- old game board..from yard sale or thrift store
- scrapbooking paper
- diecuts…or clipart, magazine pictures, etc
- adhesive…I used double-sided tape and photo splits
- dice…grabbed from another game!
- place holders…I use holders from games that are no longer complete. Repurposing at it’s finest! lol!!
Cover your board with scrapbook paper using a good adhesive. You don’t want your board covering going all crazy mid game! I cut a thin bit of paper out at the fold of the board so I could fold the game up for storage. If you are going to store your game board flat, you can skip this step.
Next, I created a “path” using scrapbook paper squares. I added “traps” and “move aheads” along the path: different squares hold different consequences and the squares with flowers allow player to move ahead. The “traps” stay the same, however, the “move aheads” seem to change with the game! Our favorite “trap” is the square where the player steps on a pop top and has to cruise on back home…you know, from Jimmy Buffet’s song! As the player is making his way back to the start box, we all sing the chorus from the song. I know, I know…it’s so redneck but it’s fun! lol!! We also like the “Escape to the Border” which is an area marked with a red sombrero. When you land on the square that takes you to the border, you lose a turn, but you get to hang out at Taco Bell! There’s also the Butterfly Conservatory where you lose a turn…
I wanted this board to be a generic board that could be used for a lot of different games. So far, it has worked out well. I store the different games in ziploc bags. We also created a more elaborate game board when we studied the American Revolution…I’ll have to see if I’ve got some photos of that one to share too.
Here are a few links of free printable gameboards:
Porky Pies…not necessarily a board game but could become one easily!
