My rice cooker conked out so we got a new one. It came in a box with some styrofoam to keep it in place. Here’s what we did with the styrofoam before we threw it away.
Carpentry work! This activity was fun and great for hand-eye coordination. I raided my husband’s tool box for the concrete nails – they weren’t too sharp (duller than a sharpened pencil) and were long enough for Caleb to hold.
The styrofoam was soft yet firm for the nails to be hammered into. When Caleb got tired hammering, he started pulling out the nails.
Fun with trash!
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Dinosaur Prints
Another dinosaur activity! If your child is not into dinosaurs, this activity works with animals also.
We used the Easy Painters to paint the dinosaur feet. An alternative is wet paint on a plastic plate — just dip the dinosaur feet in the paint.
Then stamp onto the paper to make dinosaur footprints. Making dinosaur sounds is entirely optional. Haha! Caleb roared and made fierce dinosaur sounds while stamping onto the paper.
Caleb cleaned the dinosaur feet before using another dinosaur. He was able to compare footprints to see if they were the same or different and had fun stamping 🙂
Calamansi Fun
This is an activity that Caleb likes to play while he’s eating.
Just fill a bowl with water and add Calamansi. The old Calamansi will float while the new ones sink to the bottom.
Caleb used tongs to move them to a different container. It’s a simple tong activity just made more fun with water 🙂
It’s wonderful practice to strengthen the same muscles needed to hold a pencil 🙂
Here Caleb used a different tong to make it more challenging.
Lunch was over really fast and that made Caleb a happy boy 🙂
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