Anyone who has Project Life knows we give you plenty of supplies in that little box. Chances are, you have some extra cards in your stash. Right?
Creative Team member MaryAnn has put her extra cards to excellent use. She whipped up a DIY project that you’re going to want to pin. (No – I’m still not on Pinterest. I’m holding strong, ladies.)
This is a memory game that she made using filler cards from the Amber Edition of Project Life, and the cards are stored in a 3×4 journaling card box. MaryAnn says, When I was a kid I loved to play Memory. I can recall countless hours of fun playing the game with my parents and siblings. I wanted something fun and small to take with us while we are traveling by plane cross country on our summer vacation this year. It’s a twist to the traditional game of memory match-up using family photos.
I have also started working on a Go Fish game using the same concept as the memory game. I love it! The best part about both of these games is that just when my girls think they know all of the cards or have it mastered, I simply switch the photos to more recent ones and totally update the game. Love it! Well … really the best part is the look on the girls faces as the play the game. That is priceless and it just makes my heart smile!
…..
Of course you don’t need to use Project Life 3×4 Journaling Cards. It’s just convenient with those because they’re pre-cut and pre-designed. You can certainly use full sheets of cardstock and trim to your desired size. I did this several years ago and used the same pattern on the back of ALL the cards.
Download MaryAnn’s PDF of instructions: Photo Memory Game
Speaking of creative uses for patterned cardstock … keep your eye on the blog this week for more DIY goodness. We have oodles of fun ideas on the way and I’m certain you’re creative juices will be flowing.
Tags: maryann perry, memory game
What a great idea!!
Fun idea! Thanks for sharing. I love the thought of using family pics rather than a commercially bought game.
Becky I just wanted to share with you that in the last couple of days my 5yr old has started asking me to photograph everything then asks “Can that go in your album??” LOL Melts my heart. I guess I am influencing him
Made me smile to think it is one way I am positively teaching him by example as he is becoming more observant about things happening around him and aware of the importance of preserving memories.
My favorite example is from Easter…he begged me to photograph his chocolate bunny from every angle before he would eat it so he could remember what it looked like LOL. It was adorable…he had already nibbled the ears so spent ages adjusting the foil wrapper to make the ears look like they were sticking up again and I wondered what he was doing then he asked me to take a picture, and then another hehe. Love my little man
Alison, Aus
What a cool idea — thanks for sharing!
Love this idea! The filler cards are perfect for this! Because I likethings matching, I’d probably print the digital versions for the backs, and then you could have a different back for each different card game you create.
You say you are holding strong against pinterest. I had the same attitude because I didn’t want to waste time on it. A friend finally convinced me to sign up. It has helped me to stay much more organized on my computer, better able to find links that I had saved and I print less things such as recipes because I can pull them up much faster from my boards than digging around in a file of printed papers. I still make a personal choice to not surf around on pinterest, that is where I can waste too much time but in other aspects, it saves time and resources for me.
A BIG Thank you to Mary Ann ! Love this idea. Thanks to you both.
Howdy! I simply want to give an enormous thumbs up for the nice info you could have right here on this post.
I can be coming again to your blog for more soon.