Fun at home! DIY bowling ideas

Milk Carton Bowling

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Let’s make bowling pins using milk cartons! It doesn’t have to be milk—any type of drink carton is fine.

Once the carton is empty, rinse the inside and reassemble it back into its original shape.

Before sealing the top, add a marble or a small amount of water as a weight.

Then decorate it however you like with construction paper, origami paper, or stickers, and you’re done! For the ball, crumpled newspaper or flyers, or a plastic play ball, are great options.

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Bowling Made with Copy Paper

How to Make a DIY Bowling Game [Easy to Make with Copy Paper!]

No special materials needed! Here’s a handmade bowling idea you can make with plain copy paper.

Fold an A4 sheet into quarters, cut it, then fold the pieces like origami to create bowling pins.

Since you need 10 pins in total, you’ll need the equivalent of three A4 sheets.

Once the pins are folded, add color with markers to give them a real bowling vibe! Next, use the quartered pieces of copy paper to make stands to support the pins.

For the ball, cut a strip of copy paper lengthwise, fold it into a thinner strip, and combine several strips like making a paper ball (mari) to finish.

Give this mini bowling game a try—you can even enjoy it solo!

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Put a marble inside

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Among the many DIY bowling sets you can make with plastic bottles or paper cups, adding marbles is highly recommended.

The reason is that marbles act as weights, giving the pins just the right amount of heft.

By adjusting the number of marbles, you can make the pins harder or easier to knock down, tailoring the difficulty to the player’s age and build.

When making pins with plastic bottles, try leaving the outside undecorated and using colorful marbles inside—the pins will look cute even with minimal decoration! Be sure to make good use of marbles in your homemade bowling set.

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Empty Can Bowling

How about making bowling pins out of empty cans? The clattering sound when they fall is fun, too.

It’s best to use cans that are as close in size as possible.

Decorate the cans by wrapping them with origami or construction paper, then draw pictures or add stickers on top.

You can leave the opening as is, but if you want more weight, put something heavy inside, like marbles, and close the opening.

Without weights, the pins will fall over easily, so try knocking them down with a ball made by crumpling newspaper or by rolling a towel into a ball.

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Bowling lane of blocks

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If you want to go beyond just pins and balls and actually build a proper lane for bowling, why not try making a bowling lane with blocks? We recommend using LEGO bricks, a popular toy among children.

Combine different types of LEGO pieces to create a bowling lane in any shape you like.

With a bit of ingenuity, you can even build a high-tech bowling alley—like a mechanism that resets fallen pins to their original position, or one that returns the ball to your hands after you throw it! If you enjoy playing with blocks or are skilled at it, give it a try.

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