After playing the new addictive game Spaghetti and Marshmallows on my Captivate (Android). I went out and bought some spaghetti and marshmallows to do some projects with. I think we can try and do this tomorrow as I setup some types of sceneries that I would like the girls to try and figure out.
This cant be to complicated because it is for a 5 and 3 year old, but taking at least one level or so from the game and building on that I think I can have some fun with it. I already have the main two items for this project, all I need know are bracelet size rings, some string, and some cardboard.
For the first one I will use some cardboard and draw a circle on the board at a certain height. From there the girls will have to build a structure that will have one marshmallow in that circle. Another idea is to have rings suspended in the air and have them build a structure that can get a marshmallow through the hole.
My last thought right now was to have them build a bridge to connect to structures and see if they can do that. In all these we can add more rings/circles to make it a little more complicated depending on how they do. I dont know how hard it will be for them to begin with.
I think that my older daughter should be able to do this with just a little help, and I know that I will have to help my younger daughter with getting the spaghetti in the marshmallows without the spaghetti breaking. Either way it will still be a good time with them.
Your girls are going to have some serious fine motor skills. Cool.
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