Child's Party Game

Custom Make Your Child's Own Dot-to-Dot Game

Oct 15, 2007 Mary Welling-Bonney

Do you remember the Dot-to-Dot games from your youth?

They were so cool as a child. It was exciting to see the picture emerge. You felt like you drew the picture all yourself. It is important to give those moments to your children.

With all of the high tech gadgetry these days you seldom see the old standards. Here are a number of methods you can use to make your child's own Dot-to-Dot.

Computer

It seems ironic to say we don't have the old standards because of technology and then use technology to create the old standards. But use whatever works.

Materials Needed:

Computer
Printer
Clipart

Cut and paste a clip art image to a Word document. Use your art tools to erase lines at regular intervals. Go back and add a dot at each end of the remaining lines. Add the numbers to follow at each dot and print. I have found you can even use a photograph if you have the software to manipulate the picture. If you can posterize the photo it works pretty well. You will still need to go back and alter the photo with the tools on the computer program. Once you figure out how to posterize your photos try making a Dot-to-Dot of the Child's face in close up. For young children you are going to want to keep it simple. The older the child, the more detail and challenge you can add.

Copy Machine

Materials Needed:

Color Book
White out
Access to a copy machine
Very fine tip pen

Take the child's favorite coloring book character and remove a picture from the book. If the paper is fragile you may want to back it with a sheet of copy machine paper by taping it securely. This is not necessary though. Follow the lines around the character whiting out spots at regular intervals. You can write in the numbers after you add the dots to each end of the broken lines. Remember each dot receives a number so use a very fine pen. Copy on a copy machine.

Combo Method

You can use any number of different combinations of high tech and low tech. You can use the copy machine method but scan it to the computer for printing. Or you can print the numbers on sticker labels on the computer and add them at each dot. You can choose any method or combination depending on what you have access to and if you want color or black and white copies.

Regardless, it is great to share the time-honored toys with our children.

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