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

fishing

Super Easy Homemade Toy: Indoor Fun with Fishing 🎣 [How to Make & Introduction]

Let’s make a fishing game where you can catch all kinds of sea creatures—big fish, small fish, crabs, and jellyfish! We’ll use recycled materials to create the fish, such as small empty containers like plastic bags, yogurt cups, lactic acid drink bottles, and toilet paper rolls.

Embed a magnet from the inside where the fish’s head or dorsal fin will be.

For the fishing rod, attach string (like kitchen twine) to a pair of chopsticks and put a magnet at the end.

You can wrap the chopsticks with masking tape to make them cute.

Have fun making your children’s favorite sea creatures and playing with them!

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utatane

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Fruit Concentration

These are felt cards you can use to play Concentration (Memory)! You can choose any motifs you like—fruits, vehicