How to Make Your Own House Barbie Games

Flash Cards

• 1

  Buy a bunch of stickers featuring Barbie.

• 2

  Find pink cardstock, if you can, or get white if that is unavailable.

• 3

  Cut up some pink cardstock into standard playing card size.

• 4

  Write down different facts and figures that your little girl is learning. These can be letters and numbers for younger children or math facts and trivia for older ones. Write the question on one side and the answer on the other with a marker.

• 5

  Let your little girl help by choosing what stickers to place on both sides of the card. Start learning.

Board Games

• 6

  Cut out pictures out of magazines and store flier ads of Barbie and products that feature her when figuring out how to make your own house Barbie games.

• 7

  Cut a piece of cardboard in standard board game size from an old box.

• 8

  Draw squares around the outside, leaving space in the middle to roll the dice and set any cards you choose to make.

• 9

  Paste the pictures you cut out earlier in the center of the game or in the squares around the edge for "special spaces" such as "draw a card."

• 10

  Write down instructions in the other squares such as "move ahead two spaces" or "roll again" as well choosing the start and finish squares.

• 11

  Cut up cardstock in standard business-card size and add fun things such as "You won a shopping spree ... move ahead five spaces" or "You ran out of gas in your Barbie-Mobile ... lose a turn"

• 12

  Find some game pieces. These could be the doll's shoes or other little accessories. Start playing.

Role Playing

• 13

  Gather your child's favorite dolls together when figuring out how to make your own Barbie house game.

• 14

  Think up scenarios together that you can role play with your child about. This is the perfect opportunity to see if she knows what to do in different dangerous situations such as with strangers or inappropriate touching. You can also act out moral lessons together such as stealing or someone getting teased.

• 15

  Let your child know that you are there for her no matter what. Sometimes things are easier to learn when done in a fun way, even serious issues.