Lockdown DIY: Create your own games

1 Use cards to play memory Suggested by Juhi BhayaniLay out 20 cards from any pack face down and make finding a pair the challengeBhayani is the project head at Born Smart a platform for parents with young kids She recommends a memory game thatrsquos great for kids and adults alike All you need is 20 cardsmdashUNO playing cards etc Select cards in pairs and place them randomly and turn them upside down Now open two cards and try to find pairs If you find a pair you keep them open and earn a point If not turn them down and try again till you get all pairs Take turns Whoever finds maximum pairs winsJuhi Bhayani2 Play word charades Suggested by Juhi BhayaniBhayani loves these word games where all you need is two sheets of paper and three coloured marker pens including a black oneStep 1 Bhayani says Divide a page into 25 boxes and write words on itStep 2 On the other sheet make a similar grid and colour 12 random boxes red 12 blue and one box black This sheet is your map Start the game with the first team selecting a colourmdashred or blue Then one person in the team looks at the map then at the words in the grid corresponding to the colour For instance if they selected red their words are Olive Beat Play Tea Doctor Net Knife BellVan Kiwi and Forest instructs BhayaniHow the final grid will lookNext they have to give clues to the opposite team to think of these words like dumb charades but here you can talk The more clues they take the more points are deducted And if the team guesses the word in the black grid Here it is Degree they lose automatically3 Riddle Me Snakes amp Ladders Suggested by Tanishq SheikhSheikh is the founder and director of Teacherrsquos Lounge a training institute for nursery school teachers She is fond of the game of snakes and ladders My daughter is an art student so she often comes up with a twist to original games She made a snakes and ladder board with fun instructions and wrote riddles on chits Use coins buttons or safety pins for markers and use a virtual dice if you donrsquot have a real one says Sheikh Predecide the number of seconds per number on the dice For eg 110 seconds 220 secs etc First the player rolls the dice and the number that shows up determines how many seconds a player gets to solve a riddle So if it lands on 2 the player picks out a riddle reads it and tries to answer in 20 seconds If the answer is correct heshe gets to move 2 paces If the answer is incorrect they stay where they areTanishq Sheikh4 Treasure Hunt Suggested by Meghna ChitaliaChitalia of Party Planet Events does a fun game of treasure hunt with her daughter at home There are tons of places to hide the cluesmdashbookshelf under the cupboard inside the refrigerator Kids love treasure hunts Use your imagination with the clues We even used the reference of Coronavirus and lockdown in our recent one says ChitaliaMeghna Chitalia5 Take the race aheadChitalia and her family have taken the dice game a notch up with a bowl and spoon race on the floor Mark an area on your floor with chalk or markers You could use wool or ever tape if you like Make lines for all players Now roll the dice and move the bowl those many steps The player to reach first wins the race Even though this seems simple since the game is played on the floor it can accommodate more players itrsquos fun to play it with the family she addsCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news crime news current affairs and a complete guide from food to things to do and events across Mumbai Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest news