With a few extra hands the kids put together a ramp to bounce to funnel contraption. Its a little harder than Legos because nothing sticks together and requires a very gentle slow hand. It teaches them patience and gentleness, which I enjoy, and can take quite a while to build. There are many different design you can follow or basically use your imagination to build whatever. Jr. is a strict step-by-step follower when it comes to building things and since he's the oldest I let the younger once follow his lead. Also, we had a special friend helping this time, Noah, the kids cousin.
As stated before its a large contraption made of many small wood pieces (about 1/4"x1"x4"). One bump on the table and this whole thing would come down.
Then you use a ping pong ball. Roll it down the ramp, bounces off the platform and spirals down the funnel into the bottom base.
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| This one required the overseeing of daddy who had to make a few adjustments so it would work properly... |
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| without knocking the whole thing over... |
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| Then it worked great. It was so cool to see the boys enjoy their diligence and patience in building this, then actually having it work! |
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| Didn't notice what my little engineer was doing until I put this up, tummy scratch :) |
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