I thought up this board game 4 kids

Want to create a board game? All you need is an idea, some colored paper and a sketch pen.

An Idea

Is your game about cars, or animals, or superheroes? Write out (on a rough paper) happy events and dangers on the way that make you gain a turn, or go back a few steps. If your game is about cars, you lose a turn because you're out of gas, or if you have a puncture, or skid on an oil slick. You move forward or get an extra turn when you discover a shortcut. If yours is a jungle game, you lose a turn when you're stuck in a bog, or you move forward 2 steps when you rescue an abandoned cub.

Make the board game

Use a large rectangle for the colored background (green, if you like). Then draw a slightly wiggly thick path on a contrasting color (try yellow). Cut and paste it on to the background. Now cut out small squares that fit on the path in any other color (try red). Stick the squares on the path leaving one gap in between each (so you get a path with 2 colors.)

Write out the fun stuff

Use your felt pen to write START on the first square and FINISH on the last. Number the squares with No.1 after START. Neatly write in the dangers and happy events on selected squares.

Now get a dice and some counters - dinky toy cars for a car game, small rubber animals for a jungle game, etc. etc. Have fun!