Twisted Painter's Palette

One of the games we played at Jungle Girl's

"Arty Birthday Party"

was called...

...Twisted Painter's Palette.

Yes,

the rules are very much like the game of

Twister,

except we used 4 palettes

(aka game mats)

and no spinner

(my husband just called out the positions).

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To make the mats...

...I headed to the local Dollar Tree

and purchased four shower curtain liners

and bought a pack of permanent poster markers

at Wal-Mart.

I made paint splats

(aka swirly circles)

all over the curtain using the permanent markers...

 ...in a pattern similar to the Twister game mat.

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To keep the mats a little more secure during the game...

...my sweet teen helper

taped down the edges of the mats

with duct tape to the carpet.

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Easy-peasy...

...and so much fun!

Math Monday: Ungle Wiggily

Board games, we all know, are a great way to reinforce
counting skills.

One of my FAVORITE board games as a child was...

...The Uncle Wiggily Game.

We played it so much that the game fell apart.

So, my father recently purchased the game again,
so he could share it with my kiddos...

The kiddos broke in the game the day my dad returned home
from the hospital after his knee surgery.

Basically a game of chance,
kiddos can practice counting backwards and forwards
to move...

...their Uncle Wiggily characters around the board.

Added bonuses to the game:
1. The board has 100 spaces, so this would be a great addition
to anyone's "100 Days of School" Celebration.

2. My dad
(known as "Grandalf" to the kiddos-
in honor of his affection for Gandalf the Wizard)
helped Baby Girl work on her reading skills with the cards she
pulled to move around the board.

3. The kiddos had a lot of FUN......playing this simple game!

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(Side note:
APPARENTLY rubbing your belly during the game
can bring a person good luck...)

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For more math fun,
head on over to Math Monday...