|
| |
DLTK's Crafts for Kids
King Cake Game (Craft)
This is a simple dice board game, but a lot of fun when celebrating
Mardi Gras. The real king cake is baked. A small doll is baked
into it and the one who finds the doll becomes king.
Tasha (6 years old) had a lot of fun with this game. They use
dice games a lot in school for math.
Don't have dice? No problem! Make some really
big dice to go with the game!
|
|
I've provided a few alternatives for making this game and a few
alternatives for playing this game.
To Make the Game:
TEMPLATE ALTERNATIVE
 | print out the template of choice
|
| OPTION: glue the template to a piece of thin cardboard (ex:
old cereal box) if you think this is going to be played with for some time.
|
| cut out the template piece
|
| if you want making the game to be as quick as possible, just print the
color one and you're done at this point (move on to PLAYING THE GAME).
|
| if you want making the game to be more of a craft project and a bit more
educational, choose the black and white option:
 | color the squares in a green, purple, yellow pattern. |
| You don't have to use the same pattern we did, but you should use all
three colors (they're the mardi gras colors) |
| In Tasha's grade 1 math lessons, they do a lot of work on
patterns. Let the child design a pattern to use when coloring the
squares (ex: 2 green, 2 purple, 1 gold... etc and follow their
pattern all the way around the board). |
| If you're doing this with a group of children, it's interesting to see
all the patterns they come up with using 3 colors.
|
|
| Color the word FAITH in green, JUSTICE in purple and POWER in gold.
That's what the colors stand for. |
NO TEMPLATE ALTERNATIVE
| Even older children may wish to try this without using the
template.
|
| Use paper plates or circles of thin cardboard.
|
| An older class (say grade 6) can make some really big game boards as gifts
to some of the younger classes to play with.
| Use large pieces of poster board to design the game (use a piece of
string anchored in the center of the board to make your circle) |
| Paint in the squares with bright poster paints. |
| Make some REALLY BIG DICE to go with the game |
| Give the game(s) to the school media center (library) or to some of
the kindergarten, grade one and grade two classes.
|
|
| Let them draw out the game squares (they can try measuring them out, but
it's really easier to estimate).
| color or paint the squares in a green, purple, yellow
pattern. |
| You don't have to use the same pattern we did, but you should use all
three colors (they're the mardi gras colors)
|
|
| Colour the word FAITH in green, JUSTICE in purple and POWER in gold.
That's what the colors stand for. |
To Play the Game:
Young Children:
| If you have very young children (my 3 year old, for example) or are
playing with a mix of old and young kids, just use one die (instead of two)
and play until someone lands on OR passes the baby.
| It should only take 5 or 6 rolls to get a winner. |
| That way you can play many times giving all the children the chance to
win |
| AND you can easily stop playing when the kids get tired.
|
|
Older Children:
| If you're playing with school-aged children, use two dice (so they get to
practice adding them up) and play until someone lands on the baby.
| It could take quite a number of rounds around the board until someone
rolls the exact number to land on the baby, but with two dice, the
rounds go a lot quicker (you can make it all the way around in just 2
rolls) |
| This makes the game a bit more challenging and increases the
"suspense"
|
|
The Templates!
| Close the template window after printing to
return to this screen.
| Set page margins to zero if you have trouble
fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).
|
|
|
