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Activities with cardboard tubes

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  • Scarf Pull-Through: the setup, laid out

    Learn something

    Scarf Pull-Through

    5–20 min 8 mo–2 yrs Low mess
    • a cardboard tube or container
    • scarves or fabric strips
  • Ball Drop: the setup, laid out

    Learn something

    Ball Drop

    10–25 min 9 mo–2 yrs Low mess
    • a cardboard tube
    • balls that fit through it
  • Ramp Races: the setup, laid out

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    Ramp Races

    15–40 min 2–9 yrs Low mess
    • toy cars or balls
    • something to make a ramp
  • Bird Feeder: the setup, laid out

    Stay busy and calm

    Bird Feeder

    20–45 min 3–11 yrs Some mess
    • bird seed
    • string
    • a tube, bottle or plate
  • Junk Model Robot: the setup, laid out

    Learn something

    Junk Model Robot

    30–75 min 3–11 yrs Some mess
    • clean recycling
    • tape or glue
  • Pom-Pom Drop: the setup, laid out

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    Pom-Pom Drop

    10–25 min 15 mo–3 yrs Low mess
    • cardboard tubes
    • painter's tape
    • pom-pomsto buy

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