Dots and Toothpicks Construction

If you haven't tried this activity with your kids - - you really should.

I was saving this idea for the summer, but today, my boys were out of school for an unused snow day and I got desperate.  So, I ran down to Dollar Tree and picked up a few boxes of dots and some toothpicks.  I decided to set this activity up on the coffee table so that everyone would have easier access to the necessary building materials.

 

This kept the boys busy for more than an hour and they had a ball!!