Sometimes purchasing a new toy for your baby is just not possible. After taking into account all the monthly payments that need to be made, finding that little bit extra can be hard.
However, as Pampers® Institute expert and educational psychologist, Tshepiso Matentjie says: “Play and interaction with parents is important for brain, social, physical and emotional development in babies.”
Pampers® has come up with a solution to this dilemma. By making use of the items that you already have in your home, and your Pampers® Active Baby-Dry nappies, you don’t need to buy toys for your child to be able to play and learn.
Nappy changing time provides you and your child with some uninterrupted bonding time. The new Pampers® Active Baby-Dry nappies feature a host of new characters – the Pampers® Buddies. Use the Buddies to teach your child colour, animals and texture.
Here is another idea of how to make a toy from household items:
What you need:
- 1 paper towel roll
- Extra cardboard
- Food colouring, wrapping paper or paint for decorating
- Scissors
- Rice
- Sticky tape
- Pencil
What to do:
- The first step is to decorate the paper towel/ toilet paper roll.
(If you are painting it ensure that you wear old clothing. Place old newspapers on your work station to protect the area)
- If you are using normal paint: paint the roll on the outside area and wait for the paint to dry.
- If you are using food colouring:mix the food colouring with a little water and use like paint.
- Ensure to paint the extra cardboard too.
(If you choose to cover the roll, glue the wrapping paper/ magazine pages onto the roll ensuring that there is extra paper on the ends.)
- Take the extra cardboard and draw around the end of the roll to make
a circle (A). Now, draw a bigger circle around this circle (B).
(See diagram alongside) - Cut out the bigger circle then cut slits to the middle circle (see red
lines alongside) – taking care not to cut too deep. - Repeat step 2 and 3 so you have 2 circles
- Tape one circle to one end of the roll –making sure that it is secure.
- Pour enough rice into the roll that a sound will be produced when
shaken. - Seal the other end of the roll the same way you did the other
side. (If you are using wrapping paper, fold the ends in and
seal them with sticky tape.)
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