DIY Price is Right Games

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Hubby and the kids love watching the Price is Right. For his birthday this year we decided to make him homemade versions of his favorite games. We decided to make Cliffhanger and Plinko, the best  games!
Plinko
What you need:
  • Shoe box
  • Thumbtacks 
  • Bottle cap
  • Duct tape 
  • Marker
What to do:
  1. Lift the lid of the shoebox up so that it forms a gentle slope. I found it best to have one of the kids test raw bottlecap to see how fast it would fall, you don't want to to fly through the maze but you don't want it to get stuck in the maze either. Once you have found the best angle secure the lid in place using the duct tape.
  2. Now it is time to measure out the maze, use a pencil to mark the placement of the thumbtacks. First, make sure to measure the width of the bottle cap you will be using leaving a little space to move around or else it won't work, the Bottle cap will simply fall off the game without going through the thumbtack maze.
  3. Measure out 7 vertical lines and 6 horizontal lines. Space the thumbtacks equal distance apart (measured to fit the bottlecap.) Repeat on all 6 horizontal lines.
  4. At the bottom of each vertical row write a point value, I wrote 15, 10, 5, 20, 5, 10, 15.
  5. To play: one at a time, line up the bottlecap at the top of the maze, let it fall down aiming to  get the most points. 
Little man made this one all by himself.  I love his version of the mountain climber which he attached to the handle of an old sponge brush.  The goal of Cliffhanger is to guess the price of 3 items without going over 25 which will send your little guy over the cliff. 
All you need for this game is some cardboard, paper, markers and 3 household items for the player to guess the price of. If they guess the price correctly, the mountain climber stays where he is. For every dollar that they are off of the price the mountain climber climbs that many spaces up the mountain.

The price is right when you make your own party games!

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