Paper Snowman Dry-Erase Tic-Tac-Toe & Dots and Boxes Boards

Total Time: 10 minutes

Yield: 2 snowman boards

Supplies:

• 2 pieces white card stock
• scissors
• dark permanent marker
• pencil
• laminating machine with sheets
• dry erase markers (all colors)
• marker eraser
• ruler

Steps:

1. Draw one snowman on each piece of cardstock and cut them out. I made mine roughly nine inches by 6 inches. Only draw the head and a big belly so you will have room for the games.

 
2. Use the permanent marker to draw a tic-tac-toe grid on the back and front of one of the snowmen. Leave the second snowman blank. Laminate them both. Tic-tac-toe grids never change, so that is why you can draw them prior to laminating. After, you can draw a dot grid on the second snowman with a dry erase marker. I added a simple, 3x3 grid, but you could easily fit a larger one.

 
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3. Now you can play tic-tac-toe or dots and boxes using the dry erase markers and eraser.
   
   Rules for Tic-tac-toe: The object of the game is to get three in a row. Two players (one X and one O), take turns placing their letter on the game board until someone gets three in a row.
   
   Rules for Dots and Boxes: At least two players take turns drawing a line between two dots, either horizontally or vertically. The player that completes the fourth side of a square (a box) gets to draw another line. Each player should use a different color marker. For the larger grids, it helps for players to color their boxes as they are completed. When all boxes have been drawn in and/or colored in, the game ends and the player who has more boxes wins. It looks like there's a tie on the larger snowman!

 

 
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4. On the tic-tac-toe snowman, you can also use the dry erase markers to add a face. And on the other, the dots and boxes can be erased so the entire snowman can be drawn in! You can see these in the main photo!