Pick and Draw {Review, Giveaway & SURPRISE!!!}

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After being out of town a few weeks ago, it was a bit challenging for me to get back in the groove with the kids. So, rather than getting back on schedule, we spent the day just having fun! So, I whipped out our Pick and Draw game for the first time and the kids absolutely LOVED it!

What exactly is Pick and Draw? While it may look like a simple deck of cards, it is really much, much more. It is a fun drawing game for children and adults alike that teaches you how to draw faces and encourages creative thinking! Everyone can play this game, whether you think you can draw or not! There are step by step directions on how to use the facial feature cards to create your very own characters!

What I LOVE About Pick and Draw:

encourages creative thinking
instills confidence (My son who doubted his ability to draw “good” faces is now impressed with the characters that he has created!)
easy to follow, simple instructions
works on fine motor skills for the younger artist
only requires pencil and paper to play
even the little ones can play along (One of my 3 year olds was trying to draw faces right along with us!)
only costs $10 (would make a great stocking stuffer!)

Details About the Game: Each deck of cards has five sets of characteristic cards (face, nose, ears, mouth, and hair). You play the game by starting with the sets of cards face down. One card from each stack is flipped over and you use that characteristic to draw your face. The possibilities are endless! Once you are done drawing your face, give your character a name and tell a story about them!

Our Experience: The kids drew and drew and drew! I am certain that we used up a tree’s worth of paper with all of our cartoon character creations! It was great to see how the kids could come up with characters that looked so different, all while using the same basic facial features!

We made so many faces that I figured I needed to come up with some way to conserve some of our paper! At first we just used a white board and dry erase marker. But, the kids didn’t really like having to “wipe away” their creations. So, I came up with the idea of drawing multiple faces per page using a 3×3 grid. Our grid soon turned into a gameboard!

I contacted Rich Davis (the Pick and Draw creator) about my idea and we worked together to come up with a new way to play Pick and Draw…

Pick and Draw BINGO!!!

Yes, that is the surprise!!! If you already have the Pick and Draw cards, you can now download your very own Pick and Draw BINGO board for free! If you don’t have the Pick and Draw card game yet {which you will need to play Pick and Draw BINGO}, be sure to head over and purchase it for only $10!!

Directions for Pick and Draw BINGO:

Using the Pick and Draw game, draw a different cartoon face in all 9 boxes. Each card may be used only once.
Shuffle the deck and select the top card. Find that facial feature on one of the 9 faces drawn and put a “counter” of some kind in that box (m&m’s make yummy counters and everyone gets something at the end!)
Continue turning over cards one by one. Winner is the first to put a counter in all 9 boxes and yell, “BINGO!” Only 1 counter per box.

The kids LOVE Pick and Draw BINGO and so do I! We have played it many times and it continues to be a favorite! {While it takes us about 20 minutes to get all of our faces drawn, it only takes about 5 minutes to actually play the BINGO part!}

Pick and Draw BINGO is a “sneaky” way of helping improve the kid’s visual observation skills! It can be played with as few as two people or as many as you would like! Not only is it fun for families to play together, but it could be used as a great ice breaker activity at work, a creative group art activity at school or a fun game for birthday parties!

***Download the Pick and Draw BINGO board here***

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UPDATE: You can now download the new and improved version of the PAD BINGO board on my Pick and Draw BINGO board webpage!

Giveaway Info: {Giveaway is closed}

Now, on to the giveaway! Would you like to win a set of Pick and Draw cards? There are several ways to enter to win. However, the first and MANDATORY entry is visit the Pick and Draw website and tell me one thing you learned about Pick and Draw. (There is a list on the page.)

Optional Entries: (leave a comment for each additional entry)

Play a quick game of Pick and Draw online. Name your character and leave a comment with the name.
Subscribe {via email} to Rich Davis’ drawing blog. He shares some great drawing tutorials! (The sign up box is in the top right corner.)
Follow Pick and Draw on Twitter
If you subscribe to Mama Jenn give yourself an extra entry!
Follow Mama Jenn on Twitter (I am a newbie here too!!)

The giveaway ends at 9pm on Friday, November 5th. The giveaway is open to US Residents only. Please be sure to leave a way for me to contact you should you win!

If you can’t wait to win a set of Pick and Draw cards, head over to purchase them for only $10. {Hint, hint…Christmas in on the way and this would make a great stocking stuffer!} 😉