It's always the simple things

Last week we had another visit from our Parents as Teachers rep and she always has these homemade toys made out of things she finds at the dollar store. Most of them are for the kids to play with while being supervised and sometimes I take her suggestions. Here is one I thought was great and he loved playing with her's. So here's my version. I took an old plastic container (that used to have salsa in it) and cut small slits in the lid. Then I pulled out some short popsicle sticks I already had in my craft supplies. Put the lid on the container and Tyler puts the sticks through the slits to help develop his fine motor skills. He loves it! And actually sat still for 10 minutes playing with this. Once he puts all the sticks in he hands me the whole thing so I can dump them out and he can start over.