Cardbox Arcade, Bangsar Village 17 August 2013

En has modified her last year cardboard game. The 9 holes box( left) was upright and glued on another 3-holes box. She recycled the old token box (right)

This is the new game. 

On the first day, she didn't look happy manning this game. I found out it was because she modified the rule of the games following someone's suggestion and she felt that the new rule is not as good as her original one. I always tell her to be open-minded and listen to suggestion. And this scenario created another opportunity to tell her, to appreciate suggestion and how to reject politely and trust your feeling. The next day, she changed the game back to her original rule and it turned out that customers were indeed happier playing the original one. 

Peeping into the token box, I saw she improvised the token box by pasting a half-cut muesli bar box(left top) to collect tokens slotted- in from outside.

My 6 year old bravely attending to the arcade business. 

One token for three balls. 

The balls were pushed out through the small hole (see below)

Caine's Arcade Global Day of Play 6 October 2012

        
When I read about this event, I am so sure my children would love to be part of it. They love boxes. In fact, I think all children love boxes, if only their parents allow them to play with it.  I showed her the video above and explained how it works, build your games out of box, group together with other kids from CLIC (Cooperative Learning Initiative Centre, read here) , invite people to play and the fund goes to Imagination Foundation. Without much hesitation, they said "YEAH".

The walking ticketing machine. :)

In a flash, she thought up a game and set to work. 

Her initial idea was 10cent per game and RM1 for a "fun card" that entitles to unlimited play.

The customer have to insert the money into the box and a ticket would be issued. (check the video).

As I am not sure how exactly the payment system work at CLIC, I told her to "prepare for changes and see how to adapt to it. Life is full of changes"  

At CLIC, they have a standardized payment of RM1 = 2 tokens. 

After discussing with my child, she adjusted her ticket booth to 1 token = 1 game, 2 token for a fun card.

I thought the inserting of token and waiting for the ticket to be slotted out of the box idea is slow. It turned out to be fun for the children-customers. They love looking at the ticket being slotted out!

Measure your height here. 

She said " she doesn't want to make any child cry" and so, her height measurement started from 0 which also means everyone get to play. 

                                               

The height measurement corresponds with the measurement on the floor. The customer has to stand where his/her height is.

Customer is given 5 balls. Each successful throw will get to choose a sticker.

The game attracted a crowd. By 12pm, she was exhausted.

The little toddler was one of the loyal customer. :) She was waiting for her stickers.

The busy arcade.