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More Marbles + Cabolders!

Sunday, August 23rd, 2015

After the “Can Do” kids finished playing Marbles in the Box, Grandpa Dooley said, “OK, who’s ready to play my favorite marble game”?

Hector wasn’t so sure, since he didn’t do so well playing Marbles in the Box.” Come on Hector, said Willie. “Be a sport.” Arthur J chimed in saying, “Come on Hector we always play what you want to play. Now it’s your turn to play what we want to play.

Not wanting to be left out, Orrie said, “Hector, you don’t even know what the game is about. Maybe you will be better at this game than your were with the last game.”

Grandpa Dooley took out a really large marble; it was huge! “Does anyone know what this is called.”? The “Can Do” Kids shook their heads. “Well, continued Grandpa Dooley,  “back in the olden days, when I was young they were called caboulders, the most valuable of all the marbles, especially the ones that you could see through.

The name of the game we are going to play is Hit the Caboulder, and this is how it’s played:

1. Place a caboulder on one end of a long table, or on a flat surface on the floor

2. Stand or sit at the other end of the table, or kneel if on the ground

3. Flick the small marble with your thumb pressed against your pointer finger, or, with your pointer finger  against your thumb

4. There are no do-overs once you have flicked the marble and it is moving

5. If you miss the caboulder, you lose the marble you were shooting with

6. If you hit the caboulder but it doesn’t move, you get to keep the marble you were shooting with and go again

7. If you move the caboulder, your win 10 marbles

8. If you knock it off the table, or out of the playing area, when on the ground, you win the caboulder”!

Grandpa Dooley looked at all the eager faces and said, “Okay, what I want to know  is who is going to be the Marble Master and be in charge of the caboulder“?

The boys voted Orrie in as the Marble Master. This time when Grandpa Dooley suggested taking some practice shots, Hector was at the front of the line.

Hector didn’t win the caboulder, but he did win a few marbles!

Who won the Caboulder… no one yet; maybe next time.

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Table-top Marbles on a Rainy Day

Sunday, August 25th, 2013

The “Can Do” Kids tumbled into Grandpa John’s house when he opened the front door. Hector shouted out, “We’re here to learn how to play marbles like you did in the olden days.”

Grandpa John smiled and said.” We are all set up for a game called Marbles in the Box. Follow me to the playroom. Orrie is already there.”

Orrie was sitting at a long table.  At the end of the table was a tissue box with a whole cut in the bottom. The side with the whole rested on the table.

Grandpa Dooley was there to help out, He handed each of the “Can Dos” a small bag with 5 marbles.

“Now everybody take a seat while I explain the rules”,  said Grandpa John. “When I was a kid we played this game in a playground area that had a flat surface. Sometimes, when the weather was bad, we played it indoors on a long table, just like we are doing today.

The object of the game is to win  marbles. Whoever has the most marbles at the end of the game is the winner.

The rules are : 5 players can play at any one time; each player gets 5 marbles to play with. The 6th player is the Marble Master.

  1. The Marble Master begins the game with 60 marbles

  2. The Marble Master challenges a player to take a shot to win 3 marbles. If a player gets a marble in the hole in the box, and it stays there, he or she wins 3 marbles and gets to go again, until he or she doesn’t get a marble in the hole.

  3. If the player doesn’t get the marble in the box, he or she loses the marble to the Marble Master

  4. When a player runs out of marbles, he or she is out of the game.

  5. The game is over when:

  • All the players are out of marbles and the Marble Master wins

  • The Marble Master runs out of marbles and the player with the most marbles wins and becomes the next Marble Master

6. The only way you can get the marble into the hole is either by flicking it:

  • with your thumb pressed against your pointer finger
  • with your pointer finger  against your thumb
  • There are no do overs once you flick and release the marble

Now that you know the rules, let’s pick a Marble Master and play “Marbles in the Box.”  The group voted for Willie to be Marble Master.

Grandpa Dooley asked, “Who wants to practice flicking the marbles before playing”? Hector said, “I don’t need to practice. This game is easy” Everybody else took a few practice shots with Grandpa Dooley’s help. Hector should have taken some practice shots because he was the first player out of marbles!

Arthur J. won by having the most marbles when Willie, the Marble Master, ran out of marbles.

Ready to try this game at home? All you need is a box with a hole in it and marbles! Be sure to check out the marble game in the “Can Do” Club House.

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Grandpa John, What Games Did You Play In the Olden Days?

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

It was a snowy Saturday on “Can Do” Street and very, very cold. Some of the “Can Do” Kids were at Orrie’s for a play date since the snow was too deep for Orrie to get around outside in his wheelchair.

Grandpa John and Grandpa Dooley were hanging out with the “Can Do”s, reading stories and playing table games when Hector asked, “Grandpa John, what games did you play in the olden days”? The grandpas looked at one another and smiled. “Shall we tell them how we had fun, John, when we were there age”, asked Grandpa Dooley. “You mean before there was TV and computer games, and DVDs”,  replied Grandpa John.

“Okay”, said Grandpa John,”It’s almost time for all of you to go home for supper, but we can talk about the games today and the next time we are together we can go downstairs to the  playroom and try out some of these games.”

Grandpa Dooley began, “Who knows how to play Ringoleaveo”? The “Can Do” faces went blank . “What about Scully”? Again blank faces. “What about Hit the Stick, Marbles, Statues “? Orrie started bouncing in his chair and saying, “I know about marbles”!

Grandpa Dooley smiled and said, “OK, next time we meet you can show us your marble game and then we will show you how we played marbles.”

Just then the doorbell rang. It was Grandma Frances to pick up Hector. “Ohhh, just when it was getting good, I have to leave”, said Hector.

Grandpa John smiled and said, “I promise that the next time you come to play we will begin with marbles and then after that, each play date we will learn to play one of the “Olden Days” games. In the mean time, ask your grandpas what they remember playing. Be sure to ask your grandmas what they played as young girls, because boys and girls often played different games.”

OK boys and girls…start asking your grandparents what they played. Be sure to visit our next post when we will have marble games to share!

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