Game Time - Smurfs

Junior hasn't been feeling well so I am a bit behind on posting yet again. 
A few weeks ago during our outing to ToysRus we picked up a game and puzzle. 
  Many of Junior's games are now far too "babyish" for him and he doesn't want to play them.  We are always on the lookout for new games that can be adapted and are more age appropriate for him. 

He thought this Smurfs game looked cool and it was something we could adapt for him(we spotted some other games that he really liked but will be waiting until we find them on sale). 

 I started by placing strips of velcro on the back of the game board(I placed the rough side on the back of the board so we could attach it to his felt board/puzzle board).  I then placed a small piece of velcro on each space on the board(the triangle which you see on each space). 

 Another piece of velcro was placed on the back of each playing piece so they will stick to the board. 

 To play the game in the typical manner you draw a card to take your turn.  In Junior's adapted version of the game we put velcro on the back of several cards and placed them on his game spinner 
Now you are ready to play.  For Junior we attach his head switch to the game spinner which allows him to take turns by himself.  The board is velcroed to the felt board which allows it to be placed up in front of him at eye level.  He can then see the board and help move his playing piece.  

We were also excited to find an Angry Birds puzzle for him.  He loves puzzles but needs the 24-28 pieces size to be able to do them on his puzzle board.  Most are very babyish so it is nice that they have some cool and bigger kid looking puzzles.  You can click the link above for more on how we adapt the puzzles.  Junior can't grab the pieces but I start by putting  a few pieces together then I place the other pieces up on the board so he can see them.  He then uses eye gaze to choose the piece he wants to put into the puzzle.  I then use a pointer to point to different parts of the puzzle and he tells me yes/no until I get the spot he wants to put it.  It can take a bit of time but he really loves his puzzles.