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Activities with painter's tape

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  • Tape Long Jump: the setup, laid out
    Good for siblings

    Burn energy

    Tape Long Jump

    5–15 min 2–6 yrs Low mess
    • painter's tape
  • Animal Line-Up: the setup, laid out

    Learn something

    Animal Line-Up

    10–20 min 18 mo–4 yrs Low mess
    • painter's tape
    • toy animals or cars
  • Tape Balance Beam: the setup, laid out
    Good for siblings
    10–20 min 2–5 yrs Low mess
    • painter's tape
  • Sticky Wall: the setup, laid out

    Learn something

    Sticky Wall

    10–25 min 10 mo–2 yrs Low mess
    • masking tape
  • Hallway Hopscotch: the setup, laid out
    Good for siblings
    10–25 min 3–8 yrs Low mess
    • painter's tape
  • Texture Crawl: the setup, laid out

    Learn something

    Texture Crawl

    10–25 min 7 mo–2 yrs Low mess
    • tape
    • three or four different surfaces
  • Shaker Making: the setup, laid out

    Burn energy

    Shaker Making

    15–35 min 3–9 yrs Some mess
    • small bottles or tubs with lids
    • rice, beans or pasta
    • tape to seal the lids
  • Tape Roads: the setup, laid out

    Learn something

    Tape Roads

    20–90 min 2–8 yrs Low mess
    • masking tape
  • 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
  • Cardboard Arcade: the setup, laid out

    Learn something

    Cardboard Arcade

    45–120 min 5–12 yrs Some mess
    • cardboard boxes
    • tape
  • Bubble Wrap Stomp: the setup, laid out
    Good for siblings
    5–15 min 12 mo–4 yrs Low mess
    • bubble wrapto buy
    • tape to hold it down
  • Window Light Tiles: the setup, laid out
    Good for siblings

    Learn something

    Window Light Tiles

    10–30 min 3–8 yrs Low mess
    • magnetic tilesto buy
    • painter's tape
  • Pom-Pom Drop: the setup, laid out

    Learn something

    Pom-Pom Drop

    10–25 min 15 mo–3 yrs Low mess
    • cardboard tubes
    • painter's tape
    • pom-pomsto buy
  • Sticky Target: the setup, laid out
    Good for siblings

    Burn energy

    Sticky Target

    10–20 min 18 mo–6 yrs Low mess
    • clear contact paperto buy
    • painter's tape
    • scrap paper to scrunch into balls
  • Animal Hospital: the setup, laid out
    Good for siblings

    Learn something

    Animal Hospital

    15–40 min 2–7 yrs Low mess
    • a toy doctor kitto buy
    • stuffed animals or toy animals
    • painter's tape for bandages
  • Parachute Drop: the setup, laid out

    Learn something

    Parachute Drop

    15–35 min 4–11 yrs Low mess
    • a small figureto buy
    • string
    • tape