Use family pictures to make your own board game. When you design a board game, you'll have wonderful personalized kid gifts and family reunion gifts for everyone on your list.
Have you ever wanted to make your own monopoly game? Or play the perfect lego board game with your kids? Or maybe you're looking for personalized gifts under ten dollars.
When you make a board game personalized to its prospective players, you can combine the best of all worlds!
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(Plus, it's a fun way for sharing personal photos with relatives!)
Here's one that I made -
This family trivia board game is one that I made, personalized for our family. The "board" is a poster that I designed (based on a pre-existing template), printed and then framed. The draw pile is made from a personalized deck of playing cards. All the trivia answers and game instructions are printed in a 5x5-inch photo book. I ordered the pawns online and found the dice in our game closet.
Each card consists of a picture of a family member and 5 trivia questions. Most of the questions are the same but some are personalized to the individual. There are 3 cards for each person. Because I wanted this to be a learning game for my kids, I focused on our family history and included each member in our immediate family, grandparents, great grandparents and great great grandparents. Our family has learned a great deal by playing this homemade board game!
A trivia game could easily be personalized for YOUR relatives. And gifts of this nature are sure to be a big hit.
Board games serve more of a purpose than to just have fun. They are rich in learning opportunities, build critical thinking and social skills, promote healthy brain function in seniors and teach valuable life lessons to children.
When you design a board game before you play it, you also learn to think logically and further increase communication skills and social development.
Personalized kid gifts, such as these suggested board games that incorporate family photos and casual snapshots, can also be self esteem boosters for children.
Here are a couple more sample game boards that incorporate photographs. Use them to get your creative juices flowing!
FAMILY LAND
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![]() The "board" is a poster. The game is based on Candy Land. |
![]() ![]() Draw cards, front and back |
FAMILY BLAST OFF
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FAMILY TREASURES
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Although not pictured, this game also uses 3 decks of personalized cards. |
Gifts with a purpose have special meaning to me. And what better way to enjoy time with the family than sharing a homemade gift that's about the family?
Make your own board game about your family and then take it to the family reunion to play. Or better yet, give it as a gift and then take it to the family reunion to play.
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