What does this machine make?
Unfinished picture No. 130 · drawing play for ages 4–7
What does this machine make?
This curious machine has a button and a funnel. Let your child become the inventor and decide what goes in the top and what comes out on the tray to the right.
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Questions to ask your child
- What goes into the machine?
- What comes out?
- What sound does the button make when you press it?
Adjust for your child’s age
- Around age 4
- Draw one thing — candy, a ball, a toy — on the tray where it comes out.
- Ages 6–7
- Have them pair up what goes in with what comes out, and name what each button does.
After drawing: try this
Poke a hole in a cardboard box to make an “invention machine,” and play putting something in and getting something different out.
Try it together
- Before drawing, read the question “What does this machine make?” aloud and let your child tell you their idea first.
- There is no right answer. The sillier the idea, the better — say “That’s fun!” and your child will draw more boldly.
- When the picture is done, ask your child to tell you the story in it. Tap 💾 Save to keep it as a PNG.
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