At the top of the page, they all draw a picture and pass the paper to the next player.

Three or more people each begin with a piece of paper. Variation: instead of common phrases, write books, characters/celebrities or films. Once guessed correctly, a new artists is picked. The first chosen artist randomly picks a phrase then must draw and get the others to guess the phrase without talking or drawing letters or symbols. Players secretly write down common phrases on pieces of paper and fold them up. The object of the game is to avoid drawing a triangle in your color pen. Two players take turns drawing line segments between each dot in their own color pen. The game continues until there are three Xs or Os in a row or all squares are filled–a draw game, also called cat’s.ĭraw six dots in a hexagon.

The next player draws an O in another square. One player begins (take turns being the first player) by placing an X in one square. Play begins with nine spaces on a paper created by crossing two perpendicular sets of two parallel lines. The simple game of tic tac toe is a two player game of Xs and Os. The game continues until all the lines between the dots have been drawn. When a player forms a square with their line, they may put their initial in that square and play again. Once the square is created, players (2 or more) take turns with a different color pen creating line segments between dots. Remember the time it took to form an array of dots across the page? To play Dots, you need a square of dots on the page (start with 6×6 and challenge your kids to go up to 30×30 or more). These games will challenge kids and keep them entertained for hours.

Keep kids engaged with fun and simple games that only require paper and pencil (or a couple colored pens).

Fun games to pass the time at school