MAKING MARSHMALLOW AND TOOTHPICK SCULPTURES
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Toothpick and Marshmallow Sculptures for Kids - Construction for KidsMaking marshmallow and toothpick sculptures is an activity that I’ve been wanting to try with Maia for a while now.
I think I first came across the idea of building toothpick sculptures in one of MaryAnn Kohl’s books—maybe Scribble Art.
I just kept it in the back of my mind as part of my neverending list of artful projects to do one day.
Until early December that is.
I found myself in the baking aisle of the grocery store for the umpteenth time and finally snagged a bag of mini marshmallows.
Since I remembered something about hard, stale marshmallows working better than soft ones, I spread them out on a cookie sheet, and stashed them out of sight above the kitchen cupboards (otherwise I’m sure they wouldn’t have lasted long with our marshmallow-loving kid around). But of course out of sight is out of mind, and I completely forgot about them until yesterday.
They were nice and stale!
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Making these marshmallow and toothpick sculptures was the perfect after-school construction project to do with Maia.
We connected the marshmallows with toothpicks. Or rather, connected the toothpicks with marshmallows.
What started off as a low-key sculpture-building activity became a lesson in building and geometry as we learned what shapes were the strongest and provided the most support (triangles rule!).
Here are a few pics:
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A marshmallow and toothpick ladder to the moon…
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Some marshmallow and toothpick houses…
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The beginnings of a more elaborate marshmallow and toothpick sculpture…
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And one of the finished marshmallow and toothpick sculptures!
Have you tried building with toothpicks yet?
If not, I highly recommend it!