It is beyond wonderful to have At Home with Ali taking time to play here to today. She hosts a wonderful blog that focuses on being creative with your children. After reading the post below, I would love for you to check out her post on a little construction site. It will inspire you to create and make you want to get down in the sand and play with your children.
I thought I would feature an activity that I used to do with my eldest daughter and is now seeing a resurgence with my youngest (almost 2 years). We call it ‘felties’ and it is a very popular game in our house.
I always do this quiet activity one on one, so we have to save it for days when my 4-year-old is at preschool. It is a great springboard for interaction with lots to talk about – size, shape, color.
‘Felties’ is very simple. I have some large felt pieces in blue, purple, yellow, green and pink. I grab a pair of scissors and we sit down on the rug together. We use one piece of felt for the base and use the others to cut shapes and objects.
Each time we play ‘felties’ she does different things with the pieces. Sometimes she colour matches – placing a pink triangle on a pink square, a purple square on a purple circle. Sometimes she tries to fill the entire felt mat and sometimes she lines the pieces up in straight rows.
We also use the commercial felt boards and pieces that you can buy in a variety of themes. Both of my kids also like these but prefer sitting down with me and asking for mommy-made custom felt pieces. It certainly isn’t about the quality of the felt pieces, as there is no way I could cut out a unicorn! In fact, I am always surprised at how much my kids like this activity, I guess it proves that the simpler things in life are often the best.
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Thanks so much for letting me guest post today.
I often feel as if play is a lost art.
I really like this idea a lot. It’s simple, but creative!
What a fun activity and I love that the creativity in this is unlimited!
what a fun and creative way to play
Cute idea! Wish I’d have thought of that when my boys were young.
What an adorable project!
That looks like so much fun!
Great post, Ali, and feature, D! Felt is one of our fave, fave fabrics to play with! I also love making things for my little girl’s hair out of it- very open-ended activity you’ve featured here!
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What a wonderful guest post! Definitely agree that taking time to play is wonderful. And we love working with felt. My kids would love this.
Thank you for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!
Maggy