by 2014 Olympics Pictogram Memory Game
January 17, 2014 in Family, Teaching by Anna
The 2014 Olympics take place in Sochi, Russia this February and if your family is anything like mine, we’ll be glued to the Games! We love The Olympics and don’t care how much of it our children watch! Gymnastics was Big Brother’s favorite during the 2012 Summer Olympics, so I’m interested to see what he tries to imitate during this one!
One thing I know he’ll be able to do during the 2014 Olympics is play this memory game that I created using PicMonkey!
Use PicMonkey to Create an Olympics Memory Game
I did a simple Google Search for “2014 Olympics Pictograms.”
Then, right clicking and “saving image as”-ing, I saved nine of the pictograms. I chose to save the more colorful options, most of which seemed to credit Pinterest. Lab Brand has a great explanation of the two styles of pictograms that were created for this Olympics. You can view all of the 2014 Olympics pictograms here.
Then I went to PicMonkey and clicked on “Create a Collage.”
I clicked on the icon for Layouts, then Square Deal, and chose the one for nine images.
Then I changed the size to 1200X1200. If you didn’t want your end result to be square, you could click on the lock to unlock that option.
I clicked the Photos icon, then on Open Photos. I selected the nine images I wanted for my grid and uploaded them to PicMonkey. Then I clicked and drug each image to a square on the layout. (As you drag images, a check will appear in the images you have used.)
This is what it looked like once I had moved all of my images over.
To create a colored line on which to cut later, I clicked on the Background icon and moved the cursor over the color I wanted.
Once I was done creating the collage, I clicked on “Save” at the top of the page and saved my image (the collage) as a new image on my Desktop.
I opened Word and created a new document.
I inserted an image from a file and selected this collage.
Below the image, I wrote out the directions for my memory game, gave photo credit, and clearly stated that if you use the memory game I’ve created…it’s for personal use only!
If you would like to print the version that I have created, click on the link below! Be sure to print out two copies so you have a complete set for matching pairs. If you want a master copy, print a third sheet! If you’d like to create your own, now you know how!
Click here for this 2014 Olympics Pictogram Memory Game!
What are you looking forward to in the 2014 Olympics?
I love this! A really great use of PicMonkey, and it will help teach little ones about the Olympics, as well. Pinned, and would love if you came by and linked it up to What’d You Do This Weekend. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks Ashley! I really liked this post myself too! I will just have to hop on over and link up! FYI, I’m starting an Olympics Linky on Wednesdays for 6 weeks, so be sure to check it out! Thanks for the love!
Isn’t PicMonkey awesome? You make it sounds easy to do, but just in case, I’m glad you included a printable! lol!
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Thanks Emma! I’ve recently heard about Canva, so I want to check that out too! I thought this game would be fun and for those that don’t have time to create their own, they can just print this one off! I need to subscribe to your blog so I don’t miss all the fun things going on over there!
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Oh my goodness, this is an awesome idea. I have been thinking about what I could do with the kids to make the Olympics more fun 🙂
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Thank you Sarah! I sure hope you like it. I think the pictograms are pretty, plus it’s a great way to just have a little fun with this exciting time! Thanks for stopping by and commenting too!
This is such a GREAT idea!!! We love memory games around here 🙂 Thanks so much for linking up at the MaMade Blog Hop! Don’t forget to stop back again next week to link up and see if you were featured! Have a great weekend 🙂
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Thanks Michelle! Glad to hear you may use this one around your house for the next few weeks. Thanks for stopping by!
Ingenious! Thanks for showing us how to make an educational collage! I’m looking forward to creating others with these instructions!
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You are very welcome! When I was setting up LLAM, I discovered that I could learn a whole lot of fun stuff by searching blogs or youtube videos! I hope this helps with various things for you!
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This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. I was struggling to put the matching pairs game together with picmonkey but you’ve explained it really well here with the screen shots. I’m now off to give it another go. Many thanks for sharing an excellent idea.
You are very welcome! I figured I could take the time to show people how to make their own memory games so they could make them for whatever occasion or activity they would want to focus on. Have fun with it!