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Cookie Package Engineers

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Grades K-230-45 minSource: Creative Dad Company

Kids design protective packaging that can keep a fragile cookie safe during a simulated shipping trip. It's a crunchy, real-world lesson in cushioning and material choices.

Budget levels

Materials list coming soon to members

Materials links go to Amazon. Prices are estimates and may change. As an Amazon Associate, Creative Dad Company earns from qualifying purchases.

Quick Start

Digital downloads only. $0 to buy. Printing is noted separately.

Materials list coming soon.

Student time: one class period, one day.

Teacher prep / build-ahead: separate from student time.

Scale it

The default plan is one class period on a single day.

Scale back: Fit it into a shorter period, use fewer effects, or run a demo instead of a build.

Scale up: Add one extra effect, or spread the share-out across another day.

Ambiance video

Ambiance video coming soon from Creative Dad Studio

Full Experience

Up to $25 per class (class of about 30, 6 groups).

Materials list coming soon.

Student time: one day.

Teacher prep / build-ahead: separate from student time.

Scale it

The default plan is one school day.

Scale back: Fit the build into one period with fewer effects.

Scale up: Spread the work across days, or add more effects.

Total Transformation

The bigger kit, priced per class (class of about 30, 6 groups).

Materials list coming soon.

Student time: one day (one session, one-day event).

Teacher prep / build-ahead: separate from student time.

Scale it

The default plan is one session, a one-day event.

Scale back: Shorten the event, or run a demo for a smaller audience.

Scale up: Spread the build and the event across days, or invite a bigger audience.

Choose your version

Every level teaches the same core idea — pick the one that fits your time, budget, and energy today.

Student time: 35 min, one class periodTeacher prep / build-ahead: 10 min$0 to buy. Printing noted separately.One table or a small area of floor spaceBeginner-friendly

Setup

Gather cookies or crackers, small boxes, recycled cushioning and clear a small work surface. Read the Cookie Package Engineers mission aloud, then place the supplies where children can choose and compare them safely.

Activity

  1. Predict what kind of padding will protect a fragile cookie from cracking during shipping.
  2. Build a protective package around the cookie using bubble wrap and cardboard inside a small box.
  3. Ship the package with a drop or shake test and discover the cookie cracked, then add more cushioning and retest.
  4. Present the surviving cookie to a taste-test judge as proof the packaging worked.

Ambiance video

Ambiance video coming soon from Creative Dad Studio

Done when: Children complete the core mission and the surviving cookie to a taste-test judge as proof the packaging worked.

Materials

Cookies (or cookie-shaped clay), bubble wrap, cardboard, tape, a small box

Shown for the Quick Start version — switch tabs above to see what changes.

Materials links go to Amazon. Prices are estimates and may change.

As an Amazon Associate, Creative Dad Company earns from qualifying purchases.

Steps

  1. Predict what kind of padding will protect a fragile cookie from cracking during shipping.
  2. Build a protective package around the cookie using bubble wrap and cardboard inside a small box.
  3. Ship the package with a drop or shake test and discover the cookie cracked, then add more cushioning and retest.
  4. Present the surviving cookie to a taste-test judge as proof the packaging worked.

Standards mapped

  • NGSS · K-2-ETS1-3

    Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.