Straw Day

Today, we will have fun with straws.

1. Take a straw and a cotton ball and try blowing the cotton ball all around the floor or a table. Try other things around your house that will be easy to blow with a straw like feathers, packaging peanuts, or light balls.


2. Have races with your straw and cotton ball. Make a starting line and a finish line with a piece of tape about a yard apart or longer. Have two or more children or adults put their cotton ball on the starting line. Have someone say go and race to the finish line by blowing air through your straw to push the cotton ball all the way to the finish line. Whoever blows their cotton ball to the finish line first wins.

3. Take a kleenex and a straw. See if you can blow the kleenex up in the air with your straw.

4. Straw Art. Cut your straws up into the same or different lengths. Create a picture by gluing the straws on a piece of paper. Things you can try to create with your straw pieces are houses, animals, letters, words, numbers, and shapes. Make patterns with the different lengths of the straws.