Parade Picture Play Pack

Turn the parade into a hands-on building adventure. Kids color and assemble an accordion-fold city street with shops and blank billboards, a skyline with a Broadway-style theater marquee (they name the show!), parade balloons, a pull-along float, and a cast of characters on stands.

Then the challenges begin. Six challenge cards invite kids to build the tallest skyline, engineer a float that rolls, test whether their balloon can stand up to the wind (fan it with a scrap of cardboard, adjust the support, and test again), tell the story of their parade, and, if you have one, code a robot to march the route.

Use it with the Thanksgiving Parade Big Picture as the parade route, on a Parade Little Picture placemat, or on a route the kids draw themselves. It’s creativity, engineering, and storytelling in one afternoon.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

•     Two accordion-fold street scenes with shops and blank billboards

•     Skyline and theater sheet with two tall buildings and a Broadway-style marquee

•     Balloon sheet: robot, star, turkey, and a blank balloon to design

•     Character sheet with eight figures and stands

•     Pull-along paper float template

•     Six STEM challenge cards

•     Quick Start guide

YOU’LL NEED FROM HOME

•     Paper or cardstock for printing

•     Coloring tools, scissors, and tape

•     Four paper straws, craft sticks, and a short piece of string

•     A scrap of cardboard for the wind test

•     Optional: a coding robot and a disposable cup for the robot challenge