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Easy game for kids and anybody else who likes to play :)
I'm working on an Africa project with my little students in my early music & arts education classes. So I was looking for easy African games and came across this children's game. I only had the rules, so here's how I made the supplies.
Instead of using a sewing machine, you can use simple pens or make it extra-special with pretty embroidery - well, just be creative!
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You Will Need
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Step 1This board game is really easy to play.
All you need are 8-10 concentric circles on the ground, and a large and small pebble for each player.
I'll start with the rules, the how-to is further down. -
Step 2The first child hides the small pebble behind his/her back in one hand.
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Step 3Now the closed hands are shown to the next child who has to guess in which hand the pebble is hidden.
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Step 4If the child has guessed correctly, he/she can move his large pebble one circle closer to the center.
Then this child hides the smaller pebble and lets the next child guess, and so on.
The winner is whose pebble reaches the center of the circles first.
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Step 5Now here's the how-to:
I had an old piece of fabric on which I drew 8 concentric circles. The radius increases approx. 1 inch per circle.
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Step 6With my sewing machine, I sewed zigzag lines along the circles. I took red and green yarn in turn - you can make it as colorful as you like. Start with one color and sew every second circle, than change the yarn and sew the rest.
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Step 7If you have a cat, let her (or him, in this case) supervise your work.
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Step 8Once you're done, take some pebbles and play!
I took small and medium seashells because I didn't have any nice pebbles.
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I love to play games with the kids, and they're always very focused because they want to get it right.
Games are always a great way to introduce children to another culture, but yours is super special because you used your creativity to make it and I a sure it will encourage and inspire the kids you teach.