Infant and Toddler activities

As a stay at home mom, I take my job very seriously. I am constantly on the look out for fun things to do with my nearly 3 year old and 16 month old. Here you will find easy and cheap activities to do with your children. I try to use things that you'd find already in your home or things that are easy to find. Many of the activities we do help sharpen preschool skills such as gross and fine motor skills, hand eye coordination, self confidence and many more.

I hope you find all the infant and toddler activities you're looking for!

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

How to make a rain stick

I used the sturdy cardboard tubes from the glow sticks we get at Michaels. They have nice plastic caps on the ends

I pushed in nails in a spiral pattern following the seam in the cardboard (see first picture as well). Next time I would use longer nails. Also, I would use a larger tube, this one is very small.

I hot glued the bottom cap into place and added dried black beans. Then I hot glued the other end on and put several layers of packing tape around the whole thing. I only let the kids play with this while closely supervised. I can't imagine them getting it open, but stranger things have happened.
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