A fun way to play hangman

Hangman is a spelling game where one person thinks of a word or phrase and draws lines, one for each letter of the word or words. The other player or players takes turns guessing letters; the originator of the word or phrase fills in the correct letters on the drawn lines, as they are guessed, until the word or words are spelled or until someone guesses what the word or phrase is. If the called letter isn't needed in the word or words, the originator draws a body part on the poll, creating a hang man.

The game continues in this fashion until the word or words are guessed or until the stick man is filled in on the hanging poll, whichever occurs first.

My daughter and I played this game one night and went through quite a bit of paper. So I got the idea to create the game on a dry erase board. It was not only fun, we also got to write on a hard surface, which was an added plus. It was also nice to play several games and then erase them.

I thought it would be even more fun, to have a convenient alphabet handy. Then players can readily see which letters have already been called. The word originator draws a line through the called letter in the alphabet line, whether the letter is used in the word or words, or not.

You can order you hangman dry erase board by clicking on the link below, which will take you to my CherylsArt store on Zazzle.com.

Play the hang man game dry erase board

by CherylsArt

The paper PostItNotes is also a fun and portable version. These can be carried along in a purse or tote bag; then you can easily play while waiting for your meal, etc, or just because. This size measures 4 by 3 inches and has two hangman games per page.

Let's play hangman Post it Notes

by CherylsArt

A larger hangman notepad 5.5 by 6 inch version can be seen here.

Enjoy.

Cheryl Paton
CherylsArt on Zazzle