Mimik Memo
Mimik Memo Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Contents
- 1 monkey
- 16 green animal cards
- 16 blue animal cards
- 24 banana cards
- 1 mirror card
- 1 die
- Set of game instructions
Game idea #1: Monkey See, Monkey Do
A co-operative memory game for 1 to 6 children.
Preparation of the Game
Arrange the 15 banana cards in a row in the center of the table. Place the monkey on the first banana card.
There are 16 different animal head cards. Each head is represented twice, once on a blue and once on a green animal card. Choose eight animal heads from the blue cards and then the same ones from the green cards.
Shuffle the 16 animal cards and place the green ones to the right of the row with the banana cards and the blue ones on the left.
Get the die and the mirror card ready. Return the remaining cards to the game box.
How to Play
Play in a clockwise direction.
The player who can make the funniest face may start. If you cannot agree the youngest child starts.
Turn over a green card. Together imitate the face of the animal shown. Then turn over a blue animal card.
Do both cards show the same animal head?
- Yes? Super! You may take the matching pair and place in front of you.
- No? Pity! Remember where both the heads are and turn over the animal cards again. Then roll the die and move the monkey the same number of squares as dots on the die.
Now it's the turn of the next child to uncover an animal card.
End of the Game
When you have found eight animal pairs, you win together. If however the monkey reaches or goes beyond the last banana card first, unfortunately you lose the game together.
Hint:
- To check if you are making the right face you can use the mirror card.
- Before starting to play try to make the eight faces shown on the animal cards.
- The game gets more difficult if you use more than eight animal pairs or lay out fewer banana cards.
- The game is easier if you play with less than eight animal pairs or you use more banana cards.
Game idea #2: Who Will Be the Banana King?
An exciting memo game for 2 to 6 children.
Preparation of the Game
There are 16 different animal heads. Each head is represented twice, once on a blue and once on a green animal card. Choose eight animal heads from the blue cards and then the same ones from the green cards.
Shuffle the eight blue animal cards and place them face down in the center of the table. Arrange the green ones in a circle around the blue cards.
Place the monkey on any green card.
Get the banana cards, the mirror card and the die ready. Return the remaining cards to the game box.
How to Play
Play in a clockwise direction.
The player who can make the scariest face may start. If you cannot agree, the youngest player starts.
Roll the die and move the monkey accordingly in a clockwise direction. Now try to make the face of the animal that the monkey has reached. Then try to turn over the corresponding blue card.
Is it the right animal card?
- Yes? Great! As a reward you may take a banana card and keep it in front of you.
- No? Pity! Together make the face of the animal shown on the blue card.
Now turn over the blue card. Then it's the turn of the next player to roll the die.
End of the Game
As soon as a player has gathered three banana cards, he has won the game.
Hint:
- To check you are making the right face you can use the mirror card.
- Before starting to play imitate together the eight faces shown on the animal cards.
- The game gets more difficult if you use more than eight animal pairs.
- The game is easier if you play with less than eight animal pairs.
Game ideas for older children and larger groups
In addition to the two game ideas you can include the following rules:
- Place the blue animal cards face up and within reach in the center of the table.
- A player gets the green animal cards and in secret looks at the card on top. Then he imitates the face shown.
- The other players look for the corresponding blue animal card and rapidly place their hand on it.
- The quickest player to touch the correct card receives a banana card as a reward. The player who made the face also gets a banana card as a reward.
- If no player places his hand on the correct card no one receives a reward.
- Then it's the turn of the next player in a clockwise direction to draw a green animal card and pull a face.
The game ends as soon as each player has had three goes at making a face. The player(s) with the most banana cards win the game.
The Animal Cards
The animal cards show the mouth and lip exercises. The captions below are transcribed in the order they appear in the booklet's English text (four per page, pages 26-29); the pictures themselves are not reproduced here:
- Stick your tongue out as far as possible to touch your nose.
- Press your tongue against your cheek.
- Brush your upper teeth with your tongue, moving your tongue slowly to the right and to the left.
- Purse your lips.
- With your lips closed stretch your mouth out wide.
- Slowly lick your upper lip with your tongue (don't forget the corners of the mouth).
- Slowly move the tongue in a circle brushing the upper and lower teeth.
- Purse and pout your lips.
- Slide your tongue along the roof of your mouth from front to back.
- Place the lower lip above the upper lip.
- Stick your tongue out as far as possible to touch your chin.
- Brush your lower teeth with your tongue moving the tongue slowly to the right and to the left.
- Press your lips together and inflate your cheeks.
- Place your upper lip over your lower lip.
- Slowly lick your lower lip (don't forget the corners of the mouth).
- Repeatedly stick your tongue in and out.