As much as I’m a fan of dressing up like princesses or crushing towers of blocks with my kids, I really do try to incorporate education in any way I can. Hey let’s open up that workbook you have, doesn’t always sound the most enticing so we try to make it fun with crafts and toys. We made our own magnetic alphabet a while back and it’s still a big hit, now we are using it to work on short words. Check out these 25 DIY Toys for Learning to find fun tutorials to practice numbers, letters, math, science, and more.
We all know that our toddlers and preschoolers love the bright, flashy toys that are marketed so widely in all of the shops, but having only one or two simple functions they quickly tire of them and they accumulate into a pile, hardly to be touched again. There are so many things I regret buying our children over the years and as time has gone on I have pulled out less and less “real” toys for the new babies in our family from the attic, and been amazed at how much they prefer the homemade variety.
What I love most about making “non-toys” or DIY versions of games, is that most can be put together using recycled items, therefore costing next to nothing, and can take just a few minutes to do. Yet the appeal of them seems to last a lot longer and some have been played with for a few years before wearing out. The best part is, they don’t need batteries to operate and are nice and quiet!
You will find toys made using recyclables, household items and craft supplies. Each one can be made with your own spin, customizing colors, shapes and more to fit you child's personality!
You'll find DIY toys that encourage pushing, pulling, twisting, turning, poking, cutting, dropping, clipping, pinching, tying, stacking, buttoning and even flicking.
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