Giggle Wiggle

Giggle Wiggle - Place the marbles in the hands as it sways and turns

If you're familiar with Scatterpillar Scramble, then you're already half way to Giggle Wiggle. I see on Amazon that the older Scatterpillar is no longer available and Giggle Wiggle seems to have taken it's place, with a few changes, but it's made by a different company.

Giggle Wiggles includes a 10" inch tall, segmented, green caterpillar with 12 sets of arms (24 total). Once you put the caterpillar in the orange base and turn it on it will sway as music plays. The instructions say that the caterpillar can rotate 360 degrees, but I have not seen it. It will turn toward the left until its back is facing you and then turn back the same way. It never turns toward the right. There is a scooped out dip in each hand where you will place plastic marbles. A thumbs up to the Goliath company for including four more marbles than you need. Most games give you exactly enough pieces and if you lose even one, some games are no longer playable. Before you play for the first time you must place the eye and bow tie stickers on the caterpillar.

The base is orange and has four divided sections at the bottom where you will sort the marbles by color (purple yellow, red, blue). Each one of the sections is at the bottom of a column of six arms. Push the button on the front of the base to turn it on, press again to turn it off.

One of my favorite things about Scatterpillar Scramble was the tweezers. I liked them so much that I took them out and used them for other games. Giggle Wiggle, unfortunately, does not include tweezers. You will need to place and remove the marbles with your fingers.

Requires 3 AA batteries and a small screwdriver to open the back. My 10 piece small screwdriver set is the best purchase I've ever made at the dollar store.

Object:
Be the first player to place all six marbles on the caterpillars hands.

Set up:
Add the batteries. Place the green caterpillar into the orange base. Sort the four marble colors into the four sections at the bottom of the base and assign each person one color. 

Play:
Turn on the caterpillar. As he moves, place your six marbles in the six hands above your section. The caterpillar will try to shake off the marbles as he moves. If any marbles fall off, pick them up and put them back on. Play until someone has all six marbles on the caterpillar and wins the game.

Try this:

• Try it with the music off first to get the feel of what you will be expected to do under more difficult conditions.
• Skip the game. Leave the caterpillar off and place the marbles into the hands. Hold two or three marbles in one hand and bring each one to the fingertips, one at a time, and place it in a hand.
• Skip the game. After loading the hands with the marbles, take them off one at a time, squirreling them in your palm as you go. Pick off as many as you can without dropping any.
• Sort the marbles into the base before the game starts by holding several in your hand and dropping them one at a time in the correct sections.
• Work on visual discrimination, fine motor control, manual dexterity, eye hand coordination, motor planning, in-hand manipulation, grading, proximal stability, balance, executive functioning skills, socialization skills, process skills, play and leisure exploration and participation.

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