DIY Noughts and Crosses

July 12, 2020

It is a great game to encourage step-by-step logical thinking in your child. And, if you make it using milk carton lids, the kid gets to practice some fine-motor skills.

Interesting facts about Noughts and Crosses:

- The game of Noughts and Crosses was actually played by the Ancient Egyptians in around 1300 BC? (What younger children understand are the words Egyptians and long long time ago.)
- For kids who play computer games, it might be interesting to learn that Noughts and Crosses was the first computer game ever to be played. 

Materials:
- Ten milk carton lids with bases
- Paper
- Scissors 
- Piece of cardboard or construction paper
- Hot glue
- Markers 

Step 1.
Cut ten lids out of milk cartons. It would be best if you had both the lids and bases. I used a scalpel for this one. And then, the boys cut out the extra carton.

Step 2.
Trace the circles on a piece of paper...

...write “X”s and “O”s

...cut them out

...and glue them on the lids.

 Step 3
Glue 9 bases on the piece of cardboard or construction paper in a 3x3 grid.

Step 4
Play away :)
Each player gets five lids,

and starts screwing them on the basis.

Take turns. The winner is the person who manages to fill three squares in a row, either across, down or diagonally.