How to Make a Jeopardy Game With Poster Board

Watching Jeopardy

Jeopardy is an exciting game, full of tough questions, quick actions and cut-throat competition. You can enhance the game even further when you make a Jeopardy game with poster board. All you need are a few supplies and a steady drawing hand to get started. You can make a Jeopardy game with poster board following several simple steps.

Things You'll Need

• Poster board
• Sheets of paper
• Binder clips
• Glue
• Markers

Instructions

1. Design a grid on your poster board. Use your markers to divide your board into a grid that has five columns across and six rows down. Each grid cell should be big enough to fit two money amounts in each. Make your top rows’ outlines a tad larger and more prominent to accommodate the sheets of paper that will have the categories written on them.

2. Fill in the grid. Leave the top row of squares blank and fill in the other rows with money amounts. The first row should have $100/$200 across the entire row, the second row should have $200/$400, and so on until you reach $500/$1,000. If you put two money amounts in each square, this same board can be used for both single and double Jeopardy.

3. Glue binder clips to the board. Use a quality craft glue to attach small binder clips to the top of the blank squares across the top row. This is where you will attach the pieces of paper with the categories written on them.

4. Create your categories. Use as many sheets of paper as you need to create as many categories as you like. Write one category on each sheet, using a bold marker.

5. Prop up and play. Prop or fasten your game board against a wall or easel. Attach your category sheets to the binder clips and let the game begin.

Tips & Warnings

• You can secure one more small binder clip in the top corner of the board to hold an index card. On one side of the card write “single” and on the other side write “double.” This will remind players what round they are on.

• If you want to get fancier, use one side of the poster board for single Jeopardy and the flip side for the double round. In that case you will only write one money amount in each square and flip the board over when appropriate.

• If poster board seems too chintzy for your needs, invest in foam core, which is a thicker poster-type material that is a little more durable.

• You can make up your own questions off the top of your head, thumb through encyclopedias for interesting tidbits or use questions from store-bought games.