Marble Game

The game illustrated below mainly consists of glass marbles. To play this game, two or more players are required. Each player will take out certain amount of marbles and laid them in a straight row. An arrow depicting the start and end is usually drawn to enable players to claim their win accordingly. Players are then asked to serve their marbles to determine their place in throwing the target. An additional line is then drawn away from the target. The players who throw the marble closest to the line will have the priority to roll his marble first to hit the target. When a player hit the first marble from the arrow head, he will then collect all the marbles and if he hit the one at the arrow ends, then he will only win one marble and subsequent win in the order of merit according to the arrow head


Wooden Gun

Like the catapult, the wooden gun serves as a firing purpose and the ingredient used for the bullet is similar to the catapult. By making use of the buah cherry round and rigid head, a rubber band is used to strap to the bullet and upon releasing the trigger which held the bullet, a shot is fired


Spinning Top

This is a spinning top, which today have been converted to plastic material and being released with a spring-loaded device. In those days, skill and tactic is needed to wound the string and throwing the top to let it spin. The players with the longest top spinning is the winner


Bottle Cap Innovation

This game is mainly made from soft drink bottle cap and strings. The bottle caps have to be flattened and two holes are punched in the center to allow the strings to go through it. To start off this game, minimum 2 players are required. By spinning the string in a clockwise or anti-clockwise manner this will create a force turning back the bottle cap when the string is straightened. By pulling and releasing the string this will create a circular motion whereby the bottle cap will be spinning in a reciprocal motion. The players will then try to cut the opponent’s string during the spinning. The player who successfully cut the string of his opponent will be the winner

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