​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BUILD – HUFF, PUFF AND BLOW DOWN –

THE THREE LITTLE PIGS’ HOUSES

 

Please note: This doable will probably take several days to complete.

 

You will need (depending on how elaborate you want to get):

 

• Straw (We found it on Amazon.com, but nurseries or local farms could have it as well.)  Dried long plant leaves or stems might work too.  In a pinch there are paper drinking straws.

 

• Twigs, available in gardens and parks

 

• Bricks (See “Form Clay” in “Resources”)

 

• Grout or spackle to fill in around the bricks

 

• Elmer’s glue 

 

• Cardboard or small pieces of wood for foundations, doors, and roofs

 

• Cellophane for windows

 

• Poster paint

 

After the three houses are built, make like the big bad wolf and try to blow them down. Are your houses staying firm? If so, you're a construction master! Hairdryers and fans are certainly fair to use.

​

(WhaddayaThink?  Which creates the strongest airflow – blowing from your own lungs, waving a fan, using an electric fan or a hairdryer…?)

 

Here are the houses of straw, twigs and bricks that we built: