🟡 Pom-Pom Post
A tube taped to the wall and a cup at the bottom. That's it.
🥄 Make·15 min·$1·Ages 1–3·👶 Easy·🧑 Hands on · 3 min prep
⚠️ Safety first
Stay beside them the whole time. Pom-poms are a choking hazard — count them back in. Not for under 3.
You know your child best — supervise the whole time and skip anything that isn't right for them. See our Terms.
Why this is good for your child
- ✓Pincer grip
- ✓Aim
🌱 Montessori-inspired · Practical Life
What you need
Cardboard tube · Large pom-poms · Cup
Nice to have — not needed today ($1)
Search Amazon US for cardboard tubeHow to do it
- 1.Tape a cardboard tube to a wall or table leg.
- 2.Put a cup at the bottom.
- 3.Post pom-poms down the tube.
How it actually goes
- ⏱ 30-second set-up —
- Thirty seconds: put cardboard tube, large pom-poms, cup on a tray or a clear bit of floor, and sit down next to it before you call them over.
- 🧑 What you do —
- Show it once, slowly, without talking over yourself. Then hand it over and stop helping unless they ask.
- 👶 What they do —
- Do the real job, slowly, with their own hands — spills and all.
- ✅ What success looks like —
- At 1–2 they'll tip it out and put nothing back. That's the work — emptying comes long before filling.
- 🧺 How to put it away —
- Everything back into one basket or tray, carried back to its spot by them. Naming the spot out loud is what makes it stick.
- 📈 When they outgrow it —
- Older? Hand over the whole job, start to finish, including the clean-up.