Miniature Golf Day

Today is Miniature Golf Day. How fun is THAT? No matter how young or how old, mini golf is just plain fun. To celebrate, why not make a miniature golf course in your yard or even in your living room? Here's some ideas from creativekidsathome.com to get you started:

Materials
Golf clubs (or sponge and yardstick) golf ball or rubber ball, masking tape, glue, scissors, markers, shoe box, cardboard, coffee can.
Use your own clubs, or masking tape a new sponge to a yardstick
Build your course (see ideas below) using the coffee can for the final hole.
Take turns playing your way through your course.


Ideas for golf course
For a tunnel, cut out the bottom of an empty oatmeal box, and place the box on its side.
To make a house, turn a shoe box upside down and cut out an entrance from one end, and the exit from the other end.
Fold a piece of cardboard in half and set it up like a tent for the ball to go through.
Place two or three frisbees on the floor to form a curved fairway for the ball to go through.
Make a ramp by scoring (run one point of the scissors in a straight line without cutting all the way through) a piece of cardboard twice. Bend slightly at each score mark to create a upside, flat, and downside to your ramp. Put some books under the center section for support.
For a straight fairway, use two rows of building blocks.
Make a sandtrap from a hula hoop.
For a pipe use paper and tape it.
Put a chair or stool in the center of the room for the ball to go under.

Just use your imagination and the possibilities are endless. Happy Miniature Golf Day!