Baking Cup Parachute Drop
Purpose
This activity helps your child work on using both hands together. It turns simple kitchen items into a fun flying toy. They will practice threading and taping, which builds the tiny muscles in their fingers. These muscles are used for zipping up coats and holding pencils later on. Plus, dropping the parachutes encourages them to stand tall and watch how things move!
Activity Steps
Steps:
- Help your child use a hole puncher to make four holes around the edge of a paper baking cup.
- Cut four pieces of yarn, each about six inches long.
- Show your child how to thread one piece of yarn through a hole and tie a simple knot.
- Repeat this for all four holes until the cup has four strings hanging down.
- Gather the ends of the yarn and use masking tape to stick them onto a pom-pom.
- Hold the parachute high and let it go to watch it float to the ground!
Safety Tip:
Small pom-poms can be a choking hazard. Please keep them out of the reach of younger siblings and supervise your child closely.
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