Spaghetti noodle tower

The Eiffel Tower of marshmallows and spaghetti.

You know what I love even more than when an activity goes exactly as planned? When my kids take the lesson even further than I'd dreamed. That sends this deceptively educational mom over the moon! This simple engineering activity is a perfect example. I got the idea from a local STEM event eons ago, that provided kids with mostly edible building supplies and asked them to build and evaluate which shapes created the strongest, most stable structure. On the table were gumdrops, marshmallows…

This is a fun easy activity that fun for science or art! Make Marshmallow Noodle Structures with the kids to build bridges, make DNA examples, or fun art sculptures.

Spaghetti tower

Build the tallest tower with 30 spaghetti noodles and 10 marshmallows. This is an example from Super Program 2015.

In this STEM challenge, kids build towers using spaghetti noodles and marshmallows.

Build marshmallow and spaghetti towers to learn about strong shapes and stable structures. A wonderfully sticky STEM challenge

Build a spaghetti tower STEM challenge for kids.

Have you ever tried building a tower using raw spaghetti noodles? I love this fun twist on the traditional Spaghetti Tower STEM Challenge for Kids.

Engineering - spaghetti tower with weight

Spaghetti all'Assassina (the Assassin's Spaghetti). Do you know this dish?Contrary to popular belief, the invention of "Spaghetti all'Assassina" does not go back to the beginning of time but just a little over 50 years ago, exactly to 1967, in a small restaurant in the city of Bari, in the Apulia region of Southern Italy.What's so special about this dish, you ask? Well, you may say this is one of the first examples of one-pot pasta!The spaghetti are cooked directly on the pan in a tomato…

Kid friendly octopus spaghetti noodle hot dog

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Want to keep your toddler occupied for awhile? This is a fun focused activity for them to do! SUPPLIES-Strainer Spaghetti Noodles Get a strainer and some spaghetti noodles and show them how the spaghetti noodles can fit into the holes. This is a perfect craft for them to be independent with and focused with their fine motor skills! #craftsupplies #crafts #toddlercraft #funcraftsforkids #toddleractivity #toddlerlife #toddleractivitiesathome #finemotoractivities

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We have been busy practising our threading skills this week. All the children I look after enjoyed having a go at this activity, ranging i...

Yummy spaghetti idea!

Supplies: Marshmallows Uncooked Spaghetti Noodles Paper Plates (Optional) How to Play: Divide your group up into small teams. Maybe 3 students per team. Give them a good amount of marshmallows and spaghetti noodles. And tell them to build a tower with the supplies given. You can have them bui