Doctor Who Guess Who | 18\52 Projects
My family is obsessed with Doctor Who. Jake and I have been looking for Whovian activities to do with the kids, but we’ve been coming up short. I mean, sure, we do play “Don’t Blink” tag while pretending to be Weeping Angels…which for some reason Jonas and Eliza find fun instead of terrifying. And there’s always some sort of Who related drawing / art / Lego project going on here. We were also temporarily excited over the idea of Doctor Who Monopoly, but decided that it didn’t make much sense as a game (the Doctor doesn’t believe in money!).
I decided to get creative and take matters into my own hands to alter a game to make it Whovian.
Guess Who was one of my favorite games as a kid and it’s one of the few classic board games we don’t have. The play on words made it a no brainer choice for a Doctor Who game! The rules of the game are simple: each player tries to deduce the identity of the other player’s mystery character through deduction using yes or no questions. How perfect is Guess Who for Doctor Who?
I picked up a used version of the game and swapped out the boring characters for Doctors, companions, and monsters!
I started by making my own character cards. I stuck with characters from new Who, because we know it better. We can make a classic version later too if we want more variety!
I found a plethora of character portraits on BBC’s Doctor Who site and cropped them down to the card size for my version of the game (about 1 1/8 inch by 1 3/8 inch). I added 24 cards to an 8.5×11 page and printed three copies out on photo paper–one set for each game board and one set for the draw cards.
I started out using my paper trimmer to cut out the characters, but it ended up being easier to use scissors and cut around the original game cards, which I used as a template.
The character cards slip right into the flip pieces of the game! I left the original cards behind the Doctor Who cards so the backs would still look fancy.
For the draw cards, I just adhered the character photos from the third sheet onto 3×4 white cardstock cards.
Then we were ready to play! It’s a bit tougher than standard Guess Who. Once you get down to the last few characters, it can be difficult to ask questions that cover several of them to narrow down quickly! Eliza is REALLY good at it.
Altering this game was a quick, easy project and is bound to result in hours and hours of fun! As long as you have photo re-sizing skills, you can do this project easily. And because the alteration is so quick and simple, you can make a version for any sort of fandom you love! I think Buffy would be good too. If you don’t want a fan themed game, you could even fill your board with photos of family and friends! The possibilities are endless and potentially hilarious.
Now off to play some more. Allons-y!
This year it’s my goal to complete 52 projects; an average of 1 a week. Projects can be art, crafts, home improvement, tech, gardening, or whatever else my brain ventures into. The point is to MAKE. This is project 18 of 52! Check out the other projects: 1 : Script Art / 2: Striped Scarf / 3: Pillow Covers / 4: Eliza’s Doctor Who Valentines / 5: DIY Periodic Table Mirrors / 6: Band Pin Display / 7: French Monuments with Eliza’s Class / 8: Crystal Nail String Art / 9: Adventures in Dye / 10: Spring Poems / 11: Getting the Garden Going / 12: Le Petite Prince Painting / 13: DIY Cleaning Supplies / 14: Picking Up the Violin Again / 15: Shaving Cream Marbling / 16: Water Marbling / 17: Watercolor Crayon Resisting.
