I’m feeling a little sheepish about sharing this activity because it is something that most of you have probably already done…hopefully someone will benefit from this post.
Last weekend we had a family reunion and there were 16 kids ranging from ages 3 mos to 10 year old. All of them LOVED this activity…with exception of the 3 month old of course. The beautiful thing about this activity is that you only need two supplies: marshmallows and toothpicks…items most of us usually have on hand for one reason or another.
I also loved this activity because it allowed each child to CREATE whatever they wanted. It was so fun to see how each of their sculptures turned out.
I love this kind of activity for those times when you just aren’t sure what to do with the kiddos at the end of the day when you are ready to pull your hair out…please tell me you know what I’m talking about. :-) It’s simple but fun! You may be surprised with what they come up with!
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I’ve always meant to try this. Maybe I can work it into our “summer school” activities!
Yep, this is one of those sanity-savers for sure. : ) Their sculptures turned out great.
Never done this! My kids will love it! Thanks.
oooooh, I saw these at the school my elest son goes to. They look so much fun. Think that we will have to file this away for a few years as all his youngest brother wanted to do was smash them all! So simple and creative. smiles
I have never seen this! I even have marshmallows – They are the big ones though, hmmm…think they will work?
Awesome idea, wnd yes I have those moments at the end of every day, don’t we all?! What a perfect thing to do while I am making dinner, keeps ‘em in the kitchen!
Try it and let me know!
Aubrey, I have never seen this before – but I am so excited to try it! We try to do lots of different activities during the summer and this one will be great. Fabulous!
Oh, and we never have those moments of pulling hair out – because I don’t have any left to pull… :)
I’m glad I was able to give you a new idea, I bet your boys will love it! You crack me up, you are probably the most patient person I know, I don’t believe you are pulling all your hair out! :-)
I have seen some of my teacher friends do this and NEVER thought to do this at home. Can’t wait! (I am sure there will be mouths full of marshmallows too!)
Best,
Tina
Of course, we honestly can’t let the kiddos do an activity with marshmallows and expect them not to eat them right?! :-)
I’ve never seen this before and I think it’s a super idea. I’ll have to try it sometime, thanks.
Wow, those look great! My son has wanted to do this activity since he saw it on Curious George, but it will have to be during little sister’s naptime. Thanks for the reminder about it. I have been meaning to do it for a while.
Hey we saw that episode of Curious George too! It didn’t even cross my mind to do it then… Thanks to my awesome sister in-law we did!
This was so fun to do! My oldest had fun seeing how much weight her creation could hold. My girls are wanting to do it again! I think I will do it again, but use the colored marshmallows.
I love the colored marshmallows idea! Thanks for doing this activity Sherida!
Toothpicks and marshmallows are two of my big boys favorite things. Combining them might make me the coolest mom in the universe. Thanks for the idea. Miss you too.
I love this idea a lot and never heard about it!!! (I share it again on my blog http://galimanphigouric.canalblog.fr) Thanks!
I’m gonna try this with our juniors at church!!! Looks like a fun activity and their creativity will be “loosed” ! Cannot wait to see their finished products!
and you could build molecules if you wanted to add a dash of science
we do this with packing peanuts to reuse and recycle them
Thank heavens for this tutorial! I read it on the last day of our freak Arctic freeze last week, and it saved my sanity. Thanks again for the idea!
http://www.amytriedit.com/2011/02/marshmallow-construction.html
they’re awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can tell you that my grandkids will love this.
Off to the store now to buy both, and some hot cocoa
to use if there are any left overs.
THANKS
Oh you’re one of those fabulous Grandmas! You even thought of the hot cocoa :) I hope they enjoyed it!