Hi! Future Ticia 2024 here, I’m updating this post so my explanation makes a bit more sense, and so you can know exactly what I used to make this homemade I Spy Game. This is great to use for gameschooling for many ages, but I was using it for Homeschooling Preschool, and it is a great way to build some prereading skills.
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Making a homemade I Spy Game
Remember last week when I said I was going to go back and buy a second set of the flash cards? Well, I did, and here’s what I did.
Homemade I Spy Game Supplies needed
two sets of the same flash card game (mine were bought at the Dollar Store, so don’t buy the really cool flash cards on Amazon because that would be a waste of money); scissors or a large punch (mine is 1 3/8”), plastic bag or pencil pouch to put completed game in
Making the I Spy Game
Future Ticia 2024 is going to admit this is super easy, and the purpose of this post is mostly to get you going, “Oh yeah! I could do that!”
Punch out squares from your second set of cards. Since my kids are slightly older I tried to make the placement a little harder. This meant I was able to get about 5-6 squares per card.
Side note: I also made an easy version where I punched out one piece from each card and then left the card in there to find the missing piece.
This is what the cards looked like after I was done cutting out all of those pieces. Y’all when I was done cutting out those pieces my wrist was so done.
Completed game in a bag, it barely fits in a sandwich bag if you’re stubborn.
Homemade I Spy Game rules
Rules for play (as we did it): Pass out six cards to each person (I picked this as a handy number that means you’re likely to get matches often). Obviously, this is the second uncut set of cards.
Pass the bag of squares around. When it comes to you take a square out and see if it matches any of your cards. If it does you keep it, if not it goes into the middle discard pile.
Each person also got a card with a hole punched in it; they are trying to find the missing piece for that card.
It was a lot of fun to play, and the kids had a blast being able to make an actual game out of their beloved flashcards (at first they weren’t convinced about my cutting up the second set, but now they’re okay with it).
For more great preschool ideas head over to Jolanthe at Homeschool Creations.
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