This morning I was running through my lesson plan for today one last time to make sure I didn't forget anything and realized that I didn't have a single ball or bean bag toy, stuffed animal or anything that slightly resembled a kid-sized tossing mechanism for us to use during our little 'game'. I had this 'genius idea' that called for us to sit in a circle on the floor for a small class activity during the lesson and toss a small object to each other and complete the sentence "I am thankful for _____". I ran frantically around the apartment trying to find something that we could toss to each other without getting hurt and all I could come up with were things like shoes, boxes of Kleenex, DVDs... nothing toss-worthy whatsoever!
Needless to say, I ended up in the last room of the house, the bathroom. (There aren't that many rooms so it didn't take too long) My eye was drawn to the rolls of toilet paper that my husband left perched on the counter. I grabbed one and ran to my fabric stash and grabbed the first piece of fabric that I thought would be big enough (it only needed to be 18'' x 18'' square to fit I found out later) and wrapped the fabric around the toilet roll stuffing the ends into the inside of the cardboard roll in the middle!
It wasn't fancy, but it wasn't the normal ball that the kids were used to. It was the hit of the lesson today! It was just odd-shaped enough to catch their attention and they liked rolling it around and tossing it to each other. The most important thing was, no one got hurt! Many of the kids in our class are different sizes (since they're between the ages of 3 and 5) and definitely have different strength between them, but the roll was so soft and squishy that no one had any problems at all!
I did secure the inside a bit with some sewing pins, being sure to stick them inside the center cardboard roll on the diagonal so no little hands would get pricked accidentally and it kept the fabric secure the entire game! I'm thinking of a way to make a little pattern and hopefully post it here at a later date for a more permanent fixture to keep on hand in our Primary closet for future last minute tossing needs!
Needless to say, I ended up in the last room of the house, the bathroom. (There aren't that many rooms so it didn't take too long) My eye was drawn to the rolls of toilet paper that my husband left perched on the counter. I grabbed one and ran to my fabric stash and grabbed the first piece of fabric that I thought would be big enough (it only needed to be 18'' x 18'' square to fit I found out later) and wrapped the fabric around the toilet roll stuffing the ends into the inside of the cardboard roll in the middle!
It wasn't fancy, but it wasn't the normal ball that the kids were used to. It was the hit of the lesson today! It was just odd-shaped enough to catch their attention and they liked rolling it around and tossing it to each other. The most important thing was, no one got hurt! Many of the kids in our class are different sizes (since they're between the ages of 3 and 5) and definitely have different strength between them, but the roll was so soft and squishy that no one had any problems at all!
I did secure the inside a bit with some sewing pins, being sure to stick them inside the center cardboard roll on the diagonal so no little hands would get pricked accidentally and it kept the fabric secure the entire game! I'm thinking of a way to make a little pattern and hopefully post it here at a later date for a more permanent fixture to keep on hand in our Primary closet for future last minute tossing needs!
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