No.80
Plastic-Bottle Bowling
Japanese name: ペットボトルボウリング
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Diagram key
- A
- Throwing line
- B
- Rows of 1, 2 and 3 pins
- C
- Set up 6 pins.
Materials
- Six plastic bottles with secure lids
- One soft ball
- Tape for a rolling line
How to play
- Arrange six bottles in triangular rows of 1, 2 and 3. Mark a rolling line about 2 m away and adjust bottles so they are not too hard to knock over.
- One player rolls from behind the line. Do not throw upward or roll while anyone is near the pins.
- Leave fallen pins down for a second roll. The total pins knocked over across both rolls is the turn’s score.
- Once all balls have stopped, the pin-setter resets the pins. The next player waits until the setter is clear.
- Give everyone two turns and compare total scores. Take turns resetting pins too.
Ways to adapt
Preschool children: start about 1 m away. Older primary school children: discuss pin arrangements.