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January 14, 2006
The Birthday Present
There's a mom who goes by Peek-A-Boo on the various homeschooling boards, and she's a genius. All I had to do was to copy her work and creativity, and voila! My kid got a very cool birthday present.
I give you ... are you ready for the coolness? ... the homemade Bionicle Monopoly game:
And the very happy birthday boy:
See how cool this is? See? See? Peek gave me her original idea, plus her layout of the squares and properties. Jeff designed a template for the properties and cards, which we'd gladly share if anyone wants them. We used a Create Your Own Game kit; you could just as easily use a create-your-own Monopoly kit, or draw a board from scratch onto posterboard.
There were some awkward moments, as we're not very Bionicle-literate. I wanted to draw a "Kohlii staff" on the square marked "Kohlii Arena." So ... er ... yeah. A Kohlii staff. I flipped through the guidebook and picked a likely staff-like picture, rendered it in black Sharpie and prayed. But the next morning they spied the square and cried "Cool Kohlii staff, mom!"
Whew.
Posted by lynx at January 14, 2006 10:52 PM
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That makes it totally worth it, doesn't it? That smile. That praise. Ahhhh, it's like crack for mommies. WTG, Mom! And how cool, Peek - she rocks.
Dy
Posted by: Dy at January 15, 2006 11:26 AM
Oh, MAN!
Sigh. I ignored the Bionicle Monolpoly thread...but I can't any longer. Could you email me a link or post some directions, please? Can I be a cool mom, too?!
(I'm also sadly Bionicle illiterate, although you'd think that I'd pick up SOMETHING just through osmosis, since I share a home with about 5 million of them.)
Posted by: Jill, The Crib Chick at January 15, 2006 2:01 PM
Cool gameboard! Too bad this former school teacher has no clue what a bionicle is. How sad is that ?
Posted by: Jewels at January 15, 2006 9:04 PM