![]() This is not a quick activity, be prepared for it to take a while to set up.We found it easier to set up on our dining room table rather than sitting on the floor. You need a large, flat, very stable, surface.With lots of trial and error, lots of disastrous knock downs, and a few failed rallies we learned a few tips and tricks for setting up domino rallies… And we added some more Lego minifigs, of course. Morgan got out his Lego Chain Reactions set (Amazon affiliate link, Aussies you can get it via Booktopia) to create a marble chute and run, we used a section of a marble run kit, and lots of different Legos to add ‘Rube Goldberg Machine’ type elements to our rally. We were inspired to add some other items to our domino rallies by this really cool video… We learned the basics of how to build a domino wall from this video…Īnd then we modified it a little to make our own pyramid style wall, with a Lego guy on top… of course! Morgan and I both love the domino rallies that make amazing pictures, and this ‘Starry Starry Night’ one is amazing!Įven though the kinds of epic domino rallies we’d seen on YouTube were a bit ( a lot!) our of our league that didn’t stop us from thinking big and wanting to learn a few tricks. This video shows lots of very cool set ups and tricks. This domino rally is truly epic! 543210 dominoes and all kinds of tricks and special effects! ![]() There are thousands of amazing domino rally videos on YouTube! You could spend a whole week just trawling through them, so here are a couple of our favourites to get you started. Once he had a handle on the basic concept he was very keen to build something huge and spectacular, and he began his planning by watching a few YouTube videos. ![]() Just this simple activity required Morgan to think about cause and effect, to plan ahead, to estimate distances, and to use some very refined fine motor control to set up the dominoes. We started out with the basics – setting up a line of dominoes and knocking them down. Not the kind of dominoes with dots on them that you use for playing a game, but the kind that you set up in a line and knock down, and I had an inkling that my eight year old might enjoy them.Īll it took was one YouTube video and he was domino crazy!
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