Activity Overview
Try building a house of cards with a friend or family member. This used to be a pretty standard activity when I was a child. I remember making many a card house both independently and also with a friend. This activity requires a lot of concentration, yet yields a great deal of excitement with each card that is successfully place.
For this activity, all you need is a deck of playing cards and a flat surface to work on. Lean cards against each other to make as sturdy of a structure as possible to avoid a big collapse of cards.
Materials Needed
How to Play
- One player starts the game by attempting to make a small structure in the center of the table using no more than 4 playing cards.
- Players take turns adding up to 4 cards at a time per turn to start their own or add onto the existing structure.
- The player who knocks down the cards on his or her turn, cleans up the cards and starts the next card house.
