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Mitten lacing card

A cardboard mitten with holes around the edge that your child laces with yarn, over and over.

Mitten lacing card
LevelIntermediate
AgesAges 3 to 5
Time30 minutes to make, then play again and again
Cost$0 to $3
WinterLow messRainy day

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Materials

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How to make it

Safety

Supervise yarn play and put it away after, since long strings can wrap around necks.

  1. Step 1: Draw a mitten
    1

    Draw a mitten

    Trace your child's hand in a mitten shape on the plain side of the cardboard.

  2. Step 2: Color it in
    2

    Color it in

    Let them decorate it with stripes, dots or snowflakes.

  3. Step 3: Cut and punch
    3

    Cut and punch

    Grown-up cuts it out and punches holes about 1 in apart around the edge.

  4. Step 4: Make a lace tip
    4

    Make a lace tip

    Wrap tape tight around 1 end of the yarn. Tie the other end through the first hole.

  5. Step 5: Lace it up
    5

    Lace it up

    Have your child push the yarn in and out of the holes all the way around.

Edie's tip

Show them "in the front, out the back" first. Going around the edge each time is fine for beginners too.

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