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| Skittles |
| Not unlike tenpin bowling, skittles is a simple game that's terrific for children. You can make a fantastic colourful, textured set of skittles from a few old plastic soft drink bottles. |
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Wash your bottles and lids in warm, soapy water, removing any labels. Let them dry thoroughly.
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Weight each bottle with a cup of sand for stability. Use a funnel to avoid spills. Replace the top tightly.
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Next, apply a base coat to the plastic bottles in your chosen acrylic paint and coat the top in a contrasting colour. We used country blue for the bottles and primary yellow for the tops.
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While the bottles are drying (about 20 minutes), trace out some basic shapes onto your coloured felt. You can use cookie cutters, coins and a ruler. Cut out the shapes. Our design consisted of yellow stars (eight for each bottle), white circles (eight for each bottle) to go in the centre of the stars and purple stripes (five for each bottle).
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Once the bottles are dry, start sticking on the felt shapes, starting with the purple stripes. Working on one at a time, lay them flat and brush on the glue, making sure it's applied thinly and evenly. Too much glue will soak into the felt, leaving a mark. Now glue on the yellow stars and white centres.
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Use a black marker pen to highlight the outside edges of the shapes.
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Tie a bell to the end of a piece of wool or string, pierce the lids and attach the bell. Once your 10 skittles are complete, you should be ready to go. Your hallway could make an ideal makeshift bowling alley when it's too wet to play outside in the garden.
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Materials
10 empty 1.25 litre plastic drink bottles
Selection of acrylic paints
Craft glue
Black marker
Scrap fabric or felt
Ruler
Scissors
Small brushes
Templates for making cut-out fabric shapes (e.g. cookie cutter, small lids, coins)
Sand, small pebbles or rice
Small bells
Pointed tool to pierce lid
Rubber/plastic ball for bowling
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Cost
The acrylic paints we used were Decoart Americana, priced at around $3.95 each.
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More Info
All craft products available from well-stocked craft shops.
Special thanks to Craft Consultant Wendy Straume of Nomad Studios: PO Box 170, Mt Waverley, VIC 3149, ph/fax: (03) 9530 6288.
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