Thus it will not matter that some children are finished working before others, since the play time is flexible. Children seem to treasure homemade toys and games more than new ones most times , especially the ones which are kept and handed down from generations to generations. Who can blame them? There is history and mystery behind them.
Encourage children to make new memories by making their own toys instead of buying from a store. A popular homemade toy among girls is the doll house. Most are made from cardboard or wood with the help of an adult with homemade furnitures.
As for games, you have tons to choose from. You can make your own yo-yo, jigsaw puzzles, and the classics such as tic-tac-toe, snakes and ladder, chess and checkers.
To make a slingshot to shoot pieces of paper, all you need is wire like the type you find from a wire hanger and a rubber band. Twist the wire as shown in the picture and make loops at each end to hold the rubber band. Fold little pieces of paper, make a target, aim, and shoot.
Don't use anything other than paper and always ask your parents permission before making toys such as this. Take a sheet of paper or a piece of newspaper and wad it up very tight. This will make a good center for the ball. Then wind rubber bands very tightly around the center, winding first one way and then the other so as to keep it round. Colored rubber bands can be used if you have them—they make a bright colorful ball.
This is fun to do. And you will have lots of fun when you are finished. You'll be surprised at how high it will bounce. To do this you will need a piece of wood 18 inches square—or a square of heavy brown corrugated cardboard will do. Use five empty spools—more if you wish—and attach them to the board with hot glue parental supervision required or wood glue. Then in crayon or paint put numbers under each spool as shown. Rings can be the rubber jar rings used in canning or rope tied in circles.
See the picture above. Devise your own rules. A suggestion is that each player toss three rings at a turn. The first player to score a total of 1, is the winner.
This is lots of fun if you have a large play space, but it is definitely not recommended for the living room or any place where you might knock over lamps or pictures.
Take a medium-size paper bag and stuff it with sheets of crumpled newspaper. Pack it tightly and then fasten the bag with a string or rubber band.
This is the ball! String a rope between the tops of two chair backs and hit the ball back and forth as in volleyball.
If the ball hits the floor before you hit it back, that is a point for your opponent. Make the game 15—whoever scores 15 points first is the winner. This game is particularly good for attics, garages, or basements, where you have plenty of space and no danger of breaking anything.
It is fun in the backyard, too. Go and find 1 a bean 2 a small box 3 a shoe box or shirt box lid 4 Scotch tape. How about you build this fun game. You will need to hone your aim to get this bean in the tiny little door.
The smaller box needs a door in it Tape this down to the inside of a shoe box lid. Get competitive and time yourself and your friends to see who can get the bean in the door first. Don't make this if you or anybody around you has a peanut allergy. Now get a cup out and poke a hole in the bottom of the cup. Put a string in the hole and tie a knot on the inside part of the cup. Then pull it through the other end and tie a peanut to the other end.
Glue it in place. Now play the game of trying to get a peanut in the cup. When you get good at it, see how many you can get in the cup in a minute and then compete against a friend. This marble game often called "Stabling Your Horses" is easy to construct and great fun to play. Use a cardboard shoe box for the table.
Remove the cover. Turn the box upside down and cut 5 entrances to the stable, using one of the 2 long sides of the box for these entrances. Mark over each entrance the figures 5, 10, and 25 as indicated in Fig. To play this game, place the shoe box stable against a wall. Then measure off a distance of 4 feet in front of it on the floor. Give each player 5 marbles depending upon the number of entrances. Each player rolls or shoots his marbles from the 4 foot marking, shooting all of them at each turn.
The game may be continued as long as desired. However, it is well to reach a predetermined score, such as or before beginning the game. The player first obtaining this score wins the game. By the use of different throwing methods, a boomerang can be made to go through some interesting maneuvers.
This is strictly an outdoor toy. While a small cardboard boomerang won't break a window, it can hurt someone's head so should be thrown at some distance apart; and caution to children to watch what others are doing.
Regardless of size, the length of the arms should be about 6 times the width. Arms 2" x 12" make handy size. Staple or glue teh arms at right angles to each other, in the centers. Glue will take about 15 minutes of drying before the boomerang is ready for throwing.
