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Don't know how to amuse your rabbit? How about making it a cardboard maze? Besides entertaining your rabbit, this stimulates you rabbit's brain. Stimulating your rabbit's brain can enhance brain power which also helps in old age..

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    Lay out a flat piece of cardboard to use as the base floor. Choose a piece as long as the maze you want to make.
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    Create walls. You can do this by cutting ten-inch high strips from flat cardboard, the same length and width as the maze floor. Glue the strips around the perimeter to create the structure's walls.
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    Design the maze. Draw a blueprint on the maze floor, including divergent paths and dead ends to challenge your rabbit. However, don't make it too hard.
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    Cut additional ten-inch high cardboard strips and glue them over your design. Make sure all of the pieces are attached sturdily so your rabbit can run through the maze without knocking them over.
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    Create holding pens. Do this by cutting ten-inch high cardboard strips to use as barriers that fit tightly in the path at the beginning and the end of the maze. Push them down into the path to create separate start and finish pens.
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    Place your rabbit in the start pen. Put a few pieces of your rabbits favourite food in the finish pen. Lift up both pens and watch your rabbit find its way through the maze!
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EditTips

  • Place rewards in the finish pen to reward your rabbit on doing a good job!
  • To increase maze size, attach 2 pieces of cardboard together with duct tape.
  • Use a stopwatch to time how long it takes for your rabbit to get to the finish pin.
  • Decorate your maze with construction paper, stickers, or markers to give it a personal touch.
  • For help on measuring inches, read How to Read a Measuring Tape.

EditWarnings

  • If you are a kid, ask for an adult's help while using sharp objects such as scissors.

EditThings You'll Need

  • Cardboard
  • Scissors
  • Ruler
  • Glue
  • Pencil
  • Duct tape (optional)
  • Construction paper, stickers and markers (optional)

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