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Who needs toys |
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by Marlena  (July 2007) (rank 47th) |
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If you are like you can afford to go out and buy all these toys that are out on the market these days. So here are some ideas for some home made toys to keep your child entertained and to keep your money in your pocket.
- Fill up the sink with some water, measuring cups, funnels and spoons. Add towels on the floor to catch any water that may spill because you know it is gonna happen. Another way you can do this is to take a baby bath tub out side on the lawn and they can play and spill all they want. My Husbands aunt did that for my son when we were there and he had a blast.
- Make some play do and use your Kitchen supplies for tools. You can use a garlic press for hair for example. (You can find recipes for play dough on the internet).
- Fill a plastic pop bottle with bubbles and food coloring. Tape the lid shut and the bubbles will turn color when you shake it. You can also take your empty water bottles (make sure they are dry) and to them add sparkles, beads, bits of paper, curled pipe cleaner, pasta and beans. Tape the lid shut and you have a home made rattle. My play group made them one day for the baby group. Older children can make them as gifts for there little siblings.
- Use plastic containers like sour cream or margarine with lids to create treasure containers or stacking and building blocks.
- Collect some small rocks at the beach or river wash them and dry them. Paint them into creatures like frogs and lady bugs. You can get really big ones and place them in your garden as decoration or even as a door stoppers.
- Save boxes, the bigger the better. Let the older children turn them into houses, cars, airplanes. Use markers and paint to decorate and even scrap paper. If they are younger kids just a plain box does wonders LOL.
- Take a ice cream pail and fill it water. Get the child a paint brush and let them paint the comment or garage door. This only works well on colder days because if it is to hot it dries up way to fast.
- For older children start a button collection, (bags of buttons can often be bought at the dollar store). Let them sort, line up, match colors, glue into shapes, the possibilities are endless. Watch out for youger children in the house for getting a hold of a button.
Amanda xxx
