egg boxes, cardboard, 36 buttons/stones per Cub

It’s a fun game played with seeds or stones. You can play it with you children, using an egg carton and buttons or beans. Cut the lid off an egg carton and save bottom portion for the game. Make two collection boxes 2 inches high by measuring and cutting off the tops of two half-pint cardboard milk cartons.

Paint all pieces with acrylic paints inside and out. Let dry, then cut a 6 by 18 inch of cardboard or poster board. Center the egg carton on the sheet, place a collection box at each end and glue the cartons in place. Decorate. (use two baskets at each side of the egg carton and not bother with gluing onto cardboard. Easier to transport)

To play: Sit across from your opponent and place game between the two of you so that your collection box is to your right and your opponent’s box is to your left. Fill each egg-carton bin with four tokens such as buttons, beans or glass blobs. The object of the game is to collect the most tokens in your collection box.

The youngest player can go first. Play begins by picking up all tokens in any one bin on your side of the game, which is the row facing you. Place a token in the bin to the right of the empty bin and continue dropping tokens one by one counterclockwise. If you reach your collection box, drop a token in the box and continue to your opponent’s side until all tokens in your hand are distributed. Do not drop a token in your opponent’s box. Gain an extra turn when the last token lands in your box. If the last token lands in an empty bin on your side of the game, take all of your opponent’s tokens from his bin opposite that empty bin. Place them in your box.

Your opponent resumes play. When bins from one side of the game are empty, the game stops. Count the tokens in the boxes.