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The Ribbon Ring Squeeze

Steps:

Use markers to draw colorful stripes around your empty paper roll.
Cut several long strips of ribbon using your child-safe scissors.
Use masking tape to stick one end of a ribbon to the top of the roll.
Ask your child to hold the paper roll steady with their helper hand.
Have them use their other hand to wrap the ribbon tightly around the roll.
Once the ribbon is wrapped, use a pincer grasp to tape the end down.
Repeat this with different colors until the whole tube is fuzzy and bright!

Safety Tip:
Always supervise your child while they are using scissors. Ensure the ribbon pieces are not long enough to wrap around the neck.

The Sticky Bottle Bead Roll

Steps:

Take an empty plastic bottle and make sure it is clean and dry.
Wrap a long piece of masking tape around the middle of the bottle.
Make sure the sticky side is facing out toward you.
Secure the ends of the tape with two smaller pieces of tape so it stays in place.
Scatter a handful of colorful beads inside a flat plastic container.
Show your child how to hold the bottle with both hands.
Ask them to roll the bottle over the beads until they stick to the tape.
Once the bottle is decorated, have them use their fingers to peel the beads off one by one.

Safety Tip:
CHOKING HAZARD: This activity uses beads which are small parts. Always supervise your toddler closely. Ensure they do not put beads or tape in their mouth.

The Foil Pond Tongs Task

Steps:

Lay a sheet of cardboard on a flat table.
Draw four large blue circles on the cardboard with your markers.
Tear off four squares of aluminium foil using both hands together.
Crumple each foil square into a small, shallow bowl shape.
Place one foil bowl inside each blue circle on the cardboard.
Give your child a pair of tongs and a container of pom-poms.
Ask them to squeeze the tongs to pick up one pom-pom.
Carefully drop the pom-pom into a foil pond.
Challenge them to fill every pond without tipping the foil bowls over!

Safety Tip:
Always supervise your child during play. Small beads and pom-poms can be a choking hazard.

The Shiny Foil Crown Crimp

Steps:

Help your child use scissors to cut a long, wide strip of cardboard.
Use the markers to draw colorful gems and patterns on the strip.
Tape the ends of the cardboard together to make a headband that fits your child.
Ask your child to tear several small squares of aluminum foil using both hands.
Show them how to fold a foil square over the top rim of the crown.
Challenge your child to use their pinching fingers to squeeze the foil until it stays flat.
Continue crimping foil all the way around the crown to make it look like silver jewels!

Safety Tip:
Always supervise your child while they are using scissors to cut the cardboard.

The Pipe Cleaner Bottle Hook

Steps:

Place an empty plastic bottle on a stable table.
Have your child use their pinching fingers to drop ten colorful beads into the bottle.
Give them a pipe cleaner and help them bend the tip into a small hook.
Ask your child to hold the bottle steady with their non-dominant helper hand.
Challenge them to lower the hook into the bottle and catch a bead.
Carefully pull the hooked bead all the way out through the narrow opening!

Safety Tip:
Always supervise your child during play. Small beads are a choking hazard and should be kept away from mouths.