CUBORO, more than just a marble run

Christmas magic with CUBORO competitions

As December approaches, so does the festive season and with it the time to gather family and friends to celebrate existing traditions and create new ones. So why not brighten up the festive season this year with CUBORO competitions? The CUBORO marble runs bring the whole family together and provide excitement, creative ideas, and lots of fun for children, parents, and grandparents alike. In this blog you will find some inspiration for your competitions with the CUBORO marble run system under the Christmas tree.

Unpack your creativity!

Imagine unwrapping a CUBORO set under the Christmas tree with shining eyes. What could be better than playing with it straight away, building your first marble run and letting the marbles roll? However, the Swiss marble run system not only offers opportunities to play and learn, but also forms the perfect basis for exciting competitions in which everyone can join in the fun. So, if the whole family is gathered at Christmas time, why not roll the marbles together?

Excitement for the whole family

The CUBORO competitions are suitable for the whole family and provide plenty of thrills and fun. In these competitions, both CUBORO novices and CUBORO experts can compete together in building marble runs. Nothing can stop the first CUBORO competition in family history from taking place in the festive living room!

Competition under the Christmas tree

In the new CUBORO book you will find a comprehensive explanation of how to run competitions. Here are the most important basic rules for the Christmas competition:

  • The aim is to build the marble run with the most points.
  • Points are awarded for the best use of the elements: Each time the ball passes through a function of an element, you receive one point. The longer the track and the more functions of an element you use, the more points you collect.
  • The marble run with the highest score wins.
  • A marble run is valid if the ball rolls unassisted from the start to the finish element.

 

It is important that all teams have the same CUBORO elements available - a large STANDARD set also has enough cubes for two teams. Otherwise, the teams build one after the other.

Even more excitement

Of course, you can add to the rules of the game as you wish. The less time you have, the more difficult it is to make optimum use of all the functions of the elements; with a little more time, you may be able to integrate even more tunnel functions into your course in order to collect more points. You can also - similar to the CUBORO quiz tasks - specify a start element or a section for the competition.

You can make the competition even more challenging by adding elements from the Extra Sets. The elements from TRICK or DUO naturally offer further opportunities to score additional points by using the elements several times.

Christmas magic

CUBORO is an open system and offers endless play possibilities: The CUBORO elements can be added to and combined with other objects or toys as desired. Special Christmas rules can therefore provide an extra dose of Christmas magic: Each team should integrate at least one Christmas decoration object into its marble run so that the ball rolls through or over this object. Each integrated object gives 2 bonus points.
With or without Christmas tree decorations at marble run: The CUBORO competitions provide creative moments and lots of fun for the whole family. And who knows, maybe a new family tradition will be born this Christmas with CUBORO?

Sebastian, CUBORO Team
published on December 1, 2023