• Scrap cardboard

• Printed template

• Tape

• Scissors

• Utility or craft knife

This project is recommended for kids age 12.

At age 12, kids are developing increased fine motor ability, a patience for practice, and a self confidence that make creative tasks more pleasurable. It is common for kids at this age to enjoy handiwork and complex visual-motor tasks including designing and making. Kids at this age are forming identity through their activities and interests- now is the perfect time to build confidence through craft! (Yardsticks: Child and Adolescent Development, Chip Wood).

• Cutting cardboard with craft knife

• Scoring cardboard with craft knife

• Peeling cardboard for aesthetics and mechanics

• Creating cardboard spring

Let’s race!
Place your frog at one end of a table and see how few hops it takes to make it all the way across. Challenge a friend to try to beat your score!

Leapfrog!
Try to hop your frog over and across obstacles.