Rund's Halloween Makeup TutorialOct.27.2020
Remember when playing a game with your friends used to be as simple as a pen and paper? We sure do! These childhood games bring back out middle school memories and give us that dose of nostalgia that we all crave. From a little competitive game of tic-tac-toe to a little bit of origami fortune telling, we absolutely loved these games as kids, and we have enjoyed reminiscing on them today. Teach your little siblings and kids these games for when their tablets run out of battery and they don’t have anything else to do!
We can’t start this list off without talking about Tic-Tac-Toe. Remember playing this right on the tables at school and getting in trouble for drawing on the tables? Fun Fact: An early variation of tic-tac-toe, called terni lapilli, was played in the Roman Empire, around the first century BC. Tic-tac-toe (American English), noughts and crosses (British English), or Xs and Os is a paper-and-pencil game for two players, X and O, who take turns marking the spaces. Get 3 in a row and you’re the winner!
Mansion, Apartment, Shack, House – where were you going to live? We absolutely loved playing this game as kids and imagining what our futures would be like. If only they actually turned out like the great results in MASH! Choose the story categories, draw a spiral to determine the “magic number,” count each of the category options until you reach the magic number, continue around the page, skipping over the marked off options, and circle the final option in each category. What does your future look like?
Remember how long it took to plot out this game on your sheet of paper? Who cares – It was worth the fun! To play Dots, you need a square of dots on the page. Once the square is created, players (2 or more) take turns with a different color pen creating line segments between dots. When a player forms a square with their line, they may put their initial in that square and play again. The game continues until all the lines between the dots have been drawn and the person with the most boxes wins!
Who knew we were all origami experts in Middle School? Another fortune-telling game, originating in Japan, Paku-Paku is a little triangular cube that you play with your fingers and a piece of paper. Begin with the thumb and index fingers of each hand in the four pockets of the Fortune Teller. Have the person whose fortune is being read pick one of the colors on the top four flaps. If the color is Yellow, spell out the letters of blue while alternating a pinching and pulling motion with the Teller. Unfold the flaps and you have your fortune!
Is it a bird? A plane? Not Quite. Pictionary was a hilarious game to play especially when you and your friends drawing skilled were well below average. Players secretly write down common phrases on pieces of paper and fold them up. The first chosen artist randomly picks a phrase then must draw and get the others to guess the phrase without talking or drawing letters or symbols. Once guessed correctly, a new artist is picked. Get to drawing!
