Today, how to upcycle a monopoly game history turned medieval monopoly game is a fun twist to learn history. Also, look at the other history games on my page.
Have you ever looked at an old board game in your stash or maybe at a yard sale and think about upcycling it? Me too.
So, I took an old unused monopoly game that we had and converted it into a medieval themed version with castles for properties.
Also, I added Safari Ltd Knights and fun cards with references for the time period.
Since, we are learning about the Middle Ages so for this game I decided to make it medieval themed.
However, you could take this idea and make it match any branch of history you want to include in your studies.
These super fun Safari LTD Knights and Dragons have been used for sensory bins, dioramas, block play, counters, and now game pieces.
Teaching Medieval History
Next, look at some of these medieval facts to use in your unit study.
- Most of the peasants wore plain clothing which was made from heavy wool to keep them warm in cold weather. The wealthy, of course, wore nicer clothing made from fine wool, velvet, and silk.
- Not many people attended school in the Middle Ages. Most peasants learned a job and survival from their parents, apprenticeship, or the guild system.
- London’s population went up 500% between the 12th and 14th centuries.
- Marriages were often arranged. Noble girls were often married at just 12 years old and the boys at 14.
- We got our modern piggy banks from medieval people who had saving accounts termed “pygg” meaning the type of clay the jars they were kept in were made from.
- The first castle in England was the Tower of London’s White Tower Castle.
- The largest castle in the world is The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork.
Hands-on Middle Ages Activities
In addition, look at some hands-on activities.
- Medieval Stained Glass Craft
- Catapult Stem Challenge
- Medieval History for Homeschool Middle School
- Medieval Chemistry and Homeschool History – Fun Hands-On Activity
- Free Renaissance Lapbook
- Free Glass Blowing Lapbook
- Da Vinci’s Edible Spine
- Da Vinci’s Parachute
Also, here are some rules I want you to know about before you turn a monopoly game board into a medieval themed board.
Monopoly Medieval Themed Board Rules
First, rather than collect Boardwalk, Park Place and the other familiar properties. we are going try to collect Medieval Castles from all over Europe.
Also, try to collect some cool Medieval collections like banners and a library and see who ends up with the most spoils at the end.
I used as much of the board as possible and stuck with the same rules to make it easier to transition to a new game.
The property stickers will fit right under the colors so you can keep them and I made the matching property cards so players can keep track of the properties they own.
You can add a little color to the top of the cards with markers if you like to make it easier to spot them.
The rules are pretty much standard monopoly, including whatever house rules you would like to incorporate.
For example, house rules like whoever lands on free parking gets the money in the center, allowing players to buy property on the first trip around the board.
I have left out houses and hotels to simplify and keep with the time period and I did away with rent on the properties with the exception of when a card is drawn from chance or community chest which requires rent.
Too, grab my other fun history games to add to your learning day.
Fun History Games
Look at them below.
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- Easy Hands-on Fun Ancient Greek Games for Kids DIY Knucklebones
- Unit Study: French Revolution + Free Storming the Bastille Game
- 7 Super Fun History Games to Bring the Past to Life
- Ancient Egypt Mehen free Printable Board Game (Hands-on History)
- Free Ancient Greece Go Fish Game – Ancient Greece Unit Study
- 13 Free and Fun BEST Printable History Board Game
Now, let’s look at how to make the game.
How to Make A Monopoly Game to Medieval Game
You will need:
- An old monopoly board
- Sticker paper
- Cardstock
- Knight figures
- paper cutter
We are reusing the board, money, and dice.
If you like you can keep the community chest and chance cards to glue your new cards to so that the backing is stronger and will be easy to identify the stack,
If not, you can just write a C for chance or CC for community chest on the back of the card.
First, we painted over the Monopoly in the center.
Later we will add some of the stickers which I included in the printables to decorate it some. Sand it a bit so the paint sticks better. If you like, you can leave the center of the board as is.
Too, each printable I created tells you whether it should be on cardstock or sticker paper.
Use them for creating the new board labels.
Cut out all of your cardstock and sticker pieces, you can use scissors but a paper slicer makes it easier.
Place all your sticker labels on the board/
The collar amounts correspond with the correct spot.
Additionally, free parking is free steed parking.
Socks is jail, go to the stocks is obviously the go to jail spot.
Besides, you can place the Medieval Collections on any of the railroad spots, as well as the two utilities.
Setup your game board just like you would for traditional Monopoly.
And use your knights, dragons, etc. as your moveable tokens.
What a fun way to learn about Medieval times.
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