So I am sure you have all done this as little people ... but sometimes we forget all the cool, free, grass roots activities that we found so charming as children. All the newest toys and activities for our little ones these days are kind of thought out for them, and sometimes are a great diversion ... but it is great to just give kids some regular household items and watch the games begin.
The newest idea at my house is to play with the recycling. So we took a green bin and filled it up with clean safe recyclables, and watched my gang turn them into building blocks, a game of store, or just the joy of putting them into paper bags, and dumping them out again. I think that we all played with yogurt containers with lids, or cardboard boxes in our kindergarten classrooms. So bringing back a classic !!
We had another recycling activity that is great for older children (3+) we made tin can telephones. Just be sure that your can opener opens the cans in such a way that the edge is not sharp. Some openers are not good for this game !!
You need : 2 empty cans (clean of course), 20 - 25 ft of string ... that's all. We decorated ours with stickers, but that is optional.
Just make a hole in the top of a can, put the long string through, and tie a knot in it that is large enough to not slip back through, and do the same with the other one. Have one child hold one can, and child #2 will walk around the corning till the string is taught. Then let the adorable conversations begin. It is great for children at this age to learn some telephone skills and dialogue between 2 children that cannot see one another can be quite funny !!
There are other fun, free activities that I will share with you all soon .....
Thanks again to everyone who is following my blog. It is more fun to do when you know people are reading it !!
Happy playing !!
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