Thursday, March 15, 2012

Activity sticks

A few weeks ago I heard an idea for activity sticks.  It's a great way to reward toddlers and to try new things.  I've been keeping a list of ideas from friends, blogs, and brainstorming.  I wrote all of the ideas on craft sticks and put them in a jar.  When we have a few minutes and she is being a good girl she can pick an activity stick.  It is really great for after dinner time when we are looking for things to do. 
The jar!


The activity sticks are so colorful and inviting

The first activity stick she picked was "toothpicks and marshmallows."  So we got them out and made interesting shapes and she had a lot of fun!  We also discovered she LOVES to eat marshmallows.  Duh!

So many sticks!

She said this one was an airplane so we're going with that.

It was fun to eat a snack of strawberries from toothpicks.  She had fun trying to stick the little pieces on her toothpicks.  This activity kept us all busy and having fun for over 30 minutes.  Amazeballs!


1 comment:

JamieShook said...

I LOVE that it's a martini shaker! Could you be the best mom out there?? I think you might...