How to Make a Celtic Knot

What You Need:

• 1 foot long piece of twine or rope

What You Do:

1. Tell your child to set the piece of twine out flat in front of them in a single line.
2. Encourage them to form a loop in the center of the twine, with the left side of the twine overlapping the right side.
3. Then, ask them to flip the left side of the twine down and up through the loop, similar to the first step of tying their shoes.
4. Next, using the same end of the twine used in the last step, help your child pass the end of the twine back through the center loop.
5. Then, pass the twine up through the bottommost loop. There should be a loop of twine shaped like an upside down “U” sticking out of the top now.
6. You should see three holes all in a row in your Celtic knot. Using the same end of twine from the last step, help your child weave the twine up through the bottommost hole.
7. Then, let them weave the end of twine down through the middle hole.
8. Next, help them weave the end of twine up through the uppermost hole (the top of the upside down “U” shape from step 4).
9. Finally, help your child pull both ends of twine slightly to tighten the knot up a bit.

Tell your child not to worry if they don't succeed on the first try. Simply straighten out the piece of twine and try again.