DIY: Table Foosball or Soccer with cardboard at Home

A very big Hi to all of You!
Sometime back it was my son's birthday and I wanted to make him something more than a cake and the Shirt..
I made him a Table Foosball or Soccer..
He was thrilled...

I photographed the steps to share on my blog with you,

But forgot to take measurements..

So, if anyone of you can see me now,

am sitting with the Soccer board and measuring tape while am writing this blog :)

OK! So I started with a big empty cardboard box.

As you see I have cut it open into half,

so that, now my field is 14 inches by 20 inches, and 6 inches deep.

I cut out small rectangles 3 inches by 1.5 inches on either sides along the width of box,

as the goal posts.

And

Cut four small holes just big enough to allow the rods through on either sides along the length, 4 inches from the ground.

Next I covered the walls of the board with white paper using craft glue.

I used green textured handmade paper at the base of the box

to make the field.

You can used dowels, but I had some light weight metal rods,

Which I cut to 25 inches size,

Sanded the sharp ends smooth

Painted them black

Let dry before use.

Next using my acrylic color I painted the markings on the field.

Put in the four rods through the holes across the field.

Next cut out 12 strips of cardboard

8 inches by 1.7 inches.

Stuck them to the rods equidistant to each other using double sided tape.

Folded down the two ends and covered them with white paper to make the players.

Next using some colors and marker pens

I painted the players.

Painted the players both sides.

Make sure you make two teams on alternative rods and don't forget the goal keepers.

Next drop in a ping-ping ball or any light ball
Go ahead and maybe color it and
Your football or soccer ball is ready.

 
As you see
My kids were so thrilled
Couldn't even take a still steady pic..

Hope am helpful and inspiring  enough
for you to go ahead and make one for yourself!

Do tell me how you liked this project of mine on the comment box bellow.
Your visits and comments are always welcome and cherished.

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DIY: Tic Tac Toe from Pebbles & Fabric scrap

Hi Everybody!

Am sharing a DIY project after a long time now!

Its fun project.

Utility project..

Kids friendly...

Super EASY....

 

Shall we start?

We need few pebbles. These pebbles I picked up from riverside from our last few travel trips. I chose some dark and some light shaded pebbles.

Next we need is a piece of fabric (say15cm x 50cm), just big enough to paint the game and make pouch to store the pebbles.

Two strings about 50cm each ( Well finally I used green colored file tags or shoe lace).

Acrylic or fabric paint (I used white and black) and brush.

Matching thread to sew, scissors and sewing machine.

 

 Next I painted the Tic Tac Toe frame on the fabric.

Painted cross and "O" on pebbles. One can add a little coat of varnish over the pebbles for the extra shine.

A note on where to paint the frame of the game: Cut the fabric in required size. Fold the fabric just as it would look like as a draw string bag. At the folded base of the fabric, say 1cm from mid line paint the Tic Tac Toe frame.

Once the fabric paint is dry, sew your draw string bag.

Its super easy..

Will share a tutorial some day..:)

Put your pebbles in the bag...

And done....

 

Carry your game along with you.

Pour out the pebbles,

Stretch out the bag, and

Just start playing...

  

A very rustic old game made in a rustic old way...

Hope you will also enjoy making it with me....

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PARTY GAME-TAKE THE CHALLENGE

About India, they say;

"घाट घाट पर बदले पानी
चार कोस पर बानी "

"just the way that taste and property of water changes at every river bank'
spoken language changes at every four kos(a distance measuring unit; 1 kos is approximately 2miles)"

Absolutely true:
India has 22 declared official languages,
more than 50 native or local languages and many more dialects.

Let's see how much we know about India, our own state and around.
Bellow given are six images for you

1. identify the language
2. identify the state where it is spoken
3. say five sentences about this state 

Q1.

 Q2.

 Q3

 Q4

 Q5

Q6

Here I give you the name of the language and the state, find out more about each state on your own

A1. Bengali; West bengal

A2. Malayalam; Kerala

A3. Gujrati; Gujrat

A4. Telugu; Tamil Nadu

A5. Marathi; Maharashtra

A6. Punjabi/Gurbani; Punjab

(Some languages are spoken in more than one state)

I made and conducted this quiz for some ladies gathering, and we all had good fun and information. Do adopt this and also keep adding to this list.