[Childcare] Recommended for toddlers! Toy ideas you can make and play with

Magnet and fabric sticking play

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Sachi Are – Naniwa Danshi

It’s fun how they stick with a snap! Here are some ideas for magnet-and-fabric sticking play.

Let’s make fabric toys that even infants can enjoy! You’ll need fabric or felt, magnets, fabric adhesive, needles, and thread.

If you create popular characters or illustrations from picture books with fabric or felt, children will be captivated! Sew magnets into each piece, and they’ll snap together so kids can play over and over.

Please be very careful to prevent accidental swallowing of magnets.

Fukuwarai (a traditional Japanese “lucky laugh” face-making game)

Here’s an idea for making an Anpanman fukuwarai out of felt.

Fukuwarai is typically a New Year’s game, but by changing the motif it’s perfect for everyday play too! Cut out the base face and parts for your favorite characters—like Anpanman, Baikinman, or Dokin-chan—from felt.

Once it’s ready, put on a blindfold, feel each piece with your hands to guess what it is, and place it on the face! You can find felt in a variety of colors at 100-yen shops, so be sure to check them out.

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sasashina

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bamboo-copter

These are bamboo-copter toys made with marble art—fun both to decorate and to play with once they’re finished! Line a box with thin paper like copier paper, then roll marbles coated in paint to create patterns.

Once it’s completely dry, cut an opened milk carton into 1.7 cm-wide strips and attach the patterned paper to both sides.

Insert the folded milk-carton piece into a pre-slit straw, adjust the angle, then open the wings to the left and right—and it’s done! These bamboo-copters with colorful, unique patterns are sure to stand out against the sky.

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train

Let me introduce an idea for a train made with a coin case.

When it comes to toy trains, “Plarail” is the classic choice, but this time let’s try making one with felt! Cut out a train base the same size as the coin case, along with parts like windows and lights, all from felt.

Sew them together, then slip the felt over a coin case wrapped with magnetic tape.

After sewing it closed, you’re done! This toy can connect with magnets, so try making trains in various colors and types.

It might be fun to make a playmat with tracks to go with it, too!

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Handmade tambourine using 100-yen shop materials

[For 1-year-olds] Handmade musical instrument play

Make it with a one-year-old! Here are ideas for handmade tambourines using materials you can get at a 100-yen shop.

What you’ll need: paper plates, washi tape, air-dry clay, disposable chopsticks, bells, and stickers.

Let’s create handmade instruments together with one-year-old children! The finished instruments can be tambourines or drums, and the charm is that each child can play freely.

It’s adorable to see children freely perform to music with their own original instruments, decorated by cheerfully sticking on stickers.