Some kids may work on the course for weeks. Older kids enjoy creating complex obstacles to challenge each other.
For example, use containers that your ball can pass through, books to build tunnels, or stuffed animals that the ball needs to move passed. You may use around nine red plastic cups for your holes if you do not have enough containers.
The putt-putt Zoo is basically a jungle themed course. Use painter’s tape to secure your holes down and set them around the room. Place the stuffed animals as both decorations and obstacles for each course. For example, if you have a particularly large stuffed bear you can get players to putt through the bear’s legs to get to the hole. You may also have each player make the noise of the animal at the obstacle. This is a great course for very young children. The driveway mini-golf course is great for accuracy as the difficulty increases as you place the holes further and further away. Tape down your cups as each hole and place them at varying distances from the edge of the driveway. Use the edge of the driveway as your starting point. Playing throughout your house is the most creative and ambitious course to make as you have many resources at your disposal. You can allow each player to design their own hole or sets of holes. You may also give each room a theme.
Hole 1: Create a ramp with a book leaning against musical chimes or a toy xylophone. If hit properly, the ball moves up the ramp and over the chimes to create a fun sound before it makes it to the hole. Hole 2: Use canned food or cereal boxes as obstacles and use your kitchen to create a fun food theme. Hole 3: Use a footrest as a tunnel for the ball to go through before it reaches the hole. Hole 4: Decorate holes with toys like toy soldiers and tanks for a war theme. Hole 5: Create a tunnel with an empty soda carton. Simply cut both sides with scissors to create a hole large enough for the the ball to pass through and tape it to solid ground with painter’s tape. Hole 6: Create a soft sloping ramp by covering a footstool with a yoga mat and placing a dish towel underneath to slow down the ball as it passes over the matt. Hole 7: Take a toy racetrack and create an incline onto a chair. Place the hole at the seat of the chair and tape it down with painter’s tape so that the ball has to travel up the incline and onto the chair. Hole 8: Tie a piece of string onto a toy tambourine. Swing the tambourine back and forth slowly as player tries to putt into the hole to create a moving obstacle. This may be fun if you allow other players to control the tambourine. Hole 9: Try to get as creative as you can for the final hole. For example, create a wall with toys, cups, and books leaving only a small opening big enough for the ball to pass through and make it into the cup.
You may need added material if you want to create elaborate obstacles such as water hazards. This design has rough and a loop-de-loop.
The cyanoacrylate acts to clamp the balusters as the wood glue dries so make sure the balusters are lined up correctly as the cyanoacrylate sets.
The balusters on the bottom of the panel and the hole will need a spray of adhesive. Allow everything to dry.
