If your house is like mine.. you have enough plastic medicine vials and caps to build a model of the Empire State Building or perhaps a full size replica of the local DHHS building! Here is one of my favorite ways to up-cycle the plastic caps! I talked about this idea once before, but I keep getting requests to repeat it, so here goes....
Take the caps off old medicine vials. Take some extra school pictures or old snapshots of your kids. Cut the face of each child in a circle matched to the size of the cap. Glue the picture to the cap. Voila... personal playing pieces!
For games like Monopoly you will only need one picture playing piece for each child. For games like Parcheesi, Sorry etc. you will need a set of playing pieces for each child. Use matching pictures or a mix of pictures of each child.
No more arguing over who gets to be the top hat or thimble in Monopoly or to play red in Sorry. No problem remembering who is what color or what symbol. Kids love moving "themselves" around the game board. Plus, for kids with attachment or self-esteem issues, the personalizing is a real plus.
And don't let the kids have all the fun...make them for the parents too! For an extra kick make some for frequent playmates of your children. My kiddos' friends are always excited when they discover I have made a playing person just for them out of an old snapshot. Try it! Let me know how it works for you.
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