This activity is great for families or play dates and is lots of fun from start to finish! We actually had planned to do this with friends for a play date but we had to cancel at the time due to T being ill so in the end T and I did it together, I can see us doing this again in the summer outside possibly for cousin club through the summer.
We started off by talking about the crazy golf we've done elsewhere and this lead to the props we used for our crazy golf, we went with pirates, dragons and castles for our theme. I only set up 5 holes for T as I thought that he would get board with the official 9 holes!
You will need
Loo rolls
Washi tape
Play golf clubs
Golf ball
Plastic cups
We started off by setting up the 'holes' using the loo rolls and washi tape, I tried to make each hole slightly different, T helped by sticking the loo rolls down, we also added a cross of washi as our 'tee' and added the number of each hole. At this stage T gave our holes a name, this would obviously be more fun with more children as they could either work together to think of the names or you could even have a little competition.
Hole 1 - this was just a simple hole to get the ball through 2 loo rolls into the cup, we called this hole 'knights crossing' and our prop was a knight on a cart. This hole took T 2(ish) attempts and as you can see, he was pretty chuffed with himself.
Hole 2 - Dragon mountain (not sure where the mountain is!) for this hole, we made a nice and simple ramp using a cardboard box and a small dish, the idea being to go up the ramp and down into the cup.
Hole 3 - pirate ship T came up with this one himself, he attached a long tube onto an upturned dish and secured with washi, the dish acted as our Tee in this instance as you can see, a cup is placed by T's toy boxes to roll the ball into!
Hole 4 - I thought that hole 4 would be a bit more difficult but T totally flunked a hole in one on this!!! We called this hole 'trolls bridge' (not sure where the bridge is though!)
Hole 5 - this was our 'grande finale' and we used the 'ghost castle' as our last hole, using the drawbridge as the hole, by this time I was beginning to think I should have made the course a bit more difficult as T seemed to whizz round it and contrary to me thinking he would be bored. He was rearing to do more, whether he would have kept going if he had to take more goes remains to be seen but he really did love this activity
As I said, it would be absolutely perfect as a play date activity, there's s little bit of problem solving - setting up the holes, co-ordination - putting and maths - keeping score.
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What a great idea for crazy golf! So easy to get all the items too! We have loads of loo roll holders lying around! #TwinklyTuesday xx
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea and a perfect rainy day activity to keep the kiddos and Mommy sane! #ToddlerApprovedTuesday
ReplyDeleteOh what a great idea! We always have tons of loo rolls hanging around and now I have a great use for them - hurrah! #twinklytuesday
ReplyDeleteSuch a great idea! My two would love having a go at this x
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This is such a great idea! I think at the mo my littlest would destroy the course but Monkey would love it so maybe one day when we have 1 on 1 time! Xx
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great idea! I think at the mo my littlest would destroy the course but Monkey would love it so maybe one day when we have 1 on 1 time! Xx
ReplyDeleteLove this simple but really fun idea! Great for indoors or out too ( on a nice day!) A lovely way to develop skills :) #ToddlerApprovedTuesday
ReplyDeleteWhat an inspired idea from up cycles toilet rolls. I'm always looking for new uses for them so I'm pinning this for our activity hour. #Letkidsbekids
ReplyDeleteI am really loving this idea!! Going to save all my loo rolls up now #ToddlerApprovedTuesday
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic idea!I will be saving our loo rolls for summer, I can see me and Olivia doing this in the garden. Thank you for sharing. xx
ReplyDeleteMuch more fun than crazy gold!
ReplyDeleteFun, frugal and easy to set up. Our kind of activity. Thanks for sharing it on our Play Date Activities Blog Hop
ReplyDeleteThis looks like so much fun! I wouldn't have thought of doing it, but we do have a toy golf set, so I might have to give this a try! x #TwinklyTuesday
ReplyDeleteOh gosh I flipping love this! How awesome and such a fun idea...is it weird that I want it to rain at the weekend so that we can do this 😂
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing on #ToddlerApprovedTuesday, come back soon. X
Oh gosh I flipping love this! How awesome and such a fun idea...is it weird that I want it to rain at the weekend so that we can do this 😂
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing on #ToddlerApprovedTuesday, come back soon. X
Such a great idea. My oldest would LOVE this - pinning for later :) #Let Kids Be Kids
ReplyDeleteGreat idea for an activity. It looks fun and he had to think a lot too. Very simple, which is often the best.
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This is so cool!!! I'm really impressed with your course. And the hole in one on the trickiest section!! Thanks for linking up with us! #bigpinklink
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ReplyDeleteI'm in LOVE with this idea. Perfect for rainy days as well and I love that the kids can make the course up themselves. Bet he was so happy he beat you ha!
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