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Are You My Mother Animal Memory Game for Kids

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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 for Kids title with pile of memory cards
 
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How sad do you feel when that poor little bird simply cannot find his mother? I just want to reach into the book and protect him and take him home. How beautifully appropriate for Mother’s Day. The bird’s hunt for his mother inspired us to make a simple animal memory game. This game can be as straightforward or complex as you would like. Here is what we did.

Are You My Mother Animal Memory Game

pile of animal memory game cards wrapped in pink ribbon

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.

child writing animal memory game cards
 
pile of animal matching memory game cards with names of baby and mama animals
 
pile of cards with names of baby and mama animals

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!

kids playing animal memory game
We decided to turn this game into a Mother’s Day gift for the girls’ grandmothers and aunts. My daughter made a title rectangle, “Are You My Mother.” We stacked up all the cards and wrapped a ribbon around them and we had an instant Mother’s Day gift. We are planning on personalizing the game.  We will create a square with a picture of the girls’ aunt and her son for her gift set. This makes for an inexpensive and personal gift for Mother’s Day.
animal memory game
I hope you have an amazing mother’s day weekend…you so deserve it!
 

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  2. MaryAnne K says

    This book makes for a perfect memory game! Great idea to make the pieces out of craft foam, too!

    Thanks for sharing with Learning Laboratory at Mama Smiles =)

  3. JDaniel4's Mom says

    What a wonderful game! I agree with MaryAnne about your book choice!

    Thank you for linking to Read.Explore.Learn.