Altoid travel sets (thanks Pinterest)

Knowing that we would be on the road a lot this summer, we decided to make travel activities for the kids using Altoids tins. We have been diligently eating Altoids for months and we finally had enough tins right before we left on our official summer vacation. We made tic-tac-toe, don't eat Pete, checkers, chess, and have plans for a felt fishing game as soon as I can find the right magnet for it.

We used vinyl stickers for the game board parts, Sculpey clay for the game pieces, and magnetic sheets to hold the pieces to the tins.

The boys decided they needed to try out the chess game before we actually went on the road, just to make sure it worked. We realized that the game pieces for chess were too small and close together to grab with just fingers, so we even included a pair of tweezers to move the pieces with. The boys loved their new travel chess set!