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The Sticky Pom-Pom Spoon Flip

Steps:

Use markers to color your paper cups to make them look bright.
Wrap masking tape around the back of the spoon with the sticky side facing out.
Place a large pile of colorful pom-poms on a flat table.
Hold the spoon handle using a firm and steady grasp.
Press the sticky back of the spoon onto a fuzzy pom-pom.
Rotate your wrist to flip the pom-pom into a cup.
Count how many you can land in the cups before you stop.

Safety Tip:
CHOKING HAZARD: Pom-poms and tape are small parts. Always supervise your child during play and ensure they do not put any materials in their mouth.

The Spaghetti Baking Cup Forest

Steps:

Press a large lump of playdough onto the paper plate.
Flatten it with your hand to make a base.
Push five dry spaghetti sticks into the dough.
Carefully poke a hole in the bottom of a baking cup.
Slide the cup upside down onto a spaghetti stick.
Repeat this until all your trees have tops.
Use your pinching fingers to glue a button on top.

Safety Tip:
Spaghetti can be brittle and sharp. Buttons are a choking hazard. Always supervise your child during play.

The Sticker Puppet Rescue

Steps:

Use markers to draw a silly face on a paper bag.
Cover the bag with colorful stickers of all sizes.
Have your child put the bag on their helper hand.
This hand is now the sticker puppet!
Ask the child to use their other hand to peel the stickers.
Tell them to move the puppet’s mouth while they clean it.
Repeat until the puppet is ready for its next show!

Safety Tip:
Always supervise your child while they are playing with stickers. Small stickers can be a choking hazard. Ensure the child does not put them in their mouth.

Bottle Labyrinth Ball Squeeze

Boy squeezing a plastic bottle with a taped straw to blow a ping pong ball through a cardboard straw maze at a kitchen table

Steps:

Cut a large flat rectangle from your cardboard to act as the base for your labyrinth.
Use markers to draw a start and finish line on opposite ends of the cardboard.
Cut your straws into various lengths and tape them down to the cardboard to create winding maze walls.
Make sure the paths are just wide enough for the ping pong ball to roll through.
Take an empty, flexible plastic bottle and tape a single straw into the opening, sealing the rest of the cap with masking tape so air only comes out of the straw tip.
Place the ping pong ball at the start line of your maze.
Ask your child to hold the cardboard steady with their non-dominant helper hand.
With their dominant hand, have them squeeze the bottle to release puffs of air through the straw, pushing the ball through the maze toward the finish line.

Safety Tip:
Always supervise children during play to ensure straws and small pieces of tape are used safely. Ensure the plastic bottle is clean and free of sharp edges before assembly.

The Taped Paper Roll Wind-Up

Girl wrapping blue yarn around a cardboard paper roll marked with marker dots

Steps:

Use your markers to draw a few small target dots along the paper roll.
Cut a long piece of yarn, about three feet in length.
Use a small piece of masking tape to stick one end of the yarn to the top of the paper roll.
Ask your child to hold the paper roll with their helper hand.
Have them use their other hand to slowly wrap the yarn around the roll.
Encourage them to cover each marker dot as they twist the roll.
Once the yarn is all wrapped, use another piece of tape to secure the end.

Safety Tip:
Always supervise your child during play to ensure the yarn is used safely. Keep long strings away from the neck area.