How to make cardboard horse races

The idea that we show you here is a horse race with obstacles that you can play at a big table. Each player needs a horse, a jockey and a piece of string big enough to roll it to the table. The objective is to arrive first but they have to get horse and jocker together, otherwise the game can not be won. If you want to know how it is built and played look at the following article, how to make cardboard horse racing

You will need to:
  • Thin cardboard or cardboard
  • Tracing paper
  • Pencil and paint
  • Rope and scissors
  • Strong glue and play dough
  • Fine wire or clean pipes and ties made of metal or plastic
Steps to follow:

one

First of all to make a horse, draw the model horse, chair and platform on tracing paper and pass it to a piece of thin cardboard. Cut out cardboard, horse, chair and platform. Cut along the red lines on the horse's legs. Paint the silhouettes and let them dry.

two

Next twist two ties or pipe cleaners to make the legs and body (a). Roll another wire to the body to make the arms. Put a glob of plasticine (b) as head. Look at the drawing to help you.

3

Then pass as many ropes as there are players around the table, and knot the ends. Put some pieces of plasticine stuck to the table under the ropes, to form the obstacles.

4

Glue a chair to the backs of each horse on top of each of the ropes. Put the strings through the openings you made in the legs of the horses. Fold the flaps of the cuts and glue them to the platform.

5

How to play : it's about making your horse run from one end of the table to the other without the jockey falling. Horses must pass over obstacles found on the road and any player whose jockey falls, will return again at the beginning. To start, place the jockeys on the chairs and horses on the starting line. Stand at the end of the table and pull the rope that is underneath towards you. The first player who arrives with the jockey and the horse together to the finish line will be the winner.