Gather your incomplete old decks of cards, applesauce squeeze pack lids or pompoms, golf tees and a container with a lid!
This activity seems super silly and easy and it is. You can fancy up a container with washi tape or keep as is. Make a slit in the lid or bottom (if it’s an oatmeal cardboard bottom) and leave out cards for kiddos to put in the slot. This works well with babies just learning to sit and passing objects from one hand to the other.
You can also poke a little hole and have them poke golf tees through the hole to work those little hand muscles (note: not for babies! Intended for kiddos who are a bit older and not mouthing objects, due to choking hazard)!
Lastly, you can make a quarter-sized hole for them to push applesauce lids through, or pompoms! Again watch, because these can be a choking hazard for some.
Over the years, these simple containers have been a mailbox, wishing well, cash register, garbage can, and even on occasion a “work project” where they would hammer the golf tees through with their pretend hammers!
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