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Build a Tunnel

Lead the Activity
  • Because they cannot use their hands, kids must find a way to dig out the sand and stabilize the sides of the tunnel before laying in the tunnel sections (the toilet-paper tubes). Or they may model the "shield" method by covering the ends of the tubes with paper and burrowing into the sand.


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