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Box-closing game on squared paper

A two-player paper game: draw lines on squared paper and close boxes to score.

Difficulty
◆ easy

What you need

  • Squared paper
  • Two pens in different colours

How to do it

  1. Child 1 starts with one colour and traces a line along a square.
  2. Child 2 takes a turn and draws a line with a different colour.
  3. Whoever closes a box marks it with an X or O, scores a point and goes again.
  4. The player who has captured the most boxes wins.

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