An amusing bowling game, with targets that will turn upside down promptly when their "fences" are knocked over by a golf ball rolled along the floor, can be constructed to come apart and fold up into small storage space. As illustrated in Figure 5.4, the parts are cut from f-in. stock except for the blocks representing the fence, which are 4-in. lengths sawed from a 2 x 2 (15/8if in. by 15/8 in.).

For the side pieces, cut two triangles with sides 7 1/4 in. long and bases 8 in. wide, then measure down 7/8 in. from the top on each side and cut off the small triangle thus formed and round the outer edges as in the drawing. Then cut slits 3/16 in. wide and 1/2 in. deep in the centers of these truncated sections to receive the 1/4-in. dowel upon which the cats rotate. Two small right-angled triangles 21/2 in. high by 21/2 in. wide can be hinged to the centers of the larger supports as shown.

Three, four, or more of the cat figures can be cut from 3/4-in. wood and drilled with a f-in. horizontal hole as shown in the detail, so that they will rotate freely on the dowel. For the three-cat game pictured in the drawing, the dowel is cut 141/2 in. long to allow at least 1/2 in. between figures so that one cannot knock another over in falling. The sides of each end of the dowel axle must be whittled flat to fit tightly into the slots in the tops of the side supports. As indicated at X, a thin finishing nail or length of wire is inserted through holes drilled at each end tight against the inside faces of the triangular supports.

Fig. 5.4. Targets for rolling balls.

Paint the supports green, the "picket fence" posts white, and the cats gray, black, striped, or piebald, with green or yellow eyes. Numerical scores are painted in white circles on each cat's back so that the numbers will appear in an upright position when the figure hangs upside down, as shown in the drawing.