Musical Chutes and Ladders

I've been continuously checking our local Salvation Army stores for cheap games (the ones I've gotten so far have been either 99 cents or $1.99) that I can turn into piano/music games. One I found last week was Chutes and Ladders. 

Turning it into something musical was pretty simple-- First, I took the plastic spinner off of the spinner board (as shown below). Then I cut out a circle the same size as the circle on the spinner from a white piece of paper to cover up the numbers. I glued the paper onto the spinner board with Elmer's glue, making sure to smooth it out well. The spinner originally had only numbers 1-6, but I decided to divide it into 8 different sections. I then wrote different combinations of notes in each section.  

 

 For game play, you add together the total number of beats in the section you land on, and that's how many moves forward you get. For example, the section on the right hand side of the spinner with 2 half notes and 2 quarter notes would be 2+2+1+1=6 and the player would move forward 6 squares on the board. Other than that, the same regular Chutes and Ladders rules apply.

This particular used game that I got was missing a few of the cardboard parts of the game pieces, so I used a sticky note cut in half stuck in the game piece bases. Then, I wrote the players' names on the sticky notes-- it made it easier than using the game pieces anyways since you didn't have to remember which one was yours!