Last Saturday, we hosted a DIY Travel Games program for 'tweens. The event was an hour long, and we limited registration to 15 participants because we needed some special supplies (and because some of the projects involved detailed instructions/small pieces). We ended up with 13 plus several adults who stayed to help their children.
We created these projects:
Altoid Tin Tic-Tac-Toe
Velcro Shape Sticks (We covered our sticks with patterned duct tape before adding the Velcro; each person made a set of seven sticks, and even though this craft is geared toward younger kids, the 'tweens loved them!)
Bubble Wrap BINGO
What worked well:
Having a few adults stay helped a lot! Also, the one-hour time frame was perfect (a lot of our programs are 45 minutes, but that wouldn't have been enough time).
Notes for next time:
In the middle of the Tic-Tac-Toe project, I realized that I could have made my life a lot easier by purchasing two different colors of glass marbles and self-adhesive magnets, like the ones at American Button Machines. This would have eliminated the need to cut out all kinds of little circles of scrapbook paper and glue them onto magnets/marbles.
I would be tempted to provide small stickers next time, too, for the Bubble Wrap BINGO. This way, kids wouldn't need to draw pictures or write words or letters under each bubble. Another option would be to use smaller paper (we used 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock), which would mean fewer bubbles.
If we had had more time, it would have been fun to decorate bags or carrying cases for the travel games!
We created these projects:
Altoid Tin Tic-Tac-Toe
Velcro Shape Sticks (We covered our sticks with patterned duct tape before adding the Velcro; each person made a set of seven sticks, and even though this craft is geared toward younger kids, the 'tweens loved them!)
Bubble Wrap BINGO
What worked well:
Having a few adults stay helped a lot! Also, the one-hour time frame was perfect (a lot of our programs are 45 minutes, but that wouldn't have been enough time).
Notes for next time:
In the middle of the Tic-Tac-Toe project, I realized that I could have made my life a lot easier by purchasing two different colors of glass marbles and self-adhesive magnets, like the ones at American Button Machines. This would have eliminated the need to cut out all kinds of little circles of scrapbook paper and glue them onto magnets/marbles.
I would be tempted to provide small stickers next time, too, for the Bubble Wrap BINGO. This way, kids wouldn't need to draw pictures or write words or letters under each bubble. Another option would be to use smaller paper (we used 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock), which would mean fewer bubbles.
If we had had more time, it would have been fun to decorate bags or carrying cases for the travel games!
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