You may need an adult to help you with some parts of this activity!
The first thing that we are going to do is make some marks where we want the rods for the players to go through the cardboard box. The model that we are going to make will have 2 rows of players for each team, so you will want to have 4 holes on each side evenly spaced along the side of the box.
You are going to need to cut a hole in centre of each end of the box to be your goal. You may want to draw this first so that you know how big you want it to be. It needs to be big enough for your ball to fit through. If you want to add a net only cut the hole along 3 of the sides, leave it attached along the bottom edge.
You can now use the lolly stick to become the players and attach them to the skewers. You will need to plan how you want to attach them as if they are too low they will not be able to swing as they will keep hitting the base, and if they are too high they will not be able to reach the ball. When you think you have them positioned at the correct height you can attach them to the skewer with tape
You can decorate your football table and your players if you would like to
You can also experiment with different ball and see how this affects your game. You might like to try a marble, pom pom and ball of paper
If you can find a larger box than a shoe box you may like to experiment with adding more rods of players...
The video tutorial for this activity is available on the Surrey Libraries Facebook Page or YouTube Channel
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