Fun DIY Balance Ball Dexterity Game
Have fun tilting the DIY Balance Ball Dexterity Game till the balls roll and stay in the holes. It’s an easy craft for kids to make from a recycled box, and a great way to build eye hand coordination!
Servings: 1 Balance BAll Dexterity Game
Cost: $2
Equipment
- none needed
Ingredients
- Recycled box
- Balls Use marbles, small rubber bouncing balls, large wooden beads, or small cat toy balls, depending on the size of your game
- White paper craft paper
- colored markers
- Other supplies Scissors, Glue
Instructions
- Lay the box on top of the white paper and trace around it for size. Cut this out and trim the paper so it fits inside the bottom of the box.Decide how many balls you want to use in your game.Keep this in mind as you create a design in the bottom of your box. Where will the holes be for the balls in your design? Use your colored markers to make a design on the paper, marking where the holes are going to be.Glue this to the bottom of the box and let the glue dry.
- Poke holes with a scissors where each of the holes are supposed to be for the balls. Enlarge the holes with the scissors and by pressing the balls down into the holes that you have started.You want the hole to be large enough to let the ball settle into it. But not so large that it will drop through the bottom of the box. Keep enlarging the holes until you reach this goal.
- Game instructions: Place the same number of balls down inside in the box as you have holes and give the game a try! By tipping the box you roll the balls around until each one settles into a hole. That’s the point of the game! Time yourself and then try to beat your time.
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Notes
I used eight wooden beads for the larger pizza sized box. Seven smaller balls which were marbles worked well in the smaller box.
There are tips and variations for this craft on the website post.