Haunted House Craft : Printable Board Game

Haunted House Craft : Printable Board Game


Make your own Halloween board game by downloading the free printable for this haunted house craft.

When I asked the little legends in my READ + CREATE class what they would like to make for Halloween, the response from one poppet was “bats and ghosts and bones.”
And so I spent the rest of the week reciting “bats and ghosts and bones. Bats and ghosts and bones.”
And this Halloween board game was born.

It’s inspired by Snakes and Ladders.
Bats mean that you can fly up squares, bones mean you slide down squares.
I intended the ghosts to be game pieces to move around the board. My 6-year-old declared that they should instead be Miss A Turn pieces. Kids. Always having better ideas than moi.

What you will need:

The Haunted House Craft template
Black card
Glue
Scissors
Markers
Crayons (optional)
Black water colour (optional)

How to turn your Haunted House craft into a board game:

I photocopied the Haunted House template at A3.
I cut it out and glued it to black cardboard.

The children were given the option to number their squares.
This was a great way to inject some number identification into the creating.
Board games are an excellent way for young learners to practice 1-1 correspondence when counting.

The children were given 3 bats, 3 bones and 3 ghosts to begin.
I encouraged them to use the oil pastels to make marks on these pieces. I specifically asked that they leave some white space on these pieces.
We then placed all of these pieces into a shallow tub, dipped paintbrushes in black watercolour and tapped our paintbrushes against the side of the tub. This created a cool splatter effect and we discussed how water resists oil.
You obviously do not have to follow these steps. You could simply provide the children with colouring materials and let them go their own way. (What song are you now singing?!)

Once the pieces had dried, children were encouraged to lay their pieces on their haunted house and to think about how the game would flow. We discussed how all players need to know the rules in order for the game to be played.

We used white paint pens to add details into the night sky. We explored different lines and shapes.
My daughter simply added gold star stickers (stickers = excellent fine motor workout!)

Find a dice and let the good times roll!
If you create your own board game with this haunted house craft, I’d love to see it! Tag me on social media @ohcreativeday
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Design Your Own Play Dough

Design Your Own Play Dough

We are always searching for new and fun play dough ideas around here. Check out these fun ways to use play dough as your canvas. #playdough #finemotorskills #activitiesforkids

We are always searching for new and fun play dough ideas around here.
The most popular idea of late involves using our freshly-cooked play dough as a canvas.

Find our favourite play dough recipe here

Once you have a fresh batch of play dough, pour some liquid water colours into a palette and gather a selection of painting tools. Food dye could also be used in place of liquid water colours. Perhaps water down food dye as that stuff can leave your hands stained for days!

We always cover our work space with some baking paper.
WARNING: hands will become colourful with this activity. Which increases the fun by about 6000%. If stained hands are a concern for you or your little one, I’d advise wearing gloves.

Explore colour mixing

Roll out a piece of play dough and experiment with adding different water colours. What happens when you massage the colours into the dough? What colour do you end up with?

Paint shapes

We are always searching for new and fun play dough ideas around here. Check out these fun ways to use play dough as your canvas. #playdough #finemotorskills #activitiesforkids

Cookie cutters+ play dough = a natural partnership.
Use your cookie cutters to cut out shapes and paint your shapes all of the colours.

Experiment with different tools

My kids will never say no to an activity involving pipettes. They are a great way to add colour to your play dough canvas.
You could invite your mini artists to experiment with all kinds of different paintbrushes.

Check out all of these play dough ideas in the video

Play dough is such an excellent way to develop fine motor skills.
If you’re after even more simple but FUN ideas to encourage your children to develop their important hand muscles, then check out the Happy Hands eBook.

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We are always searching for new and fun play dough ideas around here. Check out these fun ways to use play dough as your canvas. #playdough #finemotorskills #activitiesforkids

 

We are always searching for new and fun play dough ideas around here. Check out these fun ways to use play dough as your canvas. #playdough #finemotorskills #activitiesforkids