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The Colorful Jellyfish Weave

Steps:

Have your child fold a coffee filter in half to make a dome shape for the jellyfish body.
Mix food coloring with water in a bowl.
Have your child use the eyedropper to drop color onto the filter.
Let the filter dry.
Ask your child to squeeze the hole puncher to make holes along the folded edge.
Show your child how to thread pieces of colorful yarn through the holes to make tentacles.
Challenge your child to slide shiny beads onto the yarn tentacles using their pinching fingers.

Safety Tip:
Supervise your child closely during this activity. Small beads are a choking hazard, so ensure they are kept out of reach of younger siblings. Keep the food coloring contained to prevent stains.

Yarn Ring Orbit Slider

Steps:

Use markers to draw a bright yellow sun in the very center of your paper plate.
Use the hole puncher to click four holes around the outer rim of the plate.
Use scissors to cut two pieces of yarn, each about twelve inches long.
Have your child slide three colorful beads onto each piece of yarn.
Push the ends of the yarn through the opposite holes to create two crossing tracks.
Secure the yarn ends firmly to the back of the paper plate using masking tape.
Ask your child to hold the plate steady on the table with their helper hand.
Use the pinching fingers of their other hand to slide the beads along the tracks from orbit to orbit!

Safety Tip:
Supervise your child closely when they are handling scissors, small beads, or yarn. Store all small pieces safely out of reach after play to prevent any choking hazards.

The Foil Pan Bead Scoop

Steps:

Place the aluminium foil pan on a flat table.
Fill the pan about halfway with cool water.
Drop a handful of colorful beads into the water.
Give your toddler a sturdy spoon to hold.
Ask them to scoop up one bead at a time.
Challenge them to carry the bead to a nearby bowl.
Drop the rescued bead into the empty bowl.
Continue until all the beads are moved out of the water!

Safety Tip:
CHOKING HAZARD: Beads are small parts. Always supervise your toddler closely and ensure they do not put beads in their mouth.

The Rainbow Tissue Windmill

Steps:

Use your scissors to cut two straws into four-inch lengths.
Lay the straws across each other to form a perfect X shape.
Place a small piece of masking tape in the center to hold them.
Cut four small squares of colorful tissue paper using your scissors.
Tape one tissue square to the very end of each straw arm.
Use the pencil tip to poke a hole through the center tape.
Push a pipe cleaner through the hole you made.
Slide one bead onto the pipe cleaner on each side of the straws.
Wrap one end of the pipe cleaner around a pencil to make a handle.
Twist the other end into a small loop to keep everything in place.

Safety Tip:
Adult supervision is recommended when using scissors and the pencil to poke holes. Ensure the beads are handled carefully.

The Wobbly Straw Slalom

Steps:

Roll several small balls of playdough and press them onto a table to make steady bases.
Cut your straws into pieces about four inches long.
Stick one straw piece vertically into each playdough base to create slalom poles.
Line up your poles in a straight or zigzag row.
Tie a single large bead to the end of a long piece of string to act as your weight.
Hold the string with both hands and weave the bead around each straw pole from start to finish.
Challenge your child to go faster or weave the string in a specific pattern you call out!

Safety Tip:
Always supervise your child during play. Beads and playdough are choking hazards, so keep them away from younger siblings.