This charming, rainbow-inspired game makes the perfect gift for your best little buddy! Try making a DIY kids’ wooden game.

I love including a piece in our DIY game series for the littles!

This balance game has become one of Henry’s favorite things to play, and it’s simple enough that even a 2-year-old can get the rules and play successfully.

That, and it’s pretty cute and colorful, if I do say so myself. It looks great hanging out on a shelf in a kid’s room, and it’s fun for everyone to play.

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A DIY Kids’ Game that Teaches

This DIY kids’ wooden game is such a fun idea!

What starts as a craft idea for kids becomes a game that’s awesome for little ones to practice fine motor skills, dexterity, and balance.

I love this idea whether you’re a stay at home parent, a homeschool teacher, or a classroom teacher.

There’s so much to learn and teach throughout the making of the game, and even more while you play.

Supplies You’ll Need

Materials

10″ wood clock face or wood round
three different sizes of wood blocks
one extra block to use as a die
nontoxic paint
paintbrush
scroll saw
wood glue
clamps
cardstock
pencil
scissors

How to Make a Wooden Kids’ Game

Make Time: 2 Hours

Cut the wood circle in half.
Use wood glue to glue the two halves together to make the base of the game double-thick. Clamp them together until glue is dry.
Trace the half circle onto cardstock. Draw a template of how you’d like the top edge of the game to be. You can make the jagged edges pretty much any shape you’d like, as long as they point upwards on the outer edges of the half circle.
Trace the shape onto the wood and cut it out using the scroll saw.
Paint the wood blocks. Use 6 different colors and paint three blocks (large, medium, and small) in each color.
Paint the block you’ll use as a die. Paint one of each of the six colors on each side of the die.
Paint the wood half circle in your desired shade or pattern.

How to Play

Now play! To play, roll the multicolored die to see which color you’ll have to place on the circle.

Take turns rolling and placing colors, trying to stack the blocks so that it’s difficult for your opponent to balance.

Whoever knocks over the tower of blocks first loses. Have fun! xoxo

P.S. See the rest of our DIY games here!

DIY Kids' Wooden Game

Yield: Kids' Wooden Balance Game

Active Time: 2 hours

Total Time: 2 hours

Difficulty: Intermediate

Estimated Cost: $40

This charming, rainbow-inspired game makes the perfect gift for your best little buddy! Try making a DIY kids' wooden game.

Materials

10" wood clock face or wood round
three different sizes of wood blocks
one extra block to use as a die
nontoxic paint
wood glue
pencil
cardstock

Tools

paintbrush
scroll saw
clamps
scissors

Instructions

Cut the wood circle in half.
Use wood glue to glue the two halves together to make the base of the game double-thick. Clamp them together until glue is dry.
Trace the half circle onto cardstock. Draw a template of how you'd like the top edge of the game to be. You can make the jagged edges pretty much any shape you'd like, as long as they point upwards on the outer edges of the half circle.
Trace the shape onto the wood and cut it out using the scroll saw.
Paint the wood blocks. Use 6 different colors and paint three blocks (large, medium, and small) in each color.
Paint the block you'll use as a die. Paint one of each of the six colors on each side of the die.
Paint the wood half circle in your desired shade or pattern.

Notes

Now play! To play, roll the multicolored die to see which color you'll have to place on the circle.

Take turns rolling and placing colors, trying to stack the blocks so that it's difficult for your opponent to balance.

Whoever knocks over the tower of blocks first loses.

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