Board Games

Julia's week at Harry Potter camp has come to an end, which undoubtedly means that Lilly Mintz is also finished with camp.  However, Julia is simply not ready for the Harry Potter fun to end.  Today she decided to re-create one of the projects from her camp: a Harry Potter board game.  She constructed her game at home, and due to the lack of poster board in the house, Julia instead opted to tape together pieces of printer paper.  Here is the finished board:

Looks fun, right?  But how do you play?  Luckily, Julia was diligent enough to write out instructions as well:

How to play
Roll the dice.  Go how many spaces you get.  If you land on a 'Good Luck' space, look at the block.  It will say to move forward 4 or 2 spaces.  If you land on a 'Filch' spot, look at the block.  It will say to go back 7 spaces.  If you land on the Honeydukes square, go forward 5 spaces.  If you land on Zonko's, go forward 4 spaces.  If you land on The Three Broomsticks, go forward 3 spaces.  If you land on The Hogshead, move forward 2.  If you land on all 4 spaces, you are in Gryfindor.  3, Ravenclaw.  2, Hufflepuff and 1 Slytherin.  You will be sorted when every player finishes.


Rather than borrow a pair of dice from any of our existing board games, Julia even made paper dice sides to use in this game:

You can rest assured that we Rowes will be trying this game out over the weekend, so we will all get a little piece of the Harry Potter action!


Madeleine, not to be left behind, made her own board game as well, with a theme based on HER week of art camp:

This game is called "Art Smarts," but you probably knew that already by Madeleine's label of "UR SMRRS" up top.  (For those of you who just aren't QUITE art smart enough, I was kind enough to translate from kindergarten spelling for you.)  Madeleine even labeled the "STORRTT" and "FINICH" of the game.  And in case you're unsure of how to actually play this game, Madeleine designed this handy-dandy illustrated set of instructions that will undeniably clear everything up:

Who's ready to play??!