The Love Game

We call it The Love Game. We play it about three times a year, but we always play on Valentine's Day. It was easy to make, even though it took a few minutes of my time. I have been able to fit it into a manila envelope where we have kept it save for almost three years! Each family member takes a turn rolling the die and moving the pawn. (I made mine from a wooden turtle cut out from a gift tag, and hot glued to a metal bobbin for an old sewing machine) If you land on a music note or a heart, you choose the appropriate card. The music cards have songs about love that the kids know from church. We sing the song together as a family during the turn. Then the next person goes. The heart cards say things like "shake hands" or "say I love you" or "blow a kiss". These actions are done on that turn and then it goes on. We play until the pawn moves around the board once or twice, depending on how much time we want to spend on family night. The board is laminated with contact paper and the cards are heavy card stock.