The Pipe Cleaner Deep Sea Divers
Purpose
This activity helps your child work on their hand strength and coordination. By threading heavy metal nuts onto fuzzy pipe cleaners, they learn to use both hands together. It also introduces basic concepts of weight and gravity! They will love seeing their divers sink and then rescuing them from the bottom of the container.
Activity Steps
Steps:
- Fill the plastic container about halfway with cool water.
- Take a colorful pipe cleaner and bend it into the shape of a little person.
- Ask your child to pick up a nut from the pile using their thumb and pointer finger.
- Thread the nut onto the pipe cleaner diver’s legs to act as a heavy weight.
- Drop the diver into the water to see if it sinks or floats.
- Add more nuts and bolts until the diver reaches the very bottom of the tank!
- Use another pipe cleaner as a hook to fish the divers back up to the surface.
Safety Tip:
Ensure your child is seated at a stable table. Metal nuts and bolts are small and should be handled with care.
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