You know the old adage that kids have as much fun with the packaging as they do with the toy it contains? Here's yet another clever example; look what you can do with one large flat box and few large cardboard tubes cut in half.
If you've got some cardboard tubes (or paper towel tubes would work) and a large piece of cardboard, you're in business. You'll have the little ones busily learning about gravity for hours.
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I will have to try making this with my kids and use up all the boxes in our backyard :)
This will be a great craft to make with my kids. :)
Here is a similar toy that I made:
http://jwolski.com/wordpress/2011/04/marble-machine/
This is so clever! Here is a DIY marble run we made with my son a while back: http://aroundeight.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/diy-marble-run/
Sometimes you don't need to make anything at all. When my niece was 1-2 years old, she loved playing with empty water bottles. I think it was the being able to squeeze them and make so much noise that she loved.
Now that she's 3, she actually doesn't need ANY toys. Her parents will bring her over and she likes to play with her imagination. She makes up the most elaborate adventure stories and plays that way.
Anita83... That's like parents bragging that their kids slept through the night since they were 2 weeks old... very bad karma. Don't jinx it.
thanks for featuring my ball maze! i'm smitten!