-:- mancala -:-

do you ever play

mancala?

ned and i are playing today.

i learned to play mancala

when i was in elementary school,

and it's still one of my favorite games.

i have had this wooden board and stones

for almost 25 years - i bought it in the old port

in portland, maine, long before i had kids.

i have seen mancala for sale everywhere,

but you can make a homemade version

using an egg carton.

{i would recommend using stones or buttons, not paperclips}

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and check out this one

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this one similar to mine

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i think the board is so pretty that i put a

sawtooth picture hanger on the back

and it hangs on the wall in our family room.

a mancala board would also be great to display

shells or beads or pretty rocks.

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here's a new one made by the same person

who made mine, so many years ago

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would you like a copy of my

torn & tattered instructions sheet?

thought so.

right click each page to save, then print.

conserve paper by printing page 2 on the back of page 1.

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