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Bottle Cap Pinball Maze

A vertical bottle cap and skewer maze inside a cardboard box. The kid tilts and turns the box to roll a pom-pom from top to bottom.

🧒 Ages 6-8, 9-12⏱ 1 hr

How to do it

  1. 1

    Trim the front and back of a cardboard box, leaving the sides intact.

  2. 2

    Push wooden skewers across the box from front to back, alternating positions like pinball pegs.

  3. 3

    Hot-glue a bottle cap onto each skewer and one at the very bottom as the goal.

  4. 4

    Place a pom-pom on the top cap and tilt the box to roll it down to the goal.

Tips & extensions

Adjust spacing between caps to make the maze easier or harder for the kid's age.

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