DIY Rainbow Board Game

Today's activity has been a smashing success with my son... so I had to share.

We've been playing it for two days now.

It is basically a compilation of loads of fun St. Patrick's Day activities that we love.

I am sharing the printable game board pieces that I made below. They aren't really complex, so you could easily make your own personalized game board with some rainbow cardstock and a Sharpie.

The goal of the game is to toss the rainbow plate "bean bag" onto the game board. When it lands, you read the activity, and then get started doing it!

You could play this game over and over again. We start it up every time we have some downtime at the house.

Materials Needed:

Game board pieces
Rainbow colored cardstock
Painters tape
Paper Plate
Markers
Large dried beans
Stapler

If you missed it above, you can download our Printable Game Board Pieces here.

Directions:

1. Print out or make gameboard pieces and tape them to the floor.

2. Create a rainbow paper plate "bean bag"

Fold paper plate in half
Draw rainbow on one side
Fill with large beans
Staple or tape the opened edges to seal them

3. Play the game!

Have your child stand on one end of the board
Throw the rainbow 'bean bag" onto the board
Read what the game board piece says
Do what the game board piece says
Throw the bean bag again!

Here are a few pictures I managed to snap while we were playing this weekend...

Create a Toy Rainbow (we did one in a circle, triangle, and a rainbow shape)
Read a St. Patrick's Day Book- we loved The Leprechaun Who Lost His Rainbow by Sean Callahan
Go on a Pot o' Gold Hunt
Shamrock Bowling (shamrock stickers on bowling pins)

Some other activities included in our game are listed below... What else would you add? What are your favorite St. Patrick's Day activities?

St. Patrick's Day Snack

Make a Leprechaun Trap