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How to Make Your Own Memorization Game

Improve memory and increase concentration -- while having fun -- with memorization games. Memory games put your mental skills to the test, challenging your ability to remember where specific images are located. The games are a fun way to provide educational entertainment for both children and adults. Making your own memory game allows you to customize it, and even create a theme, such as alphabet letters or a holiday.

Things You'll Need

Images
Printer or photocopier
Scissors
Index cards
Glue
Markers (optional)

Instructions

- 1
  Decide on a theme for your memorization game, if desired. For example, alphabet letters or a holiday, such as Halloween.
- 2
  Cut a pile of six index cards in half so that you have 12 pieces of index cards.
- 3
  Choose six images that you want to feature on the cards.
- 4
  Print out or photocopy two copies of each of the six images that you want to use on the cards. Glue one image to each of the index card pieces. Alternatively, you can draw your own pictures with markers; just make sure to draw two identical pictures of each item.
- 5
  Place the cards in a pile and shuffle them. Lay them face-down in four rows of three cards each. Turn over two cards at a time, trying to find matching images. If the cards match, pick them up and put them aside; if they don't match, flip them back over. Try to remember where each picture is after flipping the cards back over so that you can match the images later in the game.

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