The dollar store brings me great joy in my personal and
professional life. I love to browse to see what unconventional items I can use
for children’s activities. This month I thought I would share them with you!
The one item I think everyone should have is a dish tub or
two. You can fill them with beans, salt, cornmeal…anything! Add spoons, funnels, and containers for your
children to explore with. You can put interesting objects of different texture
and size in for babies to take in and out as well!!
Get some adult
sized paintbrushes and or foam roller brushes. Give your child a bucket of
water and send them outside to “paint”.
Get a pack of
birthday candles for your little one to put into play dough- you will be
surprised how long they will play with these!
Buy some tongs
and cotton balls. Have children move cotton balls from one bowl to another with
the tongs. They can also tong tissue, plastic eggs, sponges…anything. This
activity is great for hand eye and fine motor skills.
Baby soap or
regular soap can be so much fun for children to pump out and play in! Use the
dish tubs to set up a “baby bath” with a plastic doll, or a dino bath with
plastic animals. Has your child ever been able to use a bar of soap to the
end?? Pick up a bar of soap too!
I always pick up
big packs of sponges for myself and for the children. They love to “wash”
things and squeeze soap in their tubs. I like that I
can switch my dish sponges out often and not worry about the cost. Yu can cut them into different shpes and let them spongpaint too!
Buy some fake
flowers and a vase or two so your child can make “flower arrangements”.
Have you ever
given preschoolers some rope a net? They love to make traps, leashes, knots. You can
tie short pieces to trucks and or shoe boxes for babies to fill and pull.
Buy some packs of those little jewel marbles or rocks and see what they do with them. You can add an egg carton or little bowls for them to take small treasures in and out of.
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