Toddler Play with Pinecones and Tissue Paper
My toddler is a very busy little guy who can be very wild, but at the right time, he also adores toddler boredom busters that use simple materials and provide an opportunity for open-ended sensory exploration.
Our recent Toddler Play with Straws and Cotton Swabs was a great success, and today’s Toddler Play with Pinecones and Tissue Paper squarely hit the mark, too 🙂
He explored them very thoroughly.
It didn’t take him long to discover that more pinecones were hidden inside sheets of tissue paper, and he carefully unwrapped them. He tried to rewrap them, but his fine motor skills aren’t there yet.
We played the passing-back-and-forth game with the pinecones for a while. I love how he’s holding my hand with his free hand in this photo 🙂
Clearly, N’s self-chosen main mission for this activity was freeing all of the pinecones from all of the tissue paper, though, and he didn’t rest until he’d collected all of the pinecones.
Once he had them all and had spent some more time playing with them and exploring them further, he added some more fine motor practice by picking up each little speck of dirt in the sensory bin individually 😉
Did your toddler enjoy this activity or a similar one? Here are a few more fun toddler activities to try: Outdoor Window Painting and Goopy Grass Sensory Play are delightful messy fun, while Fizzy Treasure Rocks and Toddler Play with Foamy Blocks provide more of a contained mess. If you prefer to stick to non-messy activities, try Toddler Play with Straws and Cotton Swabs!
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Materials for Toddler Play with Pinecones and Tissue Paper
- Pinecones.
- Colorful tissue paper.
- A small sensory bin (optional).