Total Time Needed: 1 Hour
Kids will flip for these funky button bouncers.
Materials
- Plastic container, no lid (ours is 3 1/4 inches tall by 6 inches wide)
- Stretchy fabric, such as fleece or a piece of an old T-shirt (ours is 8 inches in diameter)
- Thick rubber band
- Stickers (optional)
- Pipe cleaners
- Scissors
- 4-hole buttons
Instructions
- To make the trampoline: Secure the fabric over the mouth of the container with the rubber band. The fabric should be centered and taut. If you like, decorate the tub with stickers.
- To make the acrobats: For each, cut a pipe cleaner into 2 pieces, one 5 inches long, the other 7. Fold the small piece in half and thread the ends through 2 of the holes in the button. Press them flat against the back of the button so they stick down like legs. Bend them to make knees and feet.
- Make a head by bending the 7-inch pipe cleaner in half around your thumb and then twisting it off at the neck. Thread the ends through the other 2 buttonholes and press them flat against the back of the button so they stick out like arms.
- To play: Bounce the acrobats off the center of the trampoline - they'll flip, fly, and do other tricks.
