Some structures felt flat, mostly because of the base. It was a great lesson in structural balance. She needed a lot of patience and careful finger movements to hold onto a mini marshmallow and connect 2 marshmallows with a tooth pick. This entire activity was great for her developing fine motor skills. My 6 year went right ahead and started constructing. However skewers would be a better option if you are looking for sturdier and more complex structures while using the big ones. Jumbo marshmallow structures with toothpicks were also possible. Mini marshmallows were of course easier to build with tooth picks. Well the 6 y.o loves building and 4 y.o is trying to keep up. I later invited the children and simply mentioned that they can build structures with the materials in front of them. I laid out our dried and dusted rainbow marshmallowsalong with toothpicks on a couple of clear trays. We rainbow colored and painted those marshmallows and they were pretty much begging us to be used in a fun building activity. At Kids Play Box we recently shared a couple of fun and quirky art projects- painting jumbo marshmallows and coloring mini marshmallows. Today we are creating and building with rainbow marshmallows.
Since I love a good color explosion I try to make the projects into a rainbow theme. I enjoy creating play and art recipes with my kids. I’m Suja and I blog over at Kids Play Boxwhere we share many art projects, crafts and sensory play ideas. While Anna is soaking in her brand new baby boy, today’s post is presented to you by me.
#MARSHMALLOWS AND TOOTHPICKS ARCHIVE#
Right? Her giant archive of i nvitations to playalone has helped me through some of my kids’ hard younger toddler years.
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#MARSHMALLOWS AND TOOTHPICKS SERIES#
This is the next in our series of fabulous guest posts from talented blog friends around the world. Create some beautiful rainbow marshmallow and toothpick structures in this gorgeous, mathematical invitation to play for kids! Great for problem solving and developing maths and construction skills, this is a great boredom-busting activity that’s sure to appeal to all ages.
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