How to make wooden memory game

Using a drill press with a sharp drill bit will drill the holes perfectly. Dowelmax jig is used for joining wood boards together with wood glue and dowels. The Dowel jig holds the drill bit straight and allows you to drill a perfectly straight hole. So I used this jig as an alternate to the drill press. Align and clamp the Dowelmax jig so that the hole will be drilled in the center of the pencil mark.

Since the first hole is drilled the rest of the holes are easier to drill. Place the pin inside the Dowelmax where the first hole is drilled. Then skip one steel guide and drill in the second Dowelmax steel guide. Continue moving the jig along the top of the board drilling every other steel guide. Drill 7 holes along the top side of the board. Now move the Dowelmax jig to the left side of the board and insert the pin into the first hole again. Repeat the process by drilling 7 holes on the left side.

Adjust the knobs so that the Dowelmax is parallel with the edge of the board. Finish drilling the second row of holes on the top and left side. Measure the distance from the left side edge of the board to the first hole. For her, these wooden tiles offer several avenues of play: She enjoys grasping and manipulating them. They are small and light so she can easily hold them, but they also have different textures on different areas.

She likes picking them up and dropping them. She gives them an experimental chomp as her tiny teeth have started coming in She can learn the names of animals and study the figures. She can play "find the animal"- the tiles are arranged face up and she is challenged to find the bear, or find the fox, or the deer. She can turn the tiles over, to reveal the animal on the other side. You can place three tiles in front of her, with two with the same figure and one different. Challenge her to identify the different one.

She can stack the tiles like blocks, and then knock the stack over. Children old than 5 can play the game as intended: You can introduce more tiles to make the game harder You can play with multiple players, keeping score of who finds the most pairs.

You'll want to choose your figures for your tiles so that they will meet some criteria: You want figures that are appropriate for the childs age range- similar looking figures will make the game harder, more disparate figures will make the game harder. You want figures with bold lines that will engrave well. You want figures with the amount of detail that fits your creation time allotted- more detail will take much more time to make.

You may want to stick to a theme or a category. You may want to stick to a cohesive style or technique for the artwork look. Did you make this project? Share it with us! I Made It! Penolopy Bulnick 3 years ago. Mini marble maze.

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Mini Futuristic Skee Ball. Build a Ping Pong Table. And we love it. Quite competitive. Also as it turns out I have a terrible memory. So I think its good for me also. Now when my family gets together, it seems to be a little family playoff. Also, it lets you sit with the child and just share.