Friday, August 25, 2006

Emily's Top Ten

Emily loves free and/or cheap entertainment, and so she offers you her top ten list in no particular order:

1. Ice cubes and the water that comes when they've melted. It is fun to stir the ice, stand on the ice, eat the ice, drink the water, and splash in the water.
2. Cookie Cutters: these are especially fun if they are all in a basket that can be dumped noisily onto the floor!
3. Pictures! Identifying who is in them is a recent addition to her abilities.
4. Bed or Couch: climbing on, jumping on, rolling on, throwing pillows off of, etc...
5. "Rubbies": a name invented when I was little for dish soap bubbles being rubbed on the fridge, dishwasher, etc...
6. Bubble Wrap: Dancing on this is extra fun!
7. Catalogs!
8. Dryer: climbing in when it is empty and cool is always fun!
9. Cloth Napkins: the best part of this is stealing them off of anyone's lap! Then it makes a great peek-a-boo assistant and as always, a lovely head covering.
10. Tupperware cabinet: Taking stuff out, putting stuff in, dumping all the lids on the floor, chewing on the popsicle making pieces, standing in bowls, and all kinds of other fun!

Does anyone else want to share a cheap or free toy for Emily's enjoyment?

2 comments:

Mary Ann said...

-Lids from orange juice concentrate containers(no sharp edges)
-coffee can with slit in lid to put o.j. lids into(as well as anything else)
-Tiny trash cans from Dollar Tree with the removable swing top lid. Fun to put trash or toys into. Most little kids have a fascination with the trash can, so it's fun to have their own!
-Paintbrush and a cottage cheese container of water to paint the sidewalks, walls, etc. outside, of course!!!
-any empty food containers are great toys
-make simple puzzles (3-4 pieces depending on ability)out of cereal box fronts, magazine pictures or large laminated pictures of her

A Hopeful Hollar Knits said...

This was such a cute post. I keep an eleven month old twice a week and the first thing he heads for is the cookie cutter drawer. I'm trying to teach him that picking up is as much fun as pitching them! ;-)

I'm sorry I haven't commented before.