Origami Domino

Origami Domino 

One of the best activities to engage kids of all age groups

Summer vacation starts and all the parents start looking for activities that would engage their kids for a long time. We don't want our kids glued to the TV watching cartoon channels whole day. Children want a new toy every day, and after playing for some time, they will throw it somewhere, and again ask for a new toy. All of us know how difficult it is to engage kids in good activities.

Domino experiment is a great way to introduce the concept of speed and chain reaction. It can also be used to explore cause and effect, energy and motion.

Domino effect means that when we make a change to one behavior it will start a chain of reaction and cause a change in related behaviors as well. We can explain this to our child.

We can start the domino experiment with origami domino. Later we can buy domino blocks for the kids if we want.

It is very easy to make origami domino. We just need any piece of paper. We need to cut the paper into squares of same size and fold it, as shown in the video below. Please go through the video to see how to make the dominoes and experiment the domino effect.

Some advantages of engaging kids in origami domino experiment are:

Teaching kids to "Play By Themselves" 

Once kids will get interested in making origami domino, they will start making paper dominoes on their own and learn to play and organize by themselves. Sometimes playing alone is important for kids.

I saw my kids getting so much excited for making more and more dominoes. They were making dominoes whenever they were free. They wanted to make as many dominoes as possible, so that the experiment looked really beautiful. 

Great Toy for kids who don't play with toys

Once they develop their interest in dominoes, it is the best toy and activity, especially for kids who don't play with toys.

A video to make origami domino and show the domino effect experiment

Parents can participate in this activity with their kids 

We as a parent can perform this experiment with our kids. We can explain them the concept of chain reaction. We can even help them in understanding how can this concept help in real life as well. How our behaviors are tied to one another. One good habit leads to another good habit. Domino effect holds for negative habits as well. One bad habit leads to another bad habit.

One of the "Best kids' Activity"

I found it as one of the best kids' activity, to engage our kids for a long time. This activity also helps them in understanding the concept of chain reaction, energy, motion, cause and effect etc.

Group activity

This activity can also be done in a group. So kids can make origami dominoes of different sizes and play together with friends in a group.

Creativity, Imagination and Curiosity

This origami domino experiment can help in developing kid's creativity, imagination and curiosity. Kids can create a number of patterns with the dominoes. They can make domino patterns of different sizes. Colorful patterns can also be made.

Best out of waste

We can start this activity with any waste paper. Waste pages of previous year notebooks can be used to make origami dominoes. Later, we can use colored origami paper if we want.