Games for the Road

crayola supplies

Erasable Colored Pencils
No-Run School Glue

household supplies

cardboard
binder clip

Why

How do your entertain yourself on a long or short trip? Play games with new technology—Crayola® Erasable Colored Pencils on a personalized, portable clipboard!

Steps

1. How much time do you spend traveling to and from school? How about going to visit relatives? Or running errands with your family? Traveling, or waiting for a medical appointment, is a perfect time to play games and write notes. This sturdy cardboard clipboard will keep you entertained for hours of traveling fun.
2. Collect at least four heavy, large cardboard pieces, such as the ones on the bottom of pads of paper. Choose all the same big size.
3. Cover one side of each piece of cardboard with Crayola School Glue. Pile layers on top of each other. Line up the edges. Place the pile under a heavy weight to air-dry. Big dictionaries work great!
4. Decorate the edges and back of your clipboard with Crayola Erasable Colored Pencils. If you change your mind about a design, just erase and start again!
5. What games do you like to play with a friend? What are your favorite solitaire games? Draw a game on the front of the board. You could play Make a Box (by connecting dots one line at a time) or Tic-Tac-Toe. Word games are perfect, too! After you finish a game, just erase and start another round. Or play an entirely different game.
6. Want to write letters or save your drawings? Add a binder clip to attach papers to your personalized clipboard. Take it along for good times wherever you go!

When & Where

"All of sudden, everyone is eager to ride to and from school."
- Indira C., mother of 7-, 8-, and 10-year-olds.

"We made these for a field trip to a museum. Scouts played games on the bus and used them to hold activity sheets for the displays."
- River H., scout leader.

Interesting Info

Who goes first when you play a game? There are lots of ways to decide. Even the choosing can be a game. In Japan, two players face each other, each with one fist behind his or her back. On the count of three, they both hold up a number of fingers and call “Evens!” or “Odds!” The player who guesses correctly goes first.