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Styrofoam Bolt Builder

Steps:

Lay a flat Styrofoam block on your table.
Use markers to draw a simple robot or house shape on the top.
Poke several small holes along the lines of your drawing using a pencil.
Pick up a long bolt and push it through one of the holes.
Reach under the foam with your other hand.
Use your fingertips to find the end of the bolt without looking.
Twist a nut onto the bolt until it is tight against the foam.
Repeat this for every hole until your structure is full of metal parts!
Stack a few wooden blocks on the bolts to see what you can build.

Safety Tip:
Always supervise your child during play. Small nuts and bolts are a choking hazard. Ensure the pencil used for poking holes is handled safely.

The Foil Pond Tongs Task

Steps:

Lay a sheet of cardboard on a flat table.
Draw four large blue circles on the cardboard with your markers.
Tear off four squares of aluminium foil using both hands together.
Crumple each foil square into a small, shallow bowl shape.
Place one foil bowl inside each blue circle on the cardboard.
Give your child a pair of tongs and a container of pom-poms.
Ask them to squeeze the tongs to pick up one pom-pom.
Carefully drop the pom-pom into a foil pond.
Challenge them to fill every pond without tipping the foil bowls over!

Safety Tip:
Always supervise your child during play. Small beads and pom-poms can be a choking hazard.

The Cardboard Ring Finger Hop

Steps:

Use your scissors to cut an empty paper roll into five thin rings.
Let your child decorate each ring with a different color using the markers.
Tape the bottom of each ring in a straight line onto a flat cardboard sheet.
Ask your child to hold the cardboard steady with their non-dominant helper hand.
Have them walk their index and middle fingers through the rings like a tiny person.
Challenge them to hop through the rings as fast as they can without touching the sides!

Safety Tip:
Always supervise your child while they are using scissors. Ensure the cardboard edges are smooth to prevent any small scrapes during play.

The Spiky Paper Roll Tower

Steps:

Use your markers to draw several colorful dots on an empty paper roll.
Help your child use the hole puncher to click a hole through every dot.
Use masking tape to stick the bottom of the paper roll to a flat cardboard base.
Ask your child to hold the base steady with their helper hand.
Use the other hand to slide a straw through one hole and out a hole on the other side.
Continue until the paper roll looks like a spiky tower full of straws.
Use a pincer grasp to carefully place one bead on the end of every straw!

Safety Tip:
Always supervise your child during play. Small beads and cut straw pieces are choking hazards. Keep all materials away from the mouth.

The Shiny Foil Crown Crimp

Steps:

Help your child use scissors to cut a long, wide strip of cardboard.
Use the markers to draw colorful gems and patterns on the strip.
Tape the ends of the cardboard together to make a headband that fits your child.
Ask your child to tear several small squares of aluminum foil using both hands.
Show them how to fold a foil square over the top rim of the crown.
Challenge your child to use their pinching fingers to squeeze the foil until it stays flat.
Continue crimping foil all the way around the crown to make it look like silver jewels!

Safety Tip:
Always supervise your child while they are using scissors to cut the cardboard.