Treasure Hunt, Memory Game and More

If you have a budding young builder in your house, they will love these tool games. There are so many things you can do with these pictures, here are a few of our ideas to help you get started.

To prepare your game, print the PDF tool pages. Cut out the tools and stick them onto cardboard. You can use any cardboard you like as it is just to make the paper stronger. We have used a cardboard from a large box to strengthen our tools. 

Hide and Find

This is a two player game where one person hides the tools and the other person finds them. The person finding the tools must not look. The person finding must try and find all the tools that are hidden. The person who did the hiding can use hot and cold words to tell the finder if they are close to an item (hot) or far away (cold).

Missing Tool

Lay out a few tools - the more you use, the harder the game will be. Show your child all the tools you have chosen then ask them to shut their eyes. Take one of the tools away and put it where they can’t see it. Ask them to open their eyes and see if they can remember which tool is missing. Repeat this a few times and then swap and see if you have a good memory too!

Tool List

Write a list of the tool names. Hide the tools and ask your early reader to search for them. Tick off the tools on the list as you find them. This will help early readers to match the words to the tools on the list.

Guess the Tool

This is another two person game. Make sure you have the tools laid out in front of you. Choose a tool in your head and describe it to your child. You can use colours, shapes and what the tool is used for to describe the tool of your choice. Swap and see if your child can describe a tool for you to guess.