Whenever we eat Chinese food, Nicholas begs to use chopsticks too. I finally came up with a super simple way to rig the chopsticks so he could use them. All you need is a short crayon and a rubber band. The trick to getting the chopsticks to work correctly lies in how you attach the rubber band: it must be twisted both above and below the crayon. Place the crayon about an inch and a half from the top of the chopsticks. Wind the rubberband around both chopsticks and crayon, alternating right above the crayon and right below the crayon. Wrap around the top a few extra times to get the chopsticks to stay in the open position. Wrap rubber band until tight. Hand to your little ones and watch how proud they feel using chopsticks all by themselves!
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Just yesterday Liam wanted to use chopsticks with Sean. Needless to say, he was highly frustrated!!!! We told him we'd get him a special pair just for him (I know you can buy training sets) but this is awesome!! (much cheaper, too.) :) Thanks for yet another wonderful idea!!!
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