It's been raining A LOT of late up this way.
Being inventive with what we have to hand
- creating activities with my little guys, is every day life around here.
Do you own Outdoor stacker cups?
Like these? (Ah... memory lane)
or these?
We filled an entire two hours playing with our set recently.
Here are the ideas we had:
1. Collect rain water! and other garden-like treasures.
2. Split the colours up between children and fill each cup with as many similar coloured items as can be found (of the right size) around the house.
An alternate kind of treasure hunt.
3. Take each cup - 1 by one - and shout out foods that are similar colours!
(This was REALLY fun - children can be so creative.)
4. Tip the cups upside down and lay out in a triangular pattern.
Yes, like a set of bowling pins. Then use socks for a bowling ball!
5. Balancing... on our heads as we walked, danced, hopped, jumped. On our chins, on the back of our hands... on one foot. Oh My!
6. Our cups were clear and showed the light through,
which enabled a lesson in art...
7. There of course was also stacking, and balancing. Turning them this way and that to achieve both. We found with the shape they are... they don't roll too well.
8. Throwing isn't something we often do inside.
However we have small beanbag and felt toys on our Nature Table.
Using a playcloth as a marker to stand behind
- we took turns trying to get these into the cups.
9. This was my Little Pipkin's idea. He LOVES to sing.
Did you know the cups make your voice echo louder when you sing into them? We discovered they most certainly do!
(We found Bob Marley tunes worked perfectly.
As did holding them like a microphone and performing for one another!)
10. Finally, a quiet activity - water colour painting.
Cups are a vessel after all.
What creative cup games can you think of?
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Labels: Creative, In one Voice, Little Finger Activity, Natural Treasures
