Table Top Shuffle Board

After experiencing how much the kids liked air hockey over Christmas break (and how much money those smarty pants movie folk make on arcade games in the movie theater), I though we'd try a different game at home, trying their hand at pace, prescion and adding up numbers by 5, 10 and 15 (for Kalea anyhow)

Lay out tape on your table. Painters tape or a lower adhesive tape leaves less residue. We, being a family of builders and renovators, have many things such as the tuck tape used here, but any thin tape will do (duct tape will not allow your markers to slid across)

Mark out 4 lines, with the highest number in the middle, which ends up being the hardest to achieve.

I cushioned the end with a few books, as our markers kept falling of the end of the table due to high powered slides.

Using bottle caps or in this case, some think wooden hearts, it took a few tries to get  the feeling for how much force is needed, but it was fun. Kalea really enjoyed this, Sam (4) was frustrated as he always pushed it a little too far :(
(nothing a few secret cookies couldn't cure)