Design a board game about your street

What you need

• A large sheet of paper or cardboard
• Pens
• Small objects for counters
• A die, or paper to make spinners

How to do it

1. 1

   Walk your street and note the landmarks worth landing on.

2. 2

   Draw the board as a path from one end to the other.

3. 3

   Write eight event cards, four helpful and four unhelpful.

4. 4

   Write the rules down clearly enough for someone else to play.

5. 5

   Play it with the family, then change one rule that did not work.

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