How to Build an Indoor Mini Golf Course
A great form of family entertainment is the game of miniature golf. For some families it is too expensive to go to a putting range on a regular basis. For others, there aren't any miniature golf courses close enough to their homes to visit frequently. An easy solution to that problem is to build your own inside miniature golf course.
Materials needed:
- Two-by-four lumber
- Hammer and nails
- Staple gun and staples (optional)
- Carpet
- Various items for obstacles such as: wood blocks, tin cans and paper towel tubes
- Draw a general blueprint. This blueprint mainly needs to show the shape of the space you are using for the mini golf course. If there are any pieces of furniture that need to stay in the area you are using, make sure that it is included in the blueprint also so you don't forget to plan around it.
- Measure the floor space. You need to measure the floor and anything on it that could prove to be an obstacle. If building your mini golf course for the basement, make sure you include the washer, dryer and water heater in your blueprint unless these are in a separate room.
- Plan the design of your golf holes. It makes golfing more enjoyable and efficient if you make it so that after the end of one hole, the next begins. Plan your design carefully so that you don't waste any space and maximize golf holes.
- Be practical when it comes to size. Make the path to the hole, known as the fairway, 2-feet wide to help conserve space. Be creative with design to make your mini golf course both entertaining and conquerable.
- Make your frames. Make the frames for the courses out of two-by-four inch lumber. This size lumber isn't so heavy; it can't be moved easily and is big enough to keep the ball on the course. Take carpet and nail or staple it to the frame with a nail or staple gun to secure it.
- Plot your obstacles. Anything can be used as an obstacle, just use your imagination.
- Set up your indoor mini golf course and enjoy.