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Build a fantastic machine
Your child builds a machine with an unusual job out of boxes and tubes, then switches it on and explains what it does.
Steps
- Suggest inventing a machine with an unusual job, like a hugging machine. Let your child think up their own.
3 more steps in the PlayMom app
2 games free, then by subscription with a trial period
Open in the appWhat you need
- empty cardboard boxes
- kitchen roll tubes
- foil
- masking tape
- felt-tip pens
Safety
Boxes with no staples or sharp edges; tear the tape by hand.
No string, elastic bands or small lids; if younger children are nearby, clear away the scraps.