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a Mom (check the prayer topics for details)who has 3 littles 4, 3, 1 1/2.
The Mom and new babe are in the hospital, hoping to come home in a week... I would like to put together some items/projects that the children (with their Aunt) can do. Any ideas would be helpful...low budget please.
I will check with Elizabeth too, I think she had some good ideas for her children when she was on bedrest.
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Sue
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A container filled with clothespins. Great if the pins are at least two different colors and if they can be pinned on the container that holds them.
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My 21 mo loves a little chalk board. Even here you can get cheapy plastic ones for £1. Just a bag of balloons would thrill my 21mo and 5yo too. Both my two also love "worksheets" - colouring sheets printed off the internet - maybe you could put together personalised colouring books, based on each child's loves: even the 21mo adores doing "worksheets".
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My children are the exact same age, 4, 3, 18 months. I have all girls, so I don't know if that is a factor, but they can NOT get enough of any type of art supplies. If I allow the 3 & 4 year olds to have safety scissors, a glue stick, and some paper and magazines, they are set! Washable markers? Forget about it! They get so excited because they aren't the run of the mill type stuff they have access to all the time. (What about a kit to make Valentines for mommy and baby?)
A list of outdoor games might be fun, depending on weather. All of my girls love to be outside, especially the little one.
The other thing my girls LOVE is just a bunch of blankets, play silks, and my bathing suit wraps (which are of course just large pieces of material) to make forts. With some initial prompting, they are very creative. All three will hang out in the fort and giggle and pretend.
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I just thought of something else: flashlights. You can probably get some at the dollar store. My girls LOVE flashlights and I really enjoy seeing the kind of adventures they conjure up when they have them.
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I like to go to the party supply stores and gather little party favors - a bag of jungle animals, some army men, etc... I put these in 'quiet baskets' for my rowdy littles and since they are inexpensive, I don't get to worked up about them getting 'misplaced' :)
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I recently found this great list of Preschool activities
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There are some wonderful ideas here... thank you so much.
Sue
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