sample turtle by wiesnerbeth

sample turtle

Trying to determine if 8-year-olds could make this. After struggling with it for 21 minutes, my conclusion is no.
Probably a wise conclusion. Cute turtle though.
March 13th, 2024  
I bet you could figure out how to make it easy. Is it the kind of thing where you could hot-glue the sticks together in advance and just let them wrap the yarn around?
March 14th, 2024  
@margonaut So I had three 2nd grade girls in the library who were fasting for Ramadan and I asked them if they each wanted to make one to help me decide if their class could do it. (I glued the sticks ahead of time — and these were three “crafty-type” girls.) After 30 minutes of nonstop “Can you tie this? Can you cut this? Can you untwist this? I have a knot! Can you help me? I forgot what to do! I’m stuck!” We decided that I could not do this with a class of 23 students. They, however, were thrilled.
March 15th, 2024  
@wiesnerbeth You gave it a good 'ol college try. And made them feel special, that's what counts.
March 15th, 2024  
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