HOME BOARD GAME

by ROGER L. GREEN
(CROWLEY TEXAS)

WHILE MY WIFE WENT TO WORK ONE DAY, I TOOK OFF WORK TO STAY AT HOME AND TURN THE ENTIRE HOUSE INTO A GAINT SIZED GAME BOARD.

ITEMS YOU WILL NEED: 1 FUZZY DICE, GRAFFITI, ENOUGH DIFFERENT COLORED CONSTRUCTION PAPER FOR HOWEVER LONG YOU WISH TO MAKE THE GAME BOARD, PEN OR PENCIL, SOME TYPE OF MATERIAL TO MAKE ARTIFICIAL WALLS IF NEEDED, AND AT LEAST 8 HOURS OF TIME TO CREATE A MASTERPIECE!

THE LAYOUT OF MY HOUSE IS DESIGNED SO THAT WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE FRONT DOOR, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WAY OUT THE BACK OF THE HOUSE INTO THE BACKYARD.

SO THE FIRST THING I HAD TO DO WAS TO CREATE A ARTIFICAL WALL TO CURVE THE ROUTE OF THE BOARD GAME INTO THE KITCHEN. I MADE A TRAIL OF CONSTRUCTION PAPER FROM MY FRONT DOOR THROUGH MY KITCHEN, AROUND MY LIVING ROOM, INTO MY MASTER BEDROOM AND OVER MY BED, AND ENDED UP IN THE MASTER BATHROOM. ON EACH PIECE OF CONSTRUCTION PAPER I WROTE SOME TYPE OF LOVE NOTE AND THEN PLACED IT FACE DOWN. I SPREAD GRAFFITI FROM THE START OF THE BOARD GAME TO THE FINISH. I HAD BALLONS, STREAMERS AND NOTES HANGING FROM STRINGS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HOUSE.

THE OBJECT: WHEN MY WIFE GOT HOME AND IN ORDER TO GET TO THE END OF THE GAME BOARD, SHE HAD TO ROLL THE FUZZY DICE AND MOVE FORWARD THAT NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION PAPERS. SHE THEN WOULD PICK IT UP AND READ WHAT I HAD WROTE ON IT. I EVEN WENT TO THE EXTENT OF LAYING DOWN "SHORT-CUTS" BUT MADE SURE I PUT AT LEAST 6 PIECES OF CONSTRUCTION PAPER, EACH TELLING HER TO GO BACK WHATEVER NUMBER OF SPACES TO WHERE SHE HAD ROLLED FROM. IT TOOK ABOUT 20 MIN OR SO AND SHE FINALLY MADE IT TO THE MASTER BATHROOM. I HAD FILLED THE BATHTUB UP WITH WATER, TOOK AN EMPTY GLASS BOTTLE, PUT A LOVE NOTE INSIDE OF IT AND PLACED IT IN THE BATHTUB. I HAD ALSO BOUGHT A GIANT SIZED CARD TO GIVE TO HER. IT WAS AWESOME!!!

I DID THIS FOR MY WIFE OVER 2 YEARS AGO AND WE ARE STILL VACUUMING UP GRAFFITI BUT, IT WAS REALLY WORTH IT. IN THE END, SHE SAT AND READ ALL 250 LOVE NOTES (EACH ONE BEING DIFFERENT.) SHE BOXED IT ALL UP AND REFUSES TO LET ANY OF IT GO...