Board Game Templates You Can Print

Whether you like making games for the classroom or for family game night, this collection of simple printable game boards will make it easier. I’ve shared some printable games before, but it seems like people are always looking for these sorts of things so it was time to share some more.

Favorite Printables has a fun blank printable path style board game, and there’s also an option with some of the slots filled in with different movements. This one also comes with printable challenge cards, and the blog post includes some ideas for what you can put on your cards if you don’t have any ideas. You could also make this a trivia game for things you’ve been learning in class or family lore, or make it a way for players to learn more about each other.

Surviving a Teacher’s Salary has printable board game templates and offers the idea of having kids develop games based on books they have read as an alternative to a traditional book report. She also talks about using them for math concepts, so there are lots of options for making them educational if you want.

This Reading Mama has a great set of printable board games and lots of ideas for how to use them to make your own games. I like the idea of using flash cards to practice reading or basic math to proceed on the board, but you can also come up with your own concepts.

Just Family Fun has a cute set of boards with different themes like a bee going back to the hive, a mouse going to cheese or a path that leads to a gift box. These simple games would be great for little kids and you can color the spaces different colors for different actions (or color spaces and each person uses a different color to advance when they roll a die?).

Do you ever make up your own games using printable board game templates? I’d love to hear about it!

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My daughter is 16 and one of her favorite things to do on school breaks is watch The Great British Bake Off. It’s such a soothing show, as well as being creative and fun, and it’s low stakes enough that it isn’t stressful, which is just the thing you need when you’re on a break from school.

If you don’t have an oven or want to do your own real Bake Off challenges, this baking show inspired drawing challenge from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls is a great alternative. This works best if you have a group of kids to play, but you could also do it along with a child at home.

The post includes a bunch of different “baking” challenges for kids to draw. As an example: “Draw a dozen delicious doughnuts! Be sure to include at least two different flavors of icing. Challenge yourself to think of as many creative toppings as you can.”

Give them a set amount of time (maybe 10-15 minutes) to draw their creations based on the prompt. Then have each child present their creation, explaining what they chose to draw and why (and what the different flavors are if it’s not obvious).

There doesn’t have to be a winner, but kids can vote on their favorites or you can “award” things like most colorful, tallest creation, etc. Sarah suggests if doing this with little kids you can come up with an award for everyone, but there need not be prizes involved.

With older kids you might do a couple of rounds and pick winners so that you can have a “star baker” just like in the show.

This is a game that would be a lot of fun for kids of different ages, and you can do it multiple times with the different prompts.

Get all the details and the challenge cards from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls.

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