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Mom Squad: Easy ball toss board

Sometimes kids need a familiar game, but in a new way. See how Maureen Kyle makes an easy ball toss game out of a box and some cups.

CLEVELAND — By now, my kids have played with every toy in the house. And for some reason, the big cardboard box that occasionally makes it to our doorstep is always a new thrill. 

I was racking my brain, trying to come up with something we could play with either indoors or outdoors (depending on the rain), when I had a vision. What about a ball toss? Not quite basketball, but something similar? Something they would play at an amusement park or Dave & Busters... 

We had a huge flat box from a table I ordered, which would create a great "backboard." Any size box or poster board will work. 

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I wrote down 20, 10 and 5 on pieces of paper. I taped these randomly on the box so we could have a point system. 

Then I went into my stash of little plastic cups, got the hot glue gun and attached the "baskets."

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Since it was warm and nice, but we were expecting rain, we dragged the ball drop game outside. It was perfect!

The cups were small, so it took a few tries to get one in. But when we did, it was sweet victory! 

And now the cardboard box has truly become one of their favorite toys.  

Credit: Maureen Kyle

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