Play and movement with cardboard lids (8 ideas)

With cardboard lids there are many play possibilities. These are also great for a children's birthday party for example on the topics of construction site or craftsman. We present here 8 play and movement ideas.
Here you can find a craft tip for the design of the coloured cardboard lids: Craft tip for coloured cardboard lids
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 Cardboard covers in different colours (red, yellow, blue, green, orange). For this you can simply glue or paint the cardboard covers in the colours.

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1. Cardboard cap throwing:
The children throw the cardboard lids and distribute them on the ground. The task is that the cardboard lids do not lie on each other. They observe how far it flies, how it flies. Thus the children get to know the material.

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2. Running in the stork step:
The children can now walk from cardboard lid to cardboard lid in the stork step. For example, from left to right in the room.

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3. Cardboard cover skate run:
Each child picks out two cardboard covers, stands on them and slips through the room or again from left to right.

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4th traffic light race:
Each child starts on a red cardboard lid, then the children run slowly over the. yellow and over the green they run.

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5. Cardboard cover trucks:
The children first try to transport three cardboard covers on their palm from left to right. The children can try to transport more and more cardboard covers and find out how many they can still transport well and when they lose them again and again.
Then they try to transport a cardboard lid on their head from left to right.

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6. Cardboard cover constructions:
The children build a tower from the cardboard lids.
The children build works of art from the cardboard lids. Each child can do this for himself, or the children can always make two or three.

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7. Cardboard-cover roads:
The children build streets and paths with the cardboard lids. For this, each child takes a small pile of cardboard lids. It is up to the children whether they simply arrange them one after the other or arrange them in colour.

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8. Cardboard cover:
The children go together in pairs or they cover their child now with the cardboard lids. Let the relaxing music run.