Ah, one of the year's first big challenges: what to get Brian's two-year-old niece for her birthday?!
Normally, I'd go to Amazon and look up reviews for some books with great educational value. Or check out Melissa & Doug toys. Or wander the local shops for other ideas. Since these aren't options for us in 2013, Erin suggested that we make an activity book.
The idea is to construct a book that will teach a child how to use a zipper, tie shoelaces, learn how clothespins work, figure out how to work a belt. You know, stuff dealing with tactile development -- a learning tool, but fun, too.
Erin did a great job taking the lead on this. I headed back to Minnesota for a four-day weekend and was able to deliver the gift in person. It was a big hit -- as of Day Two, anyway!
Normally, I'd go to Amazon and look up reviews for some books with great educational value. Or check out Melissa & Doug toys. Or wander the local shops for other ideas. Since these aren't options for us in 2013, Erin suggested that we make an activity book.
The idea is to construct a book that will teach a child how to use a zipper, tie shoelaces, learn how clothespins work, figure out how to work a belt. You know, stuff dealing with tactile development -- a learning tool, but fun, too.
Erin did a great job taking the lead on this. I headed back to Minnesota for a four-day weekend and was able to deliver the gift in person. It was a big hit -- as of Day Two, anyway!
Also great -- besides the fact that we both put a lot of love into making it -- was the fact that it cost us only about $2 to make. We had to buy a few sheets of colored felt and some zippers. The rest was made with stuff we already owned: buttons, scraps of recycled clothing, old shoestrings, bits of velcro, etc.
She love it! She plays with it every day!
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