Holly and I are both Dental Hygienists but spend most of our time at home as moms. Occasionally, we pick up a day of work here or there and help each other out by watching each others kids. Last week I watched both of Holly's kids for the day. Holly's oldest and my oldest are best friends but get acting a little to much like brothers when they are together all day so I decided to break the day up with different activities. We pulled out a roll of masking tape...they had a ton of fun helping me!
First, we set out my little boy's 3 favorite toys (his barn, car set, and zoo) then we built roads to each of the different toys. I let them help rip the tape and put it on the carpet...they felt so big helping. We had lots of fun playing too. Here are a few pictures:
We also put together a game of hopscotch using the tape from the roads. They had no idea what this was until I showed them and even then had more fun running to stand on the number I called out then playing hopscotch...I guess this was more of a my generations thing:)
I did hopscotch on our back patio this summer... I think it's a girl thing... L was SO into it, C, not so much. Probably a coordination/age thing, too, she loved being able to prove that she could hop on one foot and count.
ReplyDeleteI love this! I think my girls would go nuts with the hopscotch thing. Thanks such great ideas! Keep it coming! :)
ReplyDeleteLove this! I have seen this before, but I like how you connected the roads to different "stations". Great for a rainy, or snowy, day!
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ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! I just stopped over after reading your post at Family Ever After and am now following your blog. You've got some really great ideas. I have a busy two year old boy, so I'm going to have to try some of these out. :-)
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