Supplies needed:

• Plastic container
How to Make a Tippy Tap

with a handle and

a cap
• Bar of soap
• Long rope
• Short rope 1 The tippy tap needs a hole for
• Big nail
the water to pour out of. The
• Candle and
matches

hole should be on the side of

• Long stick the container across from the
• Short stick handle. The hole should be a
• Pliers finger length from the top of the 3 When the nail gets hot, press
2 Use the candle to heat the the point against the mark on
container. Find the spot for the point of the nail.
hole and make a mark there. the container to make a hole.

7 Tie the other end of the You have now created

long rope to one end of 6 Tie a knot in the end of 5 Put one end of the a Tippy Tap!
the long stick. Put the cap the rope, on the inside long rope through the 4 Make a second hole in
on the container. hole in the cap. the top of the cap.
of the cap.

9 Put the short piece of

8 Use the nail to make rope through the hole 10 Fill the container 11 Hang the container by its
a hole in the center of in the soap. Tie a knot with treated water. handle. Hand it high enough
the soap. around the short stick so the rope holds the end of Hang your Tippy Tap in areas
close to the bar of soap. the long stick off the ground. where you wash your hands
Hand the soap near the often. Use soap every time you
container. wash your hands.

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