Sanibel Dice

We have recently returned from a visit to Grandparents in Florida. It was a so hot--especially for us Vermonters who have barely seen a day above 80 degrees this summer.

Sanibel Island is well-known for its amazing shells and we managed to brave the heat at the beach to collect some. What to do with lots of shells? We are planning a couple of needle felting projects, but, in the meantime, we invented a dice game called Sanibel Dice.

I adopted this from a dice game I found online that involves counters. In this case, our counters are shells.

The aim of the game is to be the last person to hold a counter. Each player can throw a single die to see who goes first. Upon starting each player throws both dice- trying to avoid throwing aces or 6's. If an ace is thrown, one counter is put into the kitty in the middle of the table. For two aces (snake eyes) both counters go to the kitty. For each 6 that is thrown a counter is passed to player on the left. As each player runs out of counters he/she is temporarily out of the game. 
The last person left holding a counter must make three throws of the dice without rolling a 6. If a 6 is thrown then the counter is passed to the left and that person now attempts to do the same. Play continues until someone is able to roll three times without a 6.

The idea is similar to last year's Thunder Hole Dice. Hels and Lou are growing out of many nature crafts. No more fairy houses for us. My answer has been to start creating games using things we find in nature. It has been quite successful!

Now we're off to Acadia for a week of camping. Who knows what we'll find!