Inexpensive Home Made Toys and Activity Ideas

My daughter is 4 years old now, and over the years ive spent quite alot of time doing home made activities with her. Not only are the tasks cheap and enjoyable, they are also full of bonding moments and a great opportunity to get to know your childs creative side. My little girl is now pretty good at artwork, and even her nursery teachers mention her pictures as being full of colour and imagination- Im quite artistic, so genes perhaps play a part, but I do believe that those early years of development were crucial in her acquiring a love of all things creative. You dont need to be a great artist yourself; kids just love the company a parent can give, and the chance to ...

Here are a few inexpensive ideas that have been tried and tested on my daughter (22 months) that are popular enough to keep her quiet for a 30 minutes or so! - selection of different sized and shaped plastic bottles filled with different bits and pieces eg water/cooking oil, seeds, leaves, pasta, lentils, rice, paper clips etc. When she was younger she shook them and tipped them and watched the contents move. She also stroked and licked the different textures and shapes of the bottles. Now she is older she still does this but we also use them with her friends to make a mini orchestra of funny noises, and make music with saucepan lids and tubs to bang. Its a ...

Babies are little money pits and soon enough they won't want to know about a toy unless it's the latest thing but while they are too young to have reached even the most eager advertiser's target market take advantage of it! Yes, sometimes the best things in life ARE free (but usually they involve copious cash) The things that have fascinated our wee baby have in some cases been unintentional and in others been make shift toys. The information here is for a tiny baby as Jack has only just reached three months. I will probably add other things as he grows up a bit. So, what is a baby is up to in the first three months. Before Jack turned up I pretty ...