Knock them down (Frabar Skittles Set)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Frabar Skittles Set
Date:	03/11/07 (147 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good cheap toy

Disadvantages: A little light

Skittles
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I sometimes play skittles , I thought they would probably make a Christmas present for present for a child.
One of the skittle sets we have is the Fraber skittle set. I notice kiddiecare http://www.kiddicare.com are selling them for £2.99.











What Farber skittles are made of and how they look
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A set of these skittles contains 6 skittles. A black plastic ball comes with the set.

The skittles are made of a bright plastic 2 red 2 blue and 2 yellow. These skittles have a long curvy cylinder type of body with a couple or ridges around the circumference. The middle of the cylinder slightly fatter than the base and top .There is a rounded ball type top. The plastic is fairly soft it is possible to squeeze it when you pick the skittles up.

These skittles are suitable for playing inside the house or outside they are fairly light and do not tale a lot to knock over. Because they are a light plastic they should not damage furniture or chip paint of the wall.

These skittles are suitable for a child aged around 3 years and over.


How to play skittles
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Stand the skittles up on a flat floor surface 3 at the back then two in front of them between the spaces then one skittle centre front.

This is a turn taking game and you decide how far back you or the children stand to be fair everyone rolls /throws the ball from the same distance, bit you may decide to let the youngest or least able stand closer to the skittles.

Each player has a turn rolling /throwing the ball at the skittles and count how many they knock over. You may decide to let each player have 1, 2, or 3 turns before counting the fallen skittles. After each turn the skittles are picked up and repositioned for the next player.
The winner is the person who knocks down the most skittles.

An alternative way to play
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If you could stand the skittles on a table and roll the ball along the table to knock them down.

I have used a chute like guttering to enable some fairly immobile students with little strength inn their arms to play
Place the chute on the student’s knee while they are sitting in wheelchair or on a standard chair.
Let them point and position the chute towards the skittles. Give the student a ball and let them roll the ball down the chute. This way you can give the student as much or little help as they need.
This will give a disabled person the opportunity to join in with others and gat pleasure from playing a game.


Skills learnt from playing skittles
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Basic maths counting. Eye hand co-ordination is practiced, gross motor skills are practiced, and Turn taking and sharing is an important lesson learnt playing this game. If you are using the Farber skittles colour recognition can be learnt.
Skittles can be a fun game. For all the family might be better than watching the TV all Christmas day.



Playing this game of skittles is good practice for 10 pin bowling. Or lawn bowls. I am going bowling as part of my schools staff Christmas
Get together I think I need to practice my hand eye coordination with the schools set of these before I go.



Recommendation
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Would I recommend these farber skittles ……? Well yes they fit the requirements for a game of skittles. They may not be the best or the most exciting or nice looking set of skittles. There are many other skittle sets available, more adult wooden ones and soft fabric ones for young children.
These Farber skittles should last a fairly long time unless you really squash them completely out of shape. Easy to clean and store.

If you really want a cheap set of skittles and you drink squash or pop out of plastic bottles you could save the bottles and use these as skittles.
Weight the bottles slightly by putting a little sand, pasta or rice in them and knock them over with a ball.

Summary: A cheap set of skittles