Play-with-your-Food Geometry/Architecture

 Snack or Drafting or Geometry?

This morning I presented O with this arrangement for (one of the many) snack time.

We were reading books about fishing without poles, so she was intrigued to see the toothpicks serve as mini spears!

I gave no instruction, but went ahead making my own geometric structure.

 

The amazing Jean at The Artful Parent demonstrates a number of tools you can present to encourage creative construction http://artfulparent.com/2014/03/toothpick-sculptures-kids-13-fun-toothpick-construction-ideas.html.
We kept it simple, which was best since O had other plans for her fruit and 'spear's'!

 Fruit Kabobs

Eventually we dropped geometry as our spears and fruit evolved into letters!!