6 Ideas to Try Right Now
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#1·15 min
Sponge Painting
🛒Materials: Sponges, paint, paper
- 1Cut sponges into shapes (star, circle, square).
- 2Dip in paint and stamp onto paper.
- 3Layer colours for a fun effect.
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#2·15–20 min
Nature Printing
🛒Materials: Leaves, flowers, paint, paper
- 1Coat the bumpy side of a leaf with paint.
- 2Press it onto paper and lift carefully.
- 3The leaf's texture prints perfectly.
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#3·15 min
Color Matching Relay
🛒Materials: Colored toys, colored paper sheets
- 1Place sheets of colored paper at one end of the room.
- 2Scatter matching colored toys at the other end.
- 3Have your child run, grab a toy, and place it on the matching paper.
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#4·15 min
Handprint Monsters
🛒Materials: Paint, paper, googly eyes (or draw them)
- 1Paint your child's hand and press onto paper.
- 2Let it dry — the handprint is the monster's body.
- 3Add googly eyes, teeth, spots with a marker.
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Make a whole family of handprint monsters — great gift idea.
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#5·10–15 min
Balloon Tennis
🛒Materials: Balloon, paper plates, tape or wooden spoons
- 1Tape a paper plate to a spoon to make a racket.
- 2Blow up a balloon.
- 3Play balloon tennis inside without breaking anything!
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#6·15–20 min
Sponge Water Transfer
🛒Materials: 2 bowls, sponge, water
- 1Fill one bowl with water and leave the other empty.
- 2Give your child a large sponge.
- 3Let them soak water from one bowl and squeeze it into the other.
