We had a great time playing with foil this week, this activity kept T occupied for just under 1 1/2 hours which must be an all time record for his short attention span at the moment!
I gave him a few toys and foil and showed him how he could wrap them and screw the foil into a ball, he soon got the hang of it and went to find more things to wrap and asked for more foil once it was beyond re-using. When he saw the big roll he couldn't contain his excitement and whooshed a long piece out of the box, running around the room with it flapping behind him.
We wrapped his leg in the long sheet of foil which caused a great deal of laughter, he loved ripping it off and then using it again to wrap his toys. I then wrapped up the toys and asked him what he thought they were, again he loved that and kept asking for more, I purposely kept the toys distinctly different so that he could easily distinguish them eg ball, tractor, brick, fat controller(!)
I wouldn't recommend this as an activity for an 19 month old without supervision but it was a lovely way for us to play together.
I'm planning on hosting a play date in September and think that I might use this as one of the activities as it went down so well with T.
Wouldn't have thought of doing this. Great idea! #ToddlerApprovedTuesday
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea, I'm sure A would love this, and O probably would too! :) x
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! Wow an hour and a half is good going, going to try that with my toddler, thanks for the tip! Becky x #ToddlerApprovedTuesday
ReplyDeleteAh Leandra, Olivia saw these photos and she wants to do it too. What a great idea! Thank you for sahring. xx
ReplyDeleteFab idea! Never thought of that before. Lots of learning with a simple activity :) Thanks for sharing #ToddlerApprovedTuesday
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant idea, especially for a rainy day!! :-D I'm going to try this with Evie x
ReplyDeleteThis is such a brilliant idea Leandra! Totally going to do this with Monkey!!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a brilliant idea Leandra! Totally going to do this with Monkey!!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea. I'll have to try this when mine's a bit older - the only time I've given her foil so far, she's tried to eat it!! #toddlerapprovedtuesday
ReplyDeleteWhat a simple and clever idea! Love it! #ToddlerApprovedTuesday
ReplyDeleteWhat a simple yet fantastic idea! Maybe move them onto wrapping chirstmas presents! haha! Thanks for sharing! Suz x Beauisblue.com
ReplyDeleteHow fun! I never thought of that. However, I do wrap sandwiches in foil and after it's eaten the foil turns into a ball, so that is fun too. I'll have to remember this when my baby gets old enough. Thanks for hosting #ToddlerApprovedTuesdays. Here's my link: http://mytalesfromthecrib.blogspot.com/2013/10/parenting-advice-letting-some-things.html
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant idea, I'd love to do it...if I wasn't terrified of tin foil (yes, really)!! I wonder if I could use something else...tissue paper maybe...? #ToddlerApprovedTuesday
ReplyDeleteMy girls love wrapping things! Never thought to use foil! Great idea! #toddlerapprovedtuesday
ReplyDeleteAhh this is such a good idea and cheap too! Never even thought of it before, but I'm sure Tyler would love wrapping all his cars up - that should keep him occupied for a while! Sabrina x #toddlerapprovedtuesday
ReplyDeleteWhat a fab idea! So much fun and I bet the kids loved it! You could wrap them before the kids get involved to and see if they guess what's inside!!
ReplyDeleteGreat Idea, so simple yet something I would never have thought of doing! Thanks for been a fab co-host #ToddlerApprovedTuesday
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