Gingerbread Man Boat
STEM Activity
Method
1. Tell the children that they need to help You will need:
the Gingerbread Man across the river. A selection of card and
paper
2. Can they make a boat for him
to sail across the river? Children’s scissors
3. They can only use the resources Sticky tape
that you have left out for them. Glue
4. Look at the boat examples you have and Lolly pop sticks
talk about how they might work to get
Pipe cleaners
the Gingerbread Man across the river.
Plastic bag
5. Allow the children time to
design and make their boat. Plastic tubs
6. Once the children have made their Elastic bands
boats, allow them to explain to Examples of a boat – either
you and the group how their boat made by an adult or kept
will work. You might even like to from a previous session.
test them out in the water tray.
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