the rules: movement, winning condition, and consequences of landing on certain squares.
- 3Create physical challenges for designated spots (e.g., 'Do 10 jumping jacks,' 'Hop on one foot').
- 4Roll the dice and physically move from square to square.
- 5Players must actively perform the physical challenge associated with the square they land on.
What they're practising
- Game Design
- Conceptual Thinking
- Physical Movement
- Rule Creation