In the past, this game was made using stiff birch bark, some kind of string or sinew, and a stone. Here is an easy way to make the game using things you might be able to find around your own home.

Supplies Needed: Cardboard, String/Twine, Wooden Bead, Scissors, Hole Punch, Markers, and Glue

Instructions: Print out the pattern and trace it onto a piece of cardboard. If you cannot or do not want to print the pattern, draw a double triangle directly onto the cardboard. After drawing your double triangle, cut out the double triangle, keeping the two halves connected. Fold the two triangles where they connect, so the two remaining edges match up. Punch a hole in the folded corner. If you do not have a hole punch, ask an adult to carefully poke one blade of the scissors through the folded corner (one layer at a time). Then cut out the center circles in both halves and glue the two halves together so it is a double thickness. Cut a 12" piece of string or twine. Tie one end of the string through the small hole you punched in the triangles. Tie the other end of the string around the wooden bead. Use your markers to decorate your game, drawing straight lines in one direction makes it look like you made it right from birch bark. Now you're done!

Game Play: Start by holding one corner of the triangle. Next, try to swing the bead up so that when it comes down goes through the big center hole in the triangle.

Inuit children of Nunavut (Canada) played the game Iyaga, which was a game using two pieces of bone and a piece of sinew. One bone was larger and hollow that was tied to a thinner bone with a piece of sinew. Children would hold the thinner bone and toss the hollow bone into the air and catch it using only the thin bone.

Supplies Needed: Clean toilet paper roll, string, unsharpened pencil, markers, and a pin or paperclip.

Instructions: Start by decorating the toilet paper roll with markers, paint or colored paper. Pierce a hole in the roll using the pin or paperclip. Cut a piece of string about 17" long and put the string through the poked hole in the toilet paper roll. Tie a knot on the end of the string on the inside of the roll so the string cannot slip through. Tie the other end of your string around the pencil.

Game Play: Start by holding the pencil with the toilet paper roll over the pencil. Flip the roll up in the air and try to catch it back on the pencil. Good luck!

An Inuksuk is a stack of rocks, used by different groups of people living in the Arctic: Inupiat, Inuit, Yupik, Kalaallit and Greenlandic People. Each group of people used inuksuit in their own unique ways. Some inuksuk were used to mark trails or paths, others to mark fishing or hunting grounds or where you stored your cache. Most inuksuk were made stone upon stone, but some were made using a single stone, placed upright. Inuksuit could be made by just one person or by a whole community. Some inuksuk were made in of rock piled one on top of the other in a stack, others were elaborate designs with multiple bases, but some inuksuk were made to look like people (these are my favorite)!

1-Dimensional Inuksuk
Supplies Needed:
Blue and Brown/Grey Construction Paper, Glue (if you do not have construction paper, use any paper and some crayons to make the colors you need)
Instructions: Use blue or brown construction paper as your background. Take the grey and/or black construction paper and tear small pieces off, in rough oval shapes. Make a map of how you want your inuksuk to look, with the different "rocks" stacked on top of each other. When you know how you want your inuksuk to look, glue the pieces down. Done!

2-Dimensional Inuksuk
Supplies Needed:
Any Color Construction Paper, Small Stones or Pebbles, Liquid Glue (hot glue works best, adult supervision needed)
Instructions: Use the construction paper as your background. Lay out the stones/pebbles onto your paper. When you "stack" the stones/pebbles the way you want them, use the glue to keep them in place. If you are using hot glue, make sure you have an adult help you with this part. Done!

3-Dimensional Inuksuk
Supplies Needed:
Rocks!
Instructions: Whether in your backyard or at a park, gather a few stones, different shapes and sizes and try to stack them to make your own inuksuk! If you leave an inuksuk at a park, next time you visit, make sure to check if your inuksuk is still there (you might be surprised)!