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December/January 2010 FamilyFun Magazine
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Preserving Family Memories: A Game of Stories

Celebrate your family's unique history with a homemade board game

by Kris Bordessa

A Game of StoriesYou will need:

  • An old game board (save the box)
  • Con-Tact paper, white and clear
  • Solid-colored wrapping paper
  • Glue stick
  • 2- by 4-inch removable mailing labels
  • A trivia card
  • Electrical tape

BOARD

1.   Cover the top of the board with white Con-Tact paper.
2.   For a colorful board, use a glue stick to add a top layer of wrapping paper. Smooth out any air bubbles or wrinkles.
3.   Create thirty 2- by 2-inch game spaces using a computer and removable mailing labels, cutting the 2- by 4-inch labels in half after printing them. See the complete list of game spaces below.
4.   Affix the spaces evenly on the board, as shown.
5.   To mark where the trivia cards are stacked during play, glue one of the cards to the board near the Home space, "Memory Lane" side up.
6.   Seal the game board with clear Con-Tact paper.
7.   Wrap the edges of the board with electrical tape.


GAME SPACES

The magic of Memory Lane resides in the appeal of the places you choose for the Share a Memory spaces: a favorite family cottage by the ocean, an old movie theater in town, the neighborhood school -- any location that your kids love and that evokes memories. Our board has 18 Share a Memory spaces, including 3 showing former family homes. The remaining 12 slots are instructional and specialty spaces, specifically:
  • Pick a card (make 4)
  • Swipe! Take a treasure (from an opponent; make 3)
  • Pick a treasure (from the pile; make 2)
  • Go to your room! (and skip a turn; make 1)
  • Start (make 1)
  • Home (make 1)


    A Game Box

    GAME BOX

    Our game box, like Kathy's, was made by gluing cutout photocopies of family pictures to the top of the box with Mod Podge. We made the label using the computer. Then we sealed the surface with a coat of Mod Podge.
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