Cost: Free
Skills learned: Fine motor skills, the concept of 'pulling'
Age: 12m+
Rating (out of 4 stars): 3
This is a variation of an activity that we did when Izzy was a few months younger. The first time we did this activity, we cut up some squares of scrap fabric for him to pull out of an empty wipes container, but he didn't really get the concept of that and got bored after 5 minutes of play. I really wanted this activity to work out somehow so today instead of fabric squares we used scarves. I tied four of my older scarves together to make one big long scarf chain and then stuffed them all inside an unassuming wipe box as follows: Using scarves instead of fabric squares worked so much better because once he got pulling, the chain of scarves didn't end until they were all out of the box which he enjoyed so much more than digging around trying to find another piece of fabric to pull out. We pulled out all of the scarves twice and once the box was empty he had a ton of fun exploring its properties on its own. While I wouldn't discourage using simple fabric scraps in the making of this activity, I would definitely encourage using a huge chain of scarves more :)
Cost: Free Skills learned: Fine motor skills, the concept of 'pulling' Age: 12m+ Rating (out of 4 stars): 3
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AuthorHi! My name is Cassity and I am the mom to a little 2 year old boy named Izzy and a baby girl named Sydney. I am lucky enough to get to be a stay-at-home mom to them and we have fun thinking of new activities to do together in the afternoons. We created this blog as an opportunity to share those activities with you. Archives
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