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Skating Penguin Small World

December 17, 2015 by Emma Edwards 6 Comments

Since playing with our Alphabet magnetic Christmas Tree Adam has been fascinated with magnets. His natural curiosity has led him to play with the metallic chips and magnetic wand from Imagido several times in the past few weeks. He enoys seeing how many chips he can pick up at once with the wand. Adam has also enjoyed playing with his Elf Small World Suitcase as well as his penguin story stones. I wanted a way to combine magnets within a small world. Within a few moments I created a magnetic skating penguin small world.

Skating Penguin Small World(This post contains affiliate links)

I had the perfect metal penguin suitcase/lunchbox I had purchased from Tiger Stores UK. We fell in love with the penguin design which is on both sides.

Penguin busy bag

I used the lunchbox as a template to cut out two circles of blue sparkling glitter craft card and white felt. The blue sparkly card was placed on the inside of the lid and at the bottom of the lunchbox. The card stayed in place by itself and didn’t require any glue. With the white felt circles, I cut away the inside and placed them on top of the blue card. As the glitter on the blue card was bumpy it meant the white felt attached itself without the need for any glue.

DIY penguin busy bag

We had our penguin ice skating rink. Next we needed some ice skating penguins. Our Hiku penguin storytelling stones were the ideal size albeit a bit heavy for fast ice skating moves. Our penguins were incredibly easy to make and have been used regularly in Adam’s free play ever since.

Homemade magnetic penguins

In order to get the penguins to skate I needed to attach a magnet. Our metallic chips from Imagido were the perfect size. I squirted superglue on to the blue metallic chip, placed a penguin stone on top and let it position itself upright. The glue was completely dry within half an hour and the penguins were ready to go ice skating.

Magnetic penguin busy bag

We placed the penguins on the ice and positioned our magnetic wand from Imagido underneath. As we moved the magnet wand around the penguins skated around on top. There was a certain knack to getting the penguins to stake in a circle but Adam soon figured it out.

It worked best when only one penguin was on the ice rink. Adam soon discovered that when there were more than one penguin they ended up hugging rather than skating.

Magnetic skating penguins

Our skating penguin small world has introduced Adam to the scientific world of magnets. He experimented to see why the penguins wouldn’t skate without the magnetic wand and why the penguins didn’t move when they were upside down.

Once Adam had finished playing the lid of the lunchbox could be closed, the magnetic wand “stuck” to the side of the tin and the penguin small would could be transported around. Our skating penguin small world makes a great busy bag that can be used time and time again.

Equipment:

* Penguin lunchbox – we purchased ours from Tiger Stores Uk

* Blue sparkling glitter craft card

* White felt

* Small penguins – click here to see how we made our own penguins

* Metallic chips from Imagido

* Superglue

* Magnetic wand from Imagido

Are you looking for a story to accompany the skating penguin small world? Take a look at Parker Wants To Fly. It is written by my brother! Click here to find out more.

Parker Penguin

 

Winter snow mini unit study

Click on the links below for more Winter/ Snow inspired Kindergarten fun!

Chocolate Snowflake Pretzels by Something 2 Offer

Magic Masking Tape Snowflake Paintings for Kids by Crafty Mama in ME

Beaded Snowflake Addition and Subtraction Practice by Thriving STEM

Snowflake Numbers 1-5 Handwriting Practice by Simple Fun for Kids  

Let’s Go On A Sight Word Snowflake Scavenger Hunt by Raising Little Superheroes

5 Snowflake Rhyming Games by Books and Giggles

Sight Words Winter Tic Tac Toe Game by Sugar Aunts

Skating Penguin Small World by Adventures of Adam

Stick Man Story Sack by Play & Learn Everyday

Winter Writing Prompts  by Mrs. Karle’s Sight and Sound Reading

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Filed Under: Independent Play Activity, Play Activities, Some time required Tagged With: Animal themed play, Busy Bag Play Activities, DIY activities, Independent Play Activities, Non-messy activity, Penguin, Role-play, Sensory Play Activities, Toddler play

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Comments

  1. ChristyM says

    December 17, 2015 at 5:56 pm

    I love this! It reminds me of a set of magnetic dogs that I played with as a child.

    Reply
    • Emma Edwards says

      December 18, 2015 at 3:06 pm

      Magnetic dogs – now that is an idea!

      Reply
  2. Emma (Kids Craft Room) says

    January 18, 2016 at 10:25 pm

    This is totally awesome! And those penguins are the cutest. Scheduling to share and pinning.

    Reply
    • Emma Edwards says

      January 19, 2016 at 4:23 pm

      Thank you. We are certainly finding lots of uses for our homemade penguins.

      Reply
  3. Alana says

    February 14, 2016 at 1:54 pm

    This is so cute it hurts!!! I can’t wait to do this with my kids!!!

    Reply
    • Emma Edwards says

      February 15, 2016 at 9:25 pm

      They will LOVE it – you too 🙂

      Reply

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