For safety, round all edges. Color with crayons or markers. It is very simple to make these paper tops. Just print out 2 diagrams out Cut out the diagrams and then fold on the inner lines until you have a five sided pyramid Do the same thing for the second pyramid.
Now place them bottom to bottom and tape them together this way. Then push a wood safety match stick, a pencil, or half of a chop stick through both holes. Now spin the top.
It isn't hard to make a toy wagon. Just find an empty shoe box. Decorate it by painting it, covering it with wrapping paper, or however you want to decorate it. If you are to paint it, just add a little bit of Elmer's glue to the paint to help the paint adhere to the waxy surface of the box. Also cut out 4 wheels and a handle and paint them as well.
Then attach the wheels to the side of the box with paper fasteners Cut out the fish from sheet cork. Regardless of the design, the fish should be at least one inch wide and 2 inches long, so a hole may be punched, and so that they are a comfortable size for the kids to handle. After the fish have been cut out and punched, crayon heavily to waterproof the sheet cork, and to identify the fish.
The hooks are bent paper clips, tied to the end of a string 12 inches long. Attach the other end of the string to a pencil-sized stick about 8 inches long. Do not have the string any longer, or the game will be too difficult to play.
Throw the fish in a baby pool or a tub full of water. A cable car is a vehicle which hangs on a long steel rope. It carries people between high cliffs and across valleys. Make a toy cable car from a box or can of any kind part of a milk carton would also work. From wire or cardboard, form two hangers, choosing one of the shapes in the picture. Tape them to the sides of the box or can. For the wheel, have your parents cut the inner part from a spool and glue the two ends together or use a bobbin or take the spool out of a vcr tape that your parents say that you can have.
To hold them together, put a strong stick through the holes. Fasten the wheel to the hangers with two tacks or flat-headed nails. If your window is near a friend's window, you can run a string on pulleys from one to the other, and hang your cable car on it. Then you can use it to carry messages back and forth. This sort of beanbag is used for assorted games and juggling in Japan. Because of its rounded shape, it flies through the air better than the conventional flat sort of beanbag.
Leather is a lot easier to make this out of, but the normal Japanese beanbag is made out of cloth, so either one works. Make cardboard patterns for the pieces. Whatever the size made, use the proportion of twice as long as wide on the sections. Attach the four pieces in a cross-shaped pattern as shown. Then turn and sew each section, one at a time, as shown, leaving the top open for stuffing. Stuff with enough beans to make the bag about 1 inch thick, and sew up the rest of the edges.
Though it may be hard to visualize from words and diagrams, this is easy to make. Try a sample first. This knock down game is a great game to play at a picnic or cook out. The game is made from corrugated cardboard nailed to a wood base. The wood should be thick enough to hold up the target and run the length of the bottom. Fasten with large-headed nails, so that they cardboard will not pull out. Paint or crayon in numbers, a target, a clown face, or similar designs on the cardboard face.
Compete agains your friends and family members. These are made from corrugated cardboard, with holes cut out in the shape of the objects you want thrown in the game. Use a folded piece of cardboard, such as a pizza box, or hinge two pieces of cardboard with duct tape.
Poke holes in the bottom corners of the boxes to attach together with rope or string. Decorate the faces with a target or baseball diamond, and cut holes in the cardboard a bit larger than the things to be thrown.
You can use bean bags, sugar cubes or dice, corks, or other objects. Here are some Japanese Bean Bags. If you have any toy jacks hanging around your house, and you have some rubber bands, you can make a super high bouncy ball. Just take the jack and loop the rubber band around the jack. Keep looping it around the jack until the band is tight around the jack.
Add another rubber band This is very easy to make. Paint 2 cardboard boxes blue. Let completely dry. Enter your name and email address below for instant access. And each week we'll send you free crafts and recipes! Skip to primary navigation Skip to main content Skip to footer Adult Craft Ideas: lots of craft tutorials I love sharing tutorials and creating craft ideas for adults.
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