Are You My Mother Animal Memory Game for Kids

Who has not read the classic children’s book, Are You My Mother? I love this book. In fact, I purchased a copy for my eldest daughter for her first Christmas. This Mother’s Day we were inspired by this book to make a simple Mother’s Day game that we could play together, our Are You My Mother Animal Memory Game.

Are You My Mother Animal Memory Game

foam craft sheets or cardstock
scissors
pen

The first step is to cut out a pile of rectangles from the foam paper, or from sheets of cardstock. You want to use something that is firm and that you cannot see writing through. Once you have the rectangles cut out, it’s time to think of as many animal mamas and babies you can think of.  Write the name of one mama animal and the matching baby animal on another individual piece of foam paper. Each rectangle will have either a mama or a baby animal written on it. The animals you choose can be familiar or exotic.

Now that the writing is done it’s time to play. Lay the cards out, face down, on the floor, a table, wherever. Just like a classic memory game the first player flips the cards one at a time and tries to match up the mama animal and baby animal. Whoever has the most matches at the end of the game is the winner!

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