How to Make Your Own Trivia Board Game

Bend a 2-by-2 foot cardboard square in half, and make a straight crease in the middle of the board so that it folds up like a board game.

Spread a thin layer of craft glue over the surface of the cardboard square. Press the cardboard square, glue-side down, firmly onto a piece of poster board. Cut away the excess poster board around the cardboard square and reserve it for later use. Turn the cardboard square over with the poster board up. Press out any air bubbles under the poster and smooth out any folds. Fold the cardboard square again along the fold you made in the previous step, creating a crease in the poster.

Draw the design for your game board on the poster using a pencil. Create a path comprised of spaces or blocks that the players can jump or move to after rolling a pair of dice. Draw a long, winding, snake-shaped trail on top of the poster and mark off spaces inside (like the game Candy Land), or make the spaces around the outside of the board (like a Monopoly game). The design is your choice. Be sure to include a 'Start' space and a 'Finish' space.

Trace the game board picture with markers. Color the squares of the board as well. You can color-code the spaces to correspond with different categories of trivia questions (i.e. blue = sports questions, etc.) or you can randomly color the squares. Draw whatever decorations you desire onto the board.

Cut the remaining poster pieces reserved from step 2 into 2-by-2 inch squares. Write your trivia questions on these cards, with questions on one side and answers on the other side. Your questions can be about any topic you desire. You may want to use a set of encyclopedias or Internet resources to confirm your answers and occasionally make new questions.