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This week Unplug Your Kids' weekly unplugged project is CYLINDER. Lucky me I ran across a fun little game over at Scribbit's blog that we just had to try using cylindrical pencils, a plastic bag and water. Anything involving water just has to be fun!!


We started by filling a bread bag with a generous amount of water, squeezing as much air as we could out and then knotting it tightly so that we were left with a plastic bag water balloon :) Next we sharpened every pencil crayon and pencil we had in the house to a super sharp point and then the fun began *grin*. Each of us took a turn poking a pencil from one side of the bag clear out the other side!


One by one the pencils started to pile up inside the water baggie and still no leaks! A little hint is to keep your pencil going in one smooth movement in and through the other side. By all means do NOT pull the pencil back once it is exiting the bag on the other side *grin*. I'm sure you can guess what happens. LOL.


L was taking a closer look as it was getting harder to find a good spot to stick a pencil through that wasn't going to make a hole to close to one already there :) It's absolutely amazing how many pencils it holds!

We tried this game quite a few times and each time mama ended up getting sprayed with the geyser of water that erupted from a misplaced pencil! LOL. In the end the best one we did held a whopping 41 pencils!!!

You've got to try this, your kids are going to love it *grin*.
Blessings,

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Posted by shawna

That's awesome! Reverse Jenga :O) That would be a great activity during a summer party.

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Posted by bobbie

yes i saw this on scibbit this week too and thought it would be fun! - but you did so many!! good job - this is amazing!!

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Posted by Anonymous

That looks like a lot of fun.

Michelle

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Posted by Anonymous

I saw this before and it looked like so much fun. I never had the nerve to try it so good job. You guys got a lot in. WOW.

Heather
http://gottfredsenacademy.blogspot.com

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Posted by Anonymous

Great googly moogly that's a lot of pencils! Thanks for mentioning me, glad you enjoyed the game--

Michelle at Scribbit

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Posted by Anonymous

wow - that is sooo cool. what a clever idea. my little one will love to try this someday!

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Posted by kateyz

How fun! I think we will give this a try this afternoon :-)

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Posted by MrsMomma

Oh yes! Gotta try this one! My kids would LOVE it! Especially the "getting mom wet" part!

-Heather
http://mrsmomma.blogspot.com/

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Posted by socalval

I'm so excited to try this... what a great thing! My boys are going to LOVE this!!!

Valerie

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Posted by Michie

That looks like fun! Looks like a fun game for a hot day in case you get sprayed! :)

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Posted by Anonymous

This looks really fun. Can't wait to try it!

~ashley@oneordinaryday.com

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Posted by Christie

Oh my, I love this. I am taking this to science lab this week! Woo Hoo.

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Posted by neverathomemom

That looks so neat! The girls are going to love doing this!

Blessings,
~E~

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Posted by Michelle122161

Oh, What Fun!! While looking at the pictures I kept imagining it breaking. LOL

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Posted by Dana @ School For Us

What a super idea!!! We'll have to try that one. :-)
Dana, www.alexml.blogspot.com

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Posted by Anonymous

That looks like so much fun! I have not seen it before and would not have thought it possible. It might be a nice experiment to try on a hot summer day! Thanks!

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Posted by Anonymous

Oops. That last comment was from me, Mom Unplugged. I forgot to put my name instead of anonymous. Thanks again for the fun idea!

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Posted by gidget

Oh...I have to try that tomorrow...well..I'll let the kids take a shot at it too. :-D Thanks for the great idea!

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Posted by Christin

What a neat idea! Thank you! :)

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Posted by molytail

Anything that presents a risk of somebody getting soaked is generally a hit in this house - we'll have to try this one out. :-)

http://molytail.blogspot.com/

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