I’m just writing to share an awesome activity that my 7 yr old came up with! I was sort of incapacitated the other day due to insomnia and receiving my COVID-19 vaccine the day before. I didn’t experience terrible side effects except that my arm was very sore. I was super tired too, but I’m not sure whether that was the not sleeping or the vaccine.

Anyhow, my kids were left to their own devices – I was there but not super functional. The little man starts playing with empty plastic eggs and taping all sorts of materials to them. He got into a drawer of supplies I’ve put together and also the recycling bin. He came up with flying eggs, silly eggs, eggs that could stand and also tried copying some ideas he’d seen on egg drop videos.

This activity was only limited by his imagination and could surely be expanded upon!

Materials used by my kiddo:

• plastic eggs
• masking tape
• feathers
• plastic shopping bag
• paper party streamers
• wooden craft sticks
• cardboard
• pom poms
• paper straws

There are so many other things you could use – plastic silverware, string, beads, beans or some other filler to make noise when shook!

This is a great way to use some of those plastic eggs I KNOW you still have around and could be added or adapted into a lesson.

Thanks for reading!!

-Marjorie