This game is a variation of the real thing. It is easy to make and very inexpensive. These are two things parents love to hear when dealing with anything. The game will give children ages 4+ a great time. They will have hours of enjoyment from this, and you will enjoy participating.
You will need a table (perhaps a kitchen table or long rectangular picnic table as this can be done indoors or outdoors) or a concrete area around 4+ feet long. The area can be as big or as small as you want and will really depend on how old the participants will be. You will also need masking tape for the table or chalk for the concrete area. The next thing that you will need is some type of pucks. Each participant will need one and you can be color coordinated if you choose to have teams. We used small 5" and 3" plastic bowls from a kids toy kitchen.
Table instructions:
1. Measure a 10 inch section from one end of the table and place masking tape all the way across the width of it.
2. Place a 10 inch piece of tape on the table to divide this section in half.
3. Then measure another slightly larger section and divide it in a similar manner. This will make 4 sections on the table and cover still less than half of it.
5. Assign a point value to each section with the higher point values on the smaller sections at the end of the table.
Now you are ready to play.
1. From the unmarked end of the table, have participants take turns sliding their pucks in an effort to make them stop in a point assigned area of the table.
2. Leave all pucks on the table until everyone is finished. If a puck knocks another puck ahead into another area it is now assigned that point value. Likewise, if a puck knocks another puck off the board the puck that is off the board is awarded no points.
3. The idea here is to add up all points after everyone has taken their turn. If you use teams have one participant from each team take a turn. Then each round will consist of the same until everyone has had a turn.
Concrete instructions:
The same as for table instructions only use chalk to divide up the sections.
