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Short and Tall

Materials

  • Paper towel rolls
  • Scissors
  • Colorful contact paper or gift-wrap (optional)

Directions

  1. Cut paper towel rolls into several different sizes.
  2. If you like, cover them with colorful contact paper.
  3. Encourage your child to stand the rolls up in order from shortest to tallest.
  4. Store the rolls in an empty coffee can, shoebox, or diaper-wipe container when not in use.

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Copyright © 1999 by Patricia Kuffner. Excerpted from The Toddler's Busy Book with permission of its publisher, Meadowbrook Press.

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