Thrifty Thinking: Travel Games

You can make your own travel games using a placemat and fabric paint. The placemat is sturdy enough to hold up, and you can use a variety of pieces as playing pieces. Try stones at the beach or while camping, or loose change, or anything else you can find where you are. Tic-tac-toe, checkers, go, and other games that just use two colors of pieces have simple boards to make.