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Simple structures for board game pieces

The simplest board game piece can be made from plastic counters. These can be decorated with illustrated adhesive labels as shown in Diagram 1. diagram 1 for Game
Diagram 1

Children can produce stand up card labels in a number of ways:diagram 2 for Game
Diagram 2

  • a simple vertical fold to give a V which will stand up as in Diagram 2;
    diagram 3 for Game
    Diagram 3
  • simple horizontal fold that will let the card stand up as in Diagram 3;

diagram 4 for Game
Diagram 4

  • a more robust card figure can be obtained by using wooden strip for a base. Children can stick a short piece of strip to the simple horizontal fold as on Diagram 4;

diagram 6 for Game

* or stick a short piece of strip either side of a card piece as shown in Diagram 5;

diagram 5 for Game

* another way is to cut a slot into a short strip with a junior hack saw and slide the card into the slot as shown in Diagram 6.

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