Check out This Amazing DIY Operation-Style Game

This is definitely not a beginner project, but it’s so cool I couldn’t resist sharing it.

The Maker Mom has step-by-step instructions for making a power gems mining game modeled on Operation.

The back of the board is covered with aluminum foil so when the edges of the holes are touched by conductive tweezers, an LED light is illuminated.

The project requires a little wiring work and some soldering, so it should be completed by a parent or an older child with close supervision. But it would definitely be worth the effort to have this fun DIY game to play.

And of course you can make it a different theme depending on what you child is into.

Would you love one of these games? What sort of a game would your kid love?

[Photo: The Maker Mom.]

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Activities to Celebrate Ice Cream Month

I love the idea of unit studies, which can be done at school, in a homeschool environment or just for fun at home as a way to learn about something specific your kids might be into (or maybe that you are interested in and want them to know more about).

Simply Learning Together put together a homeschool unit study on the Vikings, which sounds like a lot of fun, first off, but it also walks you through the process of how she develops a unit study for her kids so you can do it, too.

It’s a pretty simple process that involves going to the library, reading and researching yourself, then developing some activities and lessons based on what you have learned.

This unit study for the Vikings, for example, shares the books she read and how she planned out the activities. In the post you’ll find a link to a printable map they used, and she talks about different activities they did including baking bread, having a super cute Viking lunch (a sandwich with banana horns to make it look like a Viking helmet!), working with runes, having a snack in “Viking horns” (waffle cones) as well as music, language arts and notebook activities they did.

You could definitely build off these ideas using the books available in your local public library or through doing your own research to find more information and activities your kids might be interested in depending on their age. You could throw in some Viking mythology, for example (I love Norse Mythology for Smart People as a source). Add some STEM with this how to build a Viking ship activity from Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus, or make a Viking shield out of cardboard with this idea from This Crafty Family. There are tons of great ideas out there once you start looking!

[Photo: Simply Learning Together]

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