High Fliers
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Kids will flip for these funky button bouncers.
| Prep Time: About 1 hour | |
| What you need: | |
| Plastic container, no lid (ours is 3 1/4 inches tall by 6
inches wide)
Stretchy fabric, such as fleece or a piece of an old T-shirt (ours is 8 inches in diameter) Thick rubber band Stickers (optional) Pipe cleaners Scissors 4-hole buttons | |
| Seasons: Year round | |
| Materials: fabric, plastic container | |
| Instructions: | |
| 1. | To make the trampoline: Secure the fabric over the mouth of the container with the rubber band. The fabric should be centered and taut. If you like, decorate the tub with stickers. |
| 2. | To make the acrobats: For each, cut a pipe cleaner into 2 pieces, one 5 inches long, the other 7. Fold the small piece in half and thread the ends through 2 of the holes in the button. Press them flat against the back of the button so they stick down like legs. Bend them to make knees and feet. |
| 3. | Make a head by bending the 7-inch pipe cleaner in half around your thumb and then twisting it off at the neck. Thread the ends through the other 2 buttonholes and press them flat against the back of the button so they stick out like arms. |
| 4. | To play: Bounce the acrobats off the center of the trampoline -- they'll flip, fly, and do other tricks. |
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