6 Ideas to Try Right Now
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#1·15 min
Cloud Dough (2 ingredients)
🛒Materials: Flour, baby oil
- 1Mix 8 parts flour with 1 part baby oil.
- 2Let your child knead and shape it.
- 3Add small toys for extra play.
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It smells amazing and cleans up easily.
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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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#3·15 min
Pattern Block Matching
🛒Materials: Paper, small toys or blocks
- 1Trace the outlines of different blocks on a sheet of paper.
- 2Give your child the blocks and the paper.
- 3Have them match each block to its outline.
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#4·10–15 min
Toy Car Wash
🛒Materials: Plastic toy cars, tray of soapy water, toothbrush
- 1Fill a shallow tray with warm soapy water.
- 2Give your toddler plastic toy cars and a toothbrush.
- 3Let them scrub the cars clean.
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#5·10–15 min
Kitchen Whisk Rescue
🛒Materials: Metal whisk, pom-poms or soft toys
- 1Stuff colorful pom-poms or small soft toys inside a metal kitchen whisk.
- 2Show your toddler how to pull them out through the wires.
- 3Helps build fine motor skills.
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#6·15 min
Sponge Squeeze Tray
🛒Materials: Sponges, shallow tray, water
- 1Soak sponges in water and place in a shallow tray.
- 2Let your toddler squeeze, squish, and pat them.
- 3Add food colouring to water for extra sensory interest.
