Printable activity pack · ages 4–7
Bridge Crew Rescue Workshop
The picnic crew has reached the river. Make a crossing for the paper travelers, test a paper delivery, then rebuild when the river changes.
- Ages
- 4–7Flexible starting guide
- Players
- One child and a grown-up, or a small building crew taking turns.
- First print
- 5 play sheets7 pages in the full file
Here’s the adventure.
The picnic crew has reached the river. Make a crossing for the paper travelers, test a paper delivery, then rebuild when the river changes.
What you’ll find inside
- 7 picture-first pages with a three-picture start
- Three full-size bridge templates with fold guides and a scale check
- River mats with 60, 90 and 120 mm gaps, plus an optional paper pier
- Two paper travelers and six equal paper loads
- Six build-and-test missions, a result record and help for rebuilding
Start here
Place your books at the river banks. Lay a paper bridge across. Try one equal paper load.
Then try it another way
Six build/test jobs. Compare plain, channel and accordion folds, change the gap and record what happened.
From the actual pack
A peek inside.
Ready for paper?
Choose your print file.
Pick the paper in your printer, then colour or low ink. Each PDF contains the complete pack.
A smaller first print
Play sheets: pages 1–3, 5–6. First play sheets: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6. First crossing: print pages 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6. Add page 4 for the widest river and middle pier. Grown-up notes are on page 7. Single-sided, 100% / Actual size; measured parts are unchanged in Letter and A4.
Print single-sided at 100% / actual size. Use the matching paper size. The PDFs leave a white border for home printing.
Local revised edition. Actual home printing and family play are still untested.