Teach Your Older Kids How to Collect and

Play Marbles
Marbles can be played indoors and outdoors, and keep kids concentrated on their game for hours.
Most toy shops sell marbles, and they’re pretty cheap compared to many other small toys, so
treating your kids to some marbles to add to their collection won’t break the bank either.

What you need:

 A small collection of marbles, which can be added to each weekend

 A pouch for the marbles
 Chalk (if playing outside), or a ring of string (if staying indoor)

What to do:

 Draw a circle three feet (90cm) wide on a pavement in chalk, or make one out of string, if
you’re playing indoors.
 Choose your shooter marble. This should be bigger than any of your other marbles.
 Put 5-10 other marbles in the centre of the ring.
 When it’s your turn, kneel outside the ring and flick your shooter marble out of your fist
with your thumb, trying to hit as many marbles out of the ring.
 If you knock any marbles out of the ring, keep them and have another turn.
 If you don’t knock any marbles out of the ring, leave your shooter marble in the ring until
your next turn. The next player takes his/her turn.
 Continue until the ring is empty.
 The winner is the person with the most marbles at the end of the game. You can then
return the marbles to the players, unless you have agreed to play for keeps!