Thursday, 1 August 2013

How to step through a postcard! Kids Challenge

The other day Kids Chaos blogged about walking through a sheet of A4, and I said they were cheating.because when I was a child we used to walk through a postcard.
 
I was then challenged on Google+ to prove it was possible by Kids Chaos, Cathy Ranson of Netmums and Paul Stickland - the author/designer of some truly amazing children's books.

You can't ignore a challenge, so I set my teenagers onto it!



We took a standard postcard as a template and cut cereal boxes to size, and then made the slits in much the same way as Kids Chaos explained, but more finely.
 
 

And then.....step through it!


They did a great job - and I had to pay out 3 packets of Swizzels Rainbow Drops as prizes!

What is the smallest piece of card your children can step through?

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  1. Pippa Ainsworth1 August 2013 at 19:27

    Ah that's fab! We always used to do this with the cubs when I was a cub leader. I think Jake needs to cut his slits a bit smaller, the girls were much quicker!

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    1. Jenny at The Brick Castle1 August 2013 at 19:45

      That's his natural speed... :D

      Ther'es another video with all of them going through one of the girls' postcards - but Zeke ran in with no pants on!

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  2. Mary @over40andamumtoone1 August 2013 at 19:34

    What a really cool idea - I've not seen this before

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  3. Fiona Martin1 August 2013 at 20:48

    Wow this is fab - I think Miss M would love a try at this.

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  4. Leadership Learning1 August 2013 at 20:51

    That looks like so much fun. Reminds me a bit of when they step into the pictures in Mary Poppins lol. Thanks for linking up!

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    1. Jenny at The Brick Castle1 August 2013 at 21:01

      You're welcome. It's a rare thing to find something without a screen or music that gets the teenagers up and excited :D

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  5. Mummy of Two1 August 2013 at 21:59

    Great idea! Always good to find something to keep everyone amused, if only for a short while!

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  6. Unknown1 August 2013 at 22:50

    Love this Jenny, you have such obliging teenagers too!

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    1. Jenny at The Brick Castle1 August 2013 at 23:10

      Thank you! They're pretty good - but they did want those Rainbow Drops!

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  7. incredibusy1 August 2013 at 23:06

    this is SUCH a good video - they are very good teenagers, you're trained them well Jenny - thanks for the mention too x

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    1. Jenny at The Brick Castle1 August 2013 at 23:11

      You're welcome and thank you! also thank you for setting up the challenge :D

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  8. anna2 August 2013 at 00:38

    thats so cool! I can't believe I have never heard of doing this!!

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  9. Angela2 August 2013 at 19:38

    I would never have thought of doing this either, great idea

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  10. Eileen Teo5 August 2013 at 00:49

    this is interesting!

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