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Mini Table Football
You will need:
- Cardboard box with the top removed.
- 4 or 6 straws (depending on the size of your box)
- Green paper/ paint
- Chalk
- Scissors
- Scalpel
- Gluestick
- Nail files/ Lolly sticks
- Felt tip or paint
- Tinfoil for the “football”
1. Cut 4 (or 6) holes along the long sides of each box, ensuring they line up on both sides.
2. Cut rectangles out of the short sides of the box for the goals.
3. Cut the green paper to size and glue to the inside of the box.
4. Add football field markings with chalk.
5. Thread one straw through each hole.
6. Cut the nail files/ lolly sticks to size and make two different colours with felt tip or paint.
7. Carefully cut slits in the straws. If you’re using 4 straws, arrange as 1, 3, 3, 1. If you’re using 6 straws, arrange as 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 1.
8. Use tinfoil to make a ball small enough to fit under the straws.
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