paper and pencil

Pencil and paper word activity. Particularly if you like anagrams. There is probably a more official name for this and it’s certainly the basis to the letter rounds in the…

A good pencil and paper word challenge. Players are given two words of the same length. It’s easier to use 3 or 4 letter words. The challenge is to transform…

An easy pencil and paper activity. Write the numbers 0 to 9 on a piece of paper and then draw pictures in the most imaginative way possible using the outline…

Anagrams. Give each player a list of fruit and vegetables, but with the names of each fruit and vegetables jumbled up within itself (an anagram). E.g. Cabbage could be BEGABAC.…

Fun paper and pencil game for two or more players. You don’t have to be a talented artist for this, just willing to take part. Each player draws the head…

Old paper and pencil game (or any writing surface) for two or more players. An early version mentioned in a children’s book of games in 1894. Although this didn’t use…

AKA: “Call My Bluff” Paper and pencil game that requires a bit of preparation beforehand. Divide into two teams. Each team goes through a dictionary and finds a few obscure…

You will need:2 x dicePaper and pencilDictionary for settling queries For any number of players. Write the following code on a piece of paper 2 = A3 = E4 =…

Bingo (Lotto) is used as a fundraiser and readily adapts into an educational game and has been used educationally since the 1800’s. Bingo is well known in the UK for…

Pencil and paper game for two players There are a few board game versions of this, but this pen and paper version you can create at home also incorporates land…