Potshot

By Trevor Holloway

To make and play Potshot, you will need: shoe box, pencil, scissors, plastic straw for each player, equal number of marbles for each player, table (or other surface to play on), masking tape, and books.

To Make

1. Cut three holes in side of box, and tape to table (see illustration).

2. Use another piece of tape for Shooting Line (see illustration).

3. Place books as boundary lines to keep marbles from scattering.

To Play

Players take turns using their straws to blow their marbles from Shooting Line into holes in shoe box. Winner is one with most marbles in box.

Variation: Older children might wish to assign point values to holes (for example, center hole might be worth one point; outer holes, two points each), with winner being first player to reach a certain total, such as ten points.