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By Barbara from Boston, MA
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01/06/2010
That's really clever!
I have made a few regular lacing cards using scrap cardboard & a shoestring for the lacing - but yours is a 2-n-1!
Can we think of a way to extend it into a 3-n-1? How about 2 or 3 pairs of stickers so it can also be a matching game?
a multi-game! Who wouldn't love it?
I take care of a couple of preschoolers a few hours each week. Lately they are into "lacing". I made my own lacing boards. Store bought ones run from $2 to $12.
First, I found some coloring book pictures of items they liked (dinosaurs, princesses, race cars, horses, etc.). I copied them so that I had 2 pictures of each, one copy of the picture normally, and one that I scanned and reversed, then printed. Then I colored them and cut them out.
Next, I took thin cardboard from a cereal box and cut it to the same shape. I glued the colored shapes on and let them dry overnight.
The next day, I covered both sides with clear contact paper, then used the hole puncher to punch holes all the way around, every 1/2 inch.
Finally, I found some shoe laces and yarn for them to use as the lacing.
I made these for pennies. It helps little ones develop fine motor skills and finger dexterity.
By April from Plattsburg, MO
Shared on: 05/09/2011
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