Ideas for Principle #30

💡 A plastic bag - wrapping a sandwich in a thin, flexible plastic bag instead of putting it in a big plastic box.

A flexible raincoat - worn so it wraps around us and keeps us dry.

A book cover - some books have a flexible cover.

Covering books and notebooks at school with clingy plastic wrap or a thin, flexible cover.   

Gift wrap - wrapping that hides the present we bought inside it.

Hard to pack an oddly-shaped object into a rigid box?!
A rigid box doesn't adapt itself to the shape of what you want to put in it.

The way to think about it is: can you wrap it in a flexible membrane that adapts itself to any shape, instead of something rigid?

A flexible wrap bends and adapts itself to anything, without wasting extra space.

Ready for a challenge? We've prepared some extra challenges for you to try

Now it's your turn to invent. Design a new flexible wrap or cover for an object that's currently wrapped in something too rigid.

Easy
1. Find another thing at home together that's wrapped in a flexible material, and check why it's more convenient than a rigid box.
2. Ask your child if there's a standing house rule he'd like to be a bit more flexible.

A bit of a stretch
3. Choose a fixed amount for candy together that isn't always fully used, and try a week where the amount adjusts based on actual need.
4. Check together whether it's easier to pack an object in a flexible bag or in a rigid box of the same size.

Challenge for champions
5. Ask your child to design a new bag or flexible cover that adapts itself to whatever is inside it.
6. Try thinking together about a standing plan at home that no longer works, and plan a more flexible version of it.