Nine-year old boy's home-built cardboard arcade

I saw this story on another message board and thought it was incredibly heartwarming--a nine-year old boy named Caine built an arcade out of cardboard in his dad's lightly-traveled East LA auto parts store. He determined the mechanics of making the games playable, how to dispense the tickets, how to manage fun passes, etc...and it was really well-thought-out for a boy of that age. A passing stranger found the arcade when he stopped in to buy a part for his car, played some of the games, was taken in by the boy's story and got the Internet involved. The rest is captured on a video (link below) which I won't spoil further. It's 11 minutes long but well worth the time investment.

 

That's a heck of a kid. Thanks for sharing that.

 

I read about this the other day. Such a great story.

 

I love this. Thanks for posting.

 

That's amazing. The part with the ticket dispensing just about had me splitting my cheeks with a smile.

 

Can I buy stock in this kid? That's about the most creative thing I've seen.

 

Had to be done ...

 

I just listened to that song the other day. Still love it.

 

The PIN system for validating Fun Passes is ingenious!

 

That is awesome, Versatile!

I can't help but echo the comments everyone has made as well. This story really resonated with me because at that age I remember how exciting it was to do things like drawing homemade maps or making potholders out of fabric loops, and then selling them at our family's garage sales for anywhere from a dime to a quarter. But the amount of creativity at work here is just astounding...not to mention the obvious hard work that the boy put in to make his idea a reality! It's just fantastic to see how much joy he's taking from the experience.

 

Hey, take it easy with the cheek-splitting talk. This is a family thread.

 

Hey I was doing it with a smile!