Supplies:
- Ten plastic bottles of the same size. (Bottles need to have lids.)
- Newspaper
- Masking tape or painter’s tape
To Make:
BALL: Wad the newspaper into a sphere and wrap with tape.
PINS: Fill each bottle with about 1-inch of water, sand, pebbles, or dirt.
To Play:
Select an area that is safe to roll a ball and to retrieve pins. Set up the pins in a triangular fashion: 4 pins in the back row, 3 in the row in front of that, 2 in the next row up, and then 1 in the front. Take several steps back and try to knock down all the pins by rolling the ball.
To change things up a bit ….
- Use balls of different sizes and weights
- Use plastic bottles of different sizes.
- Place number values on each pin, from 1 to 10. Start by arranging the pins in consecutive order with the front pin being 1 point and the pins in the last row getting 7, 8, 9, and10 points. Calculate your score by adding the numbers on the pins that have been knocked down.
- For the next game, rearrange the pins so the numbers are not in consecutive order.