Rub Your Tic-Tac-Toe

Making crayon rubbings is fun. Crayola Triangular Crayons make it even easier! Look for textures in unexpected places and make a unique game for hours of good times.

1. Plan your game board first. Decorate the edges of your paper with a Crayola Triangular Crayon. To make a background rubbing, remove the wrapper from a crayon. Lay paper over a hard, flat textured item, such as a brick, sandpaper, or sink mat. Rub with the flat side of the crayon. Find another texture, and use a different color, to rub the four crossed lines to divide your board into nine squares.

2. To make the game pieces, mark two squares the same size as the ones on your game board on more paper. Use Crayola Glitter Glue to draw an X and an O (or any other shapes you like) inside the squares. Air-dry for 60 minures.

3. Place paper over the X. Make five rubbings. Make five rubbings of the O. Cut out your game pieces. Attach self-adhesive foam dots to the backs to make them easy to pick up. Decorate your pieces with Glitter Glue if you like. Allow to dry.

4. Store game pieces in a zipper lock food storage bag. Paper clip the bag to the game board so all the pieces are ready to go whenever you want to play!

Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project. Observe children closely and intervene as necessary to prevent potential safety problems and ensure appropriate use of arts and crafts materials. Some craft items, particularly beads and buttons, are potential choking hazards for young children. Avoid use of such small parts with children younger than 3 years. Craft items such as scissors, push pins and chenille sticks may have sharp points or edges. Avoid use of materials with sharp points by children younger than 4 years. Read all manufacturers' safety warnings before using arts and craft supplies.

Glitter Glue— WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—Small parts. Not for children under 3 years. Not for use on skin.

Scissors—ATTENTION: The cutting edges of scissors are sharp and care should be taken whenever cutting or handling. Blunt-tip scissors should be used only by children 4 years and older. Pointed-tip scissors should be used only by children 6 years and older.

Crafts

crayola supplies

• Beginnings Triangular Crayons
• Glitter Glue
• Blunt-Tip Scissors
• Construction Paper

household supplies

• self-adhesive foam dots
• paper clips
• textured items, such as sandpaper, screen, paper doilies, rubber sink mat
• zipper lock food storage bag

"This is a perfect activity for our campers. They have to think ahead twice—when they make and play this game with their friends! "
Rodrigo S., camp counselor, ages 6 and 7.

"While I made this board with my son, it brought back wonderful memories of the hours I spent as a little girl at my Nana’s kitchen table playing tic-tac-toe. "
Yolanda R., mom of age 6.

Did you know that the first computer program that could successfully play tic-tac-toe with a human opponent was written in 1950? The program was developed for a computer called the EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator) Machine, which was built in 1949 at Cambridge University. It was the first truly programmable computer!