Yeti in my Spaghetti

Yeti in My Spaghetti - Remove the spaghetti without disturbing the Yeti

Yeti in My Spaghetti is a pretty simple game. As you can see above, there is an orange bowl, a lot of wavy, hard plastic sticks (spaghetti), and a lightweight plastic toy (Yeti). Take turns pulling out the spaghetti, one piece at a time. Lose the game if the Yeti falls into the bowl on your turn. Pretty straightforward. However, the Yeti is so big, and the bowl is so shallow, that you can pull out one stick and have part of the yeti fall through and touch the bowl. I used a deeper bowl so that the Yeti will have to actually fall inside. Kids like this one.

Object:
Don't be the one to make the Yeti fall into the bowl.
 
Set up:
Place the empty bowl in the middle of the players. Place the spaghetti sticks on top of the bowl, mixing them up so they are going in different directions. Place the Yeti on top of the plastic sticks.

Play:
Players take turns pulling out one stick at a time, being careful so the Yeti does not fall. Play until someone pulls a piece that causes the Yeti to fall into the bowl and loses the game. The last one to have pulled a stick successfully is the winner.

Try this:

• Don't move the bowl as the player loads the spaghetti on top so the player will have to turn their hand and arm in different directions to accomplish it. Move the bowl closer to make this easier.
• Rotate the bowl as the player loads the spaghetti on top if they are not able to turn their hand and arm in different positions.
  
• Push the bowl back a little while setting up to work on reaching.
• Use your own lightweight toy on top. Make it smaller for a more challenging game (better chance of slipping through a hole).
• Use two hands for set-up by holding the sticks in a fist in one hand and pulling them out one at a time to place with the other hand.
• Roll the spaghetti piece in the fingertips while removing to get over curves in the spaghetti.
• Sing On Top of Spaghetti as you play. Use different items on top of the spaghetti (replacing the Yeti) so the song can be different each time you sing it.
• Place each piece of spaghetti flat on the table before setting up the bowl. This will be more difficult to pick up as compared to a pile of sticks stacked on each other.
• Pile the sticks on the table as you are getting ready for set up. Play a game of pick up sticks as you set up the game. Try to pick up each individual piece of spaghetti without disturbing any others.
  
• Follow with sensory play with a bowl of real, cooked spaghetti. There are plenty of ideas for using spaghetti on Pinterest.
• Eat a bowl of spaghetti when you are done playing. Think of different favorite things you can place on top of the spaghetti to replace the Yeti (chicken nugget, cheese stick, french fry, fruit if you aren't using tomato sauce, etc.) Sing about it as you eat.
• Have a bowl of cooked spaghetti standing by. Use a fork and practice twirling the spaghetti onto it. Then try using a spoon in the other hand to aid in twirling. Although this is not considered good etiquette, think of the hand skills you can practice! You will probably have to add a little oil or sauce to this dish to make the twirling easier. Cooked spaghetti will twirl a lot easier if it is coated with something.
  
• Work on manual dexterity, pincer grasp, graded movement, in-hand manipulation skills, spatial relations, eye-hand coordination, executive functioning skills, socialization skills, process skills, play and leisure exploration and participation.

In the box: Plastic bowl, lightweight plastic Yeti, 30 pieces of spaghetti

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