{"id":1749,"date":"2018-01-25T21:54:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T21:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2018-01-25T21:54:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T21:54:19","slug":"pipe-cleaners-and-a-cardboard-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/01\/25\/pipe-cleaners-and-a-cardboard-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Pipe Cleaners and a Cardboard Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Materials<br \/>\n<\/b>Pipe cleaners &#8211; we used black and white<br \/>\nCardboard box &#8211; any size is fine (a big one allows the child to sit inside and work!)<br \/>\nPointed scissors or ice pick<\/p>\n<p><b>Directions<br \/>\n<\/b>Using a sharp pair of scissors or an ice pick, poke several holes into the sides of the box. Once the adult has finished poking holes into the box, invite your child to take pipe cleaners and poke them through the holes. Encourage your child to bend and curl the pipe cleaners to make interesting designs. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is a wonderful fine motor activity, which takes focus and good eye\/finger coordination. Have fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials Pipe cleaners &#8211; we used black and white Cardboard box &#8211; any size is fine (a big one allows the child to sit inside and work!) Pointed scissors or ice pick Directions Using a sharp pair of scissors or an ice pick, poke several holes into the sides of the box. Once the adult &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/01\/25\/pipe-cleaners-and-a-cardboard-box\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pipe Cleaners and a Cardboard Box&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":1750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-and-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1751,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions\/1751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}