Let's play with paper cups! Crafts and indoor play

[Play] Paper Cup Golf

Paper Cup Golf: A Sit-Down Game That Still Gets Everyone Excited

How about trying paper cup golf, a game you can play even in a small space with just paper cups and ping-pong balls? Write scores on the paper cups, place them on the floor with the scores facing up, and secure them with double-sided tape.

From a spot a few meters away, decide how many balls each person gets, then roll the ping-pong balls and try to land them in the cups.

You can use lots of cups, and it’s fun to include some with negative points, too.

Since you can play while seated, it also works on a tabletop.

It’s a great activity for young children and seniors as well.

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[Play] Paper Cup Fan Race

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At the starting signal, everyone frantically fans their paper cup with an uchiwa to send it toward the finish line faster than anyone else—this is the Paper Cup Uchiwa Race.

It’s a very simple game that everyone can enjoy, from small children to adults and seniors.

It’s easy, but you can also have fun with mishaps along the way, like the paper cup tipping over or the uchiwa knocking it and sending it flying.

Adults might end up getting more serious about it than the kids! (lol)

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[Play] Territory-capturing game

2019.09.20 Grandpa and Grandma tried sending the paper cup fort to the base.

Draw a center line on the table with duct tape or similar, line up paper cups on it, and at the start signal, fan them with an uchiwa (hand fan) to make them flutter forward.

Move the paper cups across the tape into your opponent’s territory from your point of view.

Before the end signal sounds, try to send as many paper cups as possible into the opponent’s territory.

The player who gets more cups into the opponent’s territory wins.

If a cup falls over during play, stand it back up where it fell and continue.

If there are many participants, turning it into a knockout tournament or a team match can make it even more exciting.

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[Play] Treasure Guessing Game

[How Dads Play with Kids] Guess-the-Toy Game with Paper Cups / Dad is the Play Teacher – Kirakira Navi –

This is a game you can enjoy with a child in the early preschool years.

You’ll need a few paper cups and a toy small enough to fit inside one.

Choose something that excites your child, like a favorite character.

The rules are simple: place the toy under one of the upside-down cups and play a guessing game with your child to find where it is.

When they find it, celebrate together and praise them enthusiastically.

You can also write numbers on the cups and have them guess by number—that sounds fun too.

[Play] Let’s build a paper cup tower

Let's build a giant tower with bear-themed colored paper cups! Will we fail at the very last one? Leo Smile

White paper cups are the most common, but there are many varieties, including colored ones and cups with illustrations.

You can easily buy them at 100-yen shops.

Let’s build a giant tower with these cute paper cups! Turn the paper cups upside down and line them up on a stable surface like a table or the floor.

Once the first layer is done, stack more cups on top to make the second and third layers, building higher and higher.

It’s simple to make, but if you’re not careful, it will topple over.

As a variation, it could be fun to design your tower using paper cups on which you’ve drawn your own letters or illustrations.

[Craft Play] Basketball Board Game

Let's make an NBA basketball board game out of cardboard.

How about making a basketball board game using cardboard, ping-pong balls, and paper cups? It uses a lot of cardboard and includes some small gimmicks, so there are quite a few steps involved, but you can create a surprisingly authentic board game out of cardboard.

The orange ping-pong balls look just like basketballs and are really cute.

It would also be exciting to assign points to the paper cup goals lined up in the front and back and compete for the highest total score.

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[Craft Play] Flying Cup

How to Make a Flying Cup: Mysterious! Handmade Toy ★ Magnus Effect — How to make a flying paper cup.

If you throw a regular paper cup, it just plops to the ground, but this one is a mysterious, flying paper cup.

It’s very easy to make: attach the bottoms of two paper cups together, then use a paper clip to create a hook point in the center for a string or rubber band.

That’s it—but it will float and glide through the air with a curious motion.

This is due to the Magnus effect: as the spinning cup moves forward, air resistance creates an airflow in the direction of the spin, producing its strange flight.

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