To cut cardboard into a handy size for children. Here approximately. 10x15 cm.
Then drill two holes in the box with the scissors. Children should not do this alone (risk of injury!).
Pull the shoe strap through both holes.
Show the child how to tie a loop and then let the child practice.
In the beginning the children lose interest again and again, because the loop often does not succeed immediately. However, our children take the cardboard again and again and want to get the loop shown. Also for longer car rides or restaurant visits a possibility to bridge the times.
1. Variant: as described with the cardboard box
2. Variant: uses an empty egg box; turns it around and inserts a shoe ribbon through the elevations (the children may need support)
3. Variant: there is also an old shoe in which the children can practice threading and binding of the loop.
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