Styro-Dart Challenge

Steps

• Help your child draw a bullseye on the foam block with markers, with three or four rings. Write points in each ring, like 50 in the center and 10 on the outside.
• Show your child how to make a dart. Fold a pipe cleaner in half, leave a small loop at the fold as the handle, and twist the two halves together into a stiff point.
• Make five or six darts for each player.
• Stand the foam block on its edge on the table, leaning against a wall, and slip the cardboard behind it so darts that poke through do not mark the wall.
• Take turns calling out a ring. The player holds a dart by the loop and pushes the point straight into that ring, using the other hand to steady the block.
• If a dart bends, straighten it and try a slower, steadier push. Holding it closer to the point makes it easier.
• When all the darts are in, add up the points together, pull the darts out, and play another round.

Safety tip: The twisted wire tips can scratch, so twist them into a tight point and push darts only into the target. Count the darts back in after play so none get lost.