Grab ‘n’ Go: Make Mikado Sticks

You can make your own mikado sticks from a variety of materials. Start by determining the size of your area / where you’ll be playing.

Some ideas might include:

• Toothpicks
• Skewers
• Straws
• Doll rods
• Cardboard tubes
• PVC pipe

Tools:

• Knife or scissors

Materials:

• Sticks
• Paint and paintbrush, spray paint, etc.
• Markers
• Sanding block or similar

Steps:

Color — Mikado sticks have definite color / patterns. Follow this guide:

• Blue stick — thick blue stripe on both ends
• Yellow / black — wide band in center, two narrow stripes on ends
• Orange — 5 stripes on each end
• Green — 3 stripes on each end
• Red — 2 stripes n each end

Sticks — If the ends are sharp, remove them with a knife or scissors or dull with a sanding block, emery board, etc. You don’t want anyone to get hurt.

Paint — Paint the sticks per the bulleted list above. Depending on the size, you can push them into a foam block, stick them in the ground, etc. for quick painting. You can use markers on them as well.

Option — To make your sticks last longer, you can put a couple coats of polyeurothane on them.

To download a PDF of this Grab ‘n’ Go sheet, click here: GnG_Make Mikado Sticks_lrl