💦Foil River💦⠀
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Another beautiful day means another outdoor activity! ⠀
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This is one we will for sure do again and again. Not only did the kids have a blast, it was an activity that needed teamwork and problem solving! The “river” didn’t work perfectly in the beginning and we worked together to get it working the way we wanted. ⠀
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💜 Find a sloped space outside. Take a roll of foil (not the precut pieces) and roll out your “river”. Bend both sides of the foil up to keep the water from spilling out. We placed a rock on the foil at the start of the river and put a pan at the bottom to capture the water at the end to reuse. Getting the pan to work at the bottom was a challenge, but it was great to see my kids trying different things, throwing out ideas and problem solving until we figured it out! We ended up using a plastic funnel and extra foil to get the water entering the pan at the bottom. Check my highlight stories under “active play” to see it more close up!⠀
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Put a big storage container of water with different cups for pouring (or just use a hose) and some items to put down the river at the start. We mainly did balls (ping pong balls and other plastic toy balls we had around the house). ⠀
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Pour water to send items down the river and have fun! ⠀
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Another beautiful day means another outdoor activity! ⠀
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This is one we will for sure do again and again. Not only did the kids have a blast, it was an activity that needed teamwork and problem solving! The “river” didn’t work perfectly in the beginning and we worked together to get it working the way we wanted. ⠀
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💜 Find a sloped space outside. Take a roll of foil (not the precut pieces) and roll out your “river”. Bend both sides of the foil up to keep the water from spilling out. We placed a rock on the foil at the start of the river and put a pan at the bottom to capture the water at the end to reuse. Getting the pan to work at the bottom was a challenge, but it was great to see my kids trying different things, throwing out ideas and problem solving until we figured it out! We ended up using a plastic funnel and extra foil to get the water entering the pan at the bottom. Check my highlight stories under “active play” to see it more close up!⠀
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Put a big storage container of water with different cups for pouring (or just use a hose) and some items to put down the river at the start. We mainly did balls (ping pong balls and other plastic toy balls we had around the house). ⠀
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Pour water to send items down the river and have fun! ⠀
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Next time I’m thinking we will make “boats” to send down our river! ⠀
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🖤Why? ⠀
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STEM activity ⠀
Teamwork⠀
Problem solving ⠀
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