Surprise! Crayons found an adorable stuffed raccoon for a quarter. Mama Squirrel found a 48-pack of chalk pastels ($1), a box of art charcoal ($1), a Paddington book we didn't have (50 cents), a Madeline CD-Rom ($1), and an Amazing Game Board Book. One of those kits that has some version of every game you've ever thought of, only this set is all magnetic/pegs for travelling.
Surprise! It's missing a couple of magnetic checkers (not hard to fix), the die (easy to fix), the wipeoff pen (easy to fix), and all its plastic pegs.
Those little coloured things have to fit into very small holes in a board. They're like those little teeny pegs I've seen in dollar-store travel games, but we don't have any of those around to scavenge from...what could we substitute?
Not recommended if you have little ones around, obviously...or anyone who gets seriously annoyed over losing at Chinese Checkers...and yes, the sharp ends are going to poke holes through the cardboard bottom of the board, because they're longer than the real pegs...but in a $2 thrift shopped set, who cares?
If anyone out there has a less lethal idea for replacing the pegs, let me know. (Remember, they have to be small and fit into a very small hole.) I'm thinking about keeping my eyes open at the dollar store, or maybe at upcoming rummage sales--we might find a cheap travel game to use just for the pegs.
2 comments:
Mama Squirrel, would the tips from golf tees work? I've seen bags of multi-colored tees at the discount stores. Of course, they might be too tall but I'm sure your Mr. Fixit could fix that.
Ang in Okc
Very clever!
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