L’idée du jeu des pompons m’est venue pendant un temps de jeu libre avec les enfants. On avait pas mal de cubes qui volaient dans tous les sens (aïe !), et je me suis dit : « Il nous faut une activité qui canalise l’énergie tout en restant fun et libre. »
Alors j’ai sorti un vieux carton, quelques pompons, du scotch transparent, et j’ai bricolé une sorte de cible collante. Et là… magie ! Les enfants ont adoré coller, décoller, lancer, décorer… Tout ça sans aucun danger et avec beaucoup de joie. Depuis, on le décline à chaque saison, et c’est devenu un classique chez nous.
First name : Chloé
Age : 25 years
Business edutainment project manager
His passions Formula 1 and the BTS music group
A childhood memory His first concert (Les Farfadas in Angers) at the age of 6.
What you need to build the game:
- 1 large cardboard box (long live recycling!)
- Transparent scotch tape
- Pompoms in all colors and sizes
- 1 cutter or scissors (for grown-ups, of course)
How is it made?
- Start by choosing a cool shape: a sun, a tree, a star, a man, a letter... whatever you like!
- We cut it out of the cardboard (watch your fingers, this step is for adults).
- Cover one side of the shape with transparent scotch tape, leaving the other side open. the sticky side on the outside. This is where the pompoms will hang.
- Set up at child's height... and let the pom-pom festival begin.
Production time: between 10 and 20 minutes (depending on your cutting skills)
How do you play?
L’enfant colle, décolle, relance, tapote, trie, observe… Il découvre les textures, travaille sa motricité fine, et surtout, il s’éclate. Le support devient une cible ou un tableau à décorer à l’infini. Et comme il y a plein de pompons, tout le monde peut participer !
Ideal age: 3 to 5 years
The presence of an adult is essential (pompoms must not be worn in the mouth!).
"Use different sizes of pompons: it changes the experience! Smaller ones for precision, larger ones for sensory pleasure. And above all, let the children choose the shape. When it's their idea, they'll go all out!"
The anecdote we love
"We invented this game because we were fed up with wooden blocks flying all over the place. We wanted a gentler, more creative alternative. A mother present at the workshop saw that her daughter loved the activity and asked us how to make it. Her 3-year-old daughter played with it for almost an hour!
