Create Your Own Holiday Games
Packed with over 60 ideas to invent, make and play your own games, this book is perfect for keeping kids entertained while on the go – whether that’s in the car, on a plane, or on holiday at home or abroad.
Written by Laura Baker and accompanied by fun illustrations by Yu Kito Lee, there are suggestions for games both big and small to be played both indoors and outdoors. Learn how to make jigsaws and board games, create travel scavenger hunts, make up your own travel bingo or snap games, organize holiday charades or produce a dance routine, and much more. The book includes step-by-step photographs and templates to get you started. All you need is your imagination!
Six featured game categories:
Games On the Go
Brain Games
Pen and Paper Games
Card and Board Games
Outdoor Games
Party Games
Games include:
Make a vacation bucketlist
Make a board game and dice*
Make travel-based snap and card games*
Create your own table football game*
Travel-spotting bingo
Play vacation versions of ‘Simon Says’
Make paper airplanes – see whose flies the farthest
Create a treasure map and set up a treasure hunt
Make a ‘pass it on’ drawing game
*Templates included.
About Lonely Planet Kids: Lonely Planet Kids – an imprint of the world’s leading travel authority Lonely Planet – published its first book in 2011. Over the past 45 years, Lonely Planet has grown a dedicated global community of travelers, many of whom are now sharing a passion for exploration with their children. Lonely Planet Kids educates and encourages young readers at home and in school to learn about the world with engaging books on culture, sociology, geography, nature, history, space and more. We want to inspire the next generation of global citizens and help kids and their parents to approach life in a way that makes every day an adventure. Come explore!
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