6 Ideas to Try Right Now
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#1·10–20 min
Sock Puppet Show
🛒Materials: Old socks, markers, buttons
- 1Put a sock on your hand.
- 2Draw a face with markers or glue on buttons.
- 3Put on a puppet show behind the couch.
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#2·5–10 min
Tape Maze on the Floor
🛒Materials: Painter's tape
- 1Use tape to create a maze on the floor.
- 2Challenge your child to walk only on the tape lines.
- 3Add 'obstacles' like pillows to jump over.
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Use a timer to make it a challenge!
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#3·10 min prep + 20 min play
Ice Excavation
🛒Materials: Water, small toys, freezer
- 1Freeze small toys inside an ice block overnight.
- 2Give your child warm water and tools to excavate.
- 3Watch them dig out the hidden treasures.
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#4·10–15 min
Sensory Texture Hunt
🛒Materials: None
- 1Find something soft, something hard, something smooth, and something rough in the room.
- 2Have your child touch and describe each object.
- 3Repeat with different textures.
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#5·15–20 min
Shadow Drawing
🛒Materials: Paper, pencils, toys, a lamp
- 1Place a sheet of paper under a lamp.
- 2Line up small toys to cast shadows on the paper.
- 3Trace the outlines of the shadows and color them in.
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#6·20 min
Nature Soup
🛒Materials: Bucket, water, leaves, sticks, mud, flowers
- 1Give your child a bucket with a little water.
- 2They collect leaves, sticks, flowers, and mud from outside.
- 3Mix it all together to make 'magic soup'.
