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If you like playing football you'll like this game. |
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It's a bit like blow football, except it uses these sonic blasters to push the ball around the pitch using the power of sound waves!
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The only rule is that you're not allowed to touch the ball with your sonic blaster – otherwise it's a free kick or penalty! |
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To make the sonic blaster, all you need is a long crisp tube, a balloon and a piece of card.
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First, cut the sealed base off the crisp tube.
Then cut the top off the balloon.
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Pop the lid off the crisp tube and stretch the balloon over the top, like this.
It's a bit tricky, but it can be done!
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Secure it in place with lots of sticky tape, all the way around.
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Give the balloon a bit of a stretch and tie a knot in the top.
That completes the sound generator part of the sonic blaster – just pull the end of the balloon.
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To direct the sound waves, you need to make a seal with a hole to go over the end of the crisp tube which was originally sealed.
So, draw around the crisp tube onto a piece of card.
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Now take a penny, and place it in the centre of the circle you've just drawn on the card.
Draw around it.
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Cut the circles out so that you have a piece of card that looks something like this. |
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Secure it in place with tape – wrap a piece all the way around, like this.
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Take a pair of scissors and make a few snips in the tape, so that you can fold it over and flatten it down.
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That completes the sonic blaster.
When you pull the balloon, sound waves are pushed through the tube through the hole, so forcing air to push the ball.
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To make goals for your pitch, pet food boxes work beautifully!
Cut a T-shape half way up the box, like this.
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Then just bend in the side pieces, like this, to create goal posts!
Stick them down with tape.
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If you've got lots of time, you can make a whole pitch like this!
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Decorate the goals to make them look as realistic as possible…
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…and put cardboard round the edges to stop the ball rolling off.
You can make up your own advertising boards, too!
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Plus, don't forget to decorate the sonic blasters in team colours!
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Enjoy the game!
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