Although my children always want everything they see advertised on TV, the items they play with most are often strange things they find around the house.
Cardboard, in any shape or form, is always a favorite. Cardboard boxes, pieces of cardboard, or even toilet paper rolls. The scope of their imagination is amazing. Everything from forts and treasure boxes to signs and periscopes are created using this versatile material.
Some other items of interest are: rocks, flowers, bark, lids, corks, plastic strawberry containers, anything that can be made into a box, string, ribbons. The list goes on and on.
I do not give my children these items to play with. They pick them up, examine them, and come up with wonderful, unusual toys that keep their attention much longer than store-bought toys.
Make sure to always have glue, markers and children's scissors available and encourage creativity. Soon your house will be filled with the products of young, fertile imaginations!
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