Pom-Pom Drop Tube
A simple physics game using cardboard tubes taped to a wall, allowing toddlers to practice dropping items and observing gravity and object permanence.
- Takes
- 20 min
- Your setup
- 10 min prep
- Ages
- Ages 1–2
- Mess
- No mess
- Cost
- $
- Where
- Indoors
How to do it
- 1Tape 2-3 cardboard tubes vertically to a wall or cabinet door at the toddler's standing height.
- 2Ensure the tubes open into the collection basket at the bottom.
- 3Demonstrate dropping one pom-pom into the top of the tube.
- 4Encourage the child to repeat the action, retrieving the pom-pom from the basket each time.
What they're practising
- Object Permanence
- Fine Motor Precision
- Cause and Effect Understanding
- Concentration