It’s Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day!
by Beth
What? You didn’t know? Where’ve you been? Got your head in a snow bank or something?!
Sound the trumpets: Today is Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day!
Here at the Easter Seals and Autism Blog, we just love Bubble Wrap. Three years ago our Celebrating Bubble Wrap post referred to an Autism Vox post by Kristina Chew. In her post, Chew wrote that her son Charlie, who has autism, “took a liking to bubble wrap a few years ago.”
He had long showed more interest in the ribbons and wrapping paper than in the actual presents themselves, no matter how elaborate a Playmobil set was concealed inside. Popping the plastic bubbles seemed to provide a sensory experience in several ways: Charlie could feel the thin plastic flattening beneath his fingers, and he could hear the effects: Pop, pop!
Comments to that post told us that Charlie is not alone. Lots of kids — and adults — who have autism enjoy Bubble Wrap. Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day is the day Sealed Air Corporation (creator of Bubble Wrap) announces the grand prize winner of its annual “Bubble Wrap Competition for Young Inventors.” A few years back we reported that a 13-year-old girl who had designed bubble wrap wallpaper to engage and stimulate children with autism was Among the 15 semi-finalists. Hannah Haas described her sensory wallpaper like this:
Wallpaper designed to engage and stimulate children with autism through the combination of a textured bubble surface containing large and small bubbles, and a calming, blue wallpaper background.
When we found out that Hannah Haas was the grand prize winner, we published a post here encouraging everyone to Pop the cork … and the bubble wrap autism wallpaper wins!
Need I say more? There really is no question about it. Here at Easter Seals, we really do appreciate Bubble Wrap. I plan to spend the day pop, pop, popping. How about you?
February 1st, 2011 at 12:19 am
I’m popping the cork and getting ready to stay inside for the oncoming storm. Thanks for the fun post —