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Home > Arts and Crafts Projects > Games and Toys > Orbit Game
Here is another game with old roots, Eskimo children play with a game like this, except that the balls are made of fur. Because fur is irksome to work on ( tufts of it circulate around the room, and the stitching must be careful) the game here is made of two small Japanese beanbags stuffed with cotton, old yarn, or bits of rags.
needle
pencil
scissors
square
thread
cardboard
glove leather or vinyl scrap
string
soft stuffing
Make the sections 1 1/4 by 2 1/2 inches, and follow the directions given for the Japanese beanbag. The balls will knock things in the room, including children, so need to be soft for safety. Before stitching the open ends, poke the strings in, stitch these, and then stuff the bags round but still soft, with cotton, yarn, or chopped up rags. Make one string 18 inches, and the other 19 1/2 inches long. Tie the two together at the far ends. The unequal length is to prevent the balls from colliding and stopping each other. Grasp the tied ends firmly in one hand, and follow the illustrations on how to get the balls rotating. This is definitely a game for older children. Younger ones do not have the co-ordination to make it go.