How to play with marbles

eyeball drop

Traditional Japanese Games: Eyeball Drop

There are many ways to play with marbles, and this is one of the traditional ones.

Scatter the marbles on the ground, and give each player five marbles.

In turn, each player drops one of their marbles from eye level.

If it hits a marble on the ground, they get to keep one.

The player who collects the most marbles wins.

Hits made after a single bounce do not count.

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Corinth game

Making a Jibanyan pinball (Korinto game) for a parent-child summer vacation craft project

The “Korinto Game” is a type of pinball or smart ball game.

Didn’t you used to see it at night stalls and street fairs? It works like pachinko: you flick a marble, and as it passes between the nails on the board, you add up the points where it lands.

The sound the marble makes as it slips through the nails is really cute, isn’t it? It might be fun to put in a little effort and try making one yourself.

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Marble Rolling Art

Let's create mysterious patterns with marbles♪ Marble Art

Prepare a spare box and set a sheet of drawing paper inside.

Place marbles that you’ve dipped into paint onto the paper, then hold the box and roll the marbles around over the paper.

The paint from the marbles will transfer onto the paper and blend with other colors, creating an effect you just can’t achieve by hand.

It turns into a very interesting, artistic piece.

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Which-way marble game

A fun and exciting recommended day-service recreation (day-rec): the “Which Cup Has the Marble?” game using paper cups

For people in their 50s to 60s, many have played the “Which Cup Has the Marble?” game at least once.

It gets exciting when you move the cups in ways that make it hard to tell where the marble is.

By using hand movements that shift the viewers’ attention as you move the cups, it becomes even harder to figure out which one it’s under!

marble accessories

[Experiment] I Tried Heating Marbles to Make Accessories!! [DIY]

Would you like to make “marble accessories” together as a parent and child? Before you start, it’s recommended to take a look at some examples of accessories made with marbles.

Seeing examples helps children get a clear idea of the shapes and types they want to make.

It can also be fun for the kids to prepare their own finished sketches beforehand.

Since the step of heating the marbles can be dangerous, be sure to try it together with a parent!

Marble coaster

[Cardboard Craft] How to Make a Marble Coaster with a Vertical Loop (Loop-the-Loop)

Let’s build and play with a ‘marble coaster’ where marbles spin at incredible speed and drop, just like a roller coaster! It involves a number of steps and some delicate work, but it’s great to make it bit by bit together, or with adults lending a hand.

You can drop the marbles with a burst of speed to hit targets, add more tracks to the course, and enjoy many different ways to play!

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Candle holder making

[DIY Interior] Sophisticated Ways to Use Marbles: A Candle Holder You Can Make with 100-Yen Shop Items

How about making a candle holder that’s perfect for Christmas and other occasions? Use an old CD-R as the base and attach glass marbles all the way around with a hot glue gun.

You can buy hot glue guns at 100-yen shops.

Stack the marbles to your preferred height.

The color of the marbles will change the hue of the flickering light, so try making it with marbles you like.

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