Marshmallow building

You know what I love even more than when an activity goes exactly as planned? When my kids take the lesson even further than I'd dreamed. That sends this deceptively educational mom over the moon! This simple engineering activity is a perfect example. I got the idea from a local STEM event eons ago, that provided kids with mostly edible building supplies and asked them to build and evaluate which shapes created the strongest, most stable structure. On the table were gumdrops, marshmallows…

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Give preschoolers an opportunity to learn from the marshmallow and toothpick building challenge!

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With this post and $34 you can host a sticky sweet and innovative building program. Supplies (for about 60 participants): Toothpicks (Box of 800) – 5 Mini-marshmallows (16 oz bags) – 8 Wet wipes Prep work: Purchase supplies and pull books for display. Some good topics to display: constellations, buildings, houses, cars, and construction. Room setup: Tables with or without chairs and a book display at the front of the room. Cut open the long side of the marshmallow bags and put them in the…

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The spaghetti tower. Made with pasta sticks and marshmallows, the challenge is to make as tall a tower as possible that won't fall over!

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