6 Ideas to Try Right Now
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#1·15–20 min
Shaving Cream Table Play
🛒Materials: Shaving cream, food colouring
- 1Spray shaving cream on a tray or table.
- 2Add drops of food colouring.
- 3Let your child mix, draw, and explore.
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#2·20 min
Cloud Dough
🛒Materials: 8 cups flour, 1 cup baby oil
- 1Mix flour and baby oil until crumbly.
- 2It moulds when squeezed but crumbles apart.
- 3Add small moulds or cookie cutters.
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It's mess-free — doesn't stick to hands.
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#3·15 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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#4·15 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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#5·10–15 min
Cardboard Tube Binoculars
🛒Materials: 2 toilet paper rolls, tape, string
- 1Tape two toilet paper rolls side-by-side.
- 2Add a string to hang them around the neck.
- 3Go on a safari around the house to spot wild toys!
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#6·20–30 min
Kitchen Restaurant
🛒Materials: Play kitchen or real utensils, paper for menu
- 1Help your child write a 'menu' with pictures of 3 things.
- 2You are the customer — place your order very seriously.
- 3They 'cook' and 'serve' using pretend or real (safe) items.
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Ask 'What's today's special?' — they love being the expert.
