6 Ideas to Try Right Now
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#1·5–10 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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#2·15 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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#3·20–30 min
Cardboard Box Tunnel
🛒Materials: Large cardboard box
- 1Open both ends of a large cardboard box.
- 2Place it on the floor as a tunnel.
- 3Hide a toy at the other end and encourage them to crawl through.
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#4·10–15 min
Balloon Tapping
🛒Materials: Balloon, painter's tape
- 1Hang a balloon from a doorway at your toddler's head height.
- 2Show them how to tap it with their hand or a paper tube.
- 3Encourage them to reach and jump.
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#5·5–10 min
Sensory Sound Shaker
🛒Materials: Plastic bottle, dry rice or pasta, tape
- 1Fill a clean plastic bottle with dry rice or pasta.
- 2Tape the lid shut securely.
- 3Let your toddler shake, roll, and make noise!
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Use different fillings (beans, bells) for different sounds.
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#6·20 min
Sticky Wall (Contact Paper)
🛒Materials: Contact paper / sticky-back plastic, torn tissue paper, leaves
- 1Tape a sheet of contact paper sticky-side-out to a low wall.
- 2Give your toddler small bits of tissue paper, leaves, or stickers.
- 3Let them stick things on and peel them off.
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Great for developing pincer grip — a key pre-writing skill.
