Apartment Therapy Tagged: games

Found: Pac-Man Ottoman Pouf

Did you wake up this morning and say to yourself, "Self, you know what we need... Pac-Man furniture!?" Well Instructables user allesflex did and created a tutorial to make this fabulous, red represe...

Inexpensive Game Board Table Hack

Some of the best hacks when it comes to IKEA furniture are simple ones. They keep the already streamlined IKEA aesthetic nice and tidy and this board game hack is no exception......

iSpy: Low Tech Game Boy Softies

It's easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of kid friendly gadgets and gizmos, especially while traveling. So why not kick it old school, ditch the electronics and use a little creativity and imag...

How To: Puzzle Blocks From Vacation Photos

We've talked before about adhering your photos to wood, but what about blocks? Print off a few extra copies of your favorite vacation photos and you have yourself an afternoons worth of play time. ...

Roundup: Board Games To Help Beat The Heat

Although this month is all about the outdoors, we've been stuck inside for days now, with temperatures in the Midwest maxing out well over 100 degrees. Instead of turning on the TV we've been diggin...

How To: Make Sidewalk Chalk Paint

click thumbnails for larger pics We're self confessed lovers of cornstarch. For kids projects and cooking alike, it's right up there with white vinegar in our hearts and it's many household uses! O...

Top 5 Baby Shower Ideas
That You Gave Us!

After reading through the wealth of information everyone chimed in with, on our When Baby Showers Go Wrong post (there's currently 58 comments!), there were a few ideas that really stood out to us th...

When Baby Showers Go Wrong

We attended a baby shower this weekend that left us, well to be honest, left us a little frustrated. Showers are usually wonderful things; they're full of presents and babies, laughter and typically...

No Space For A Rec Room? Try This!

The best part about small spaces is the creativity that comes from being resourceful with a small amount of square footage. We ran across this fold down ping-pong table in a door and thought it was ...

Roundup: Backyard Fun And Games

We know it's just barely Spring in most parts of the country, but that doesn't stop us from dreaming of the longer days of summer spent playing outside, either in a yard or park with our kids. We ro...

Etsy Scavenger: Roshamgnome

Playing games with younger children can be tricky. Short attention span + hyper-competitiveness doesn't exactly equal fun family times. We're intrigued by a game we discovered at the Etsy shop Fine To...

Bilibo Game Box

We love the infinite possibilities of the Bilibo, but we have to admit to witnessing, on occasion, kids who are so overwhelmed by this endlessly fun toy that they get frustrated because they're not qu...

How To: Amuse Toddlers

Does this scenario sound familiar to you? It's 3:30 in the afternoon. Your two-year-old has just woken up from her nap, but it'll be at least a couple of hours before your partner is home from work. Y...

Simple Travel Games for Car and Train Journeys

Just in time for the weekend! We'd forgotten how we used to while away the endless hours spent in the backseat of our parents' Monte Carlo, staving off boredom, carsickness, and squabbling siblings. F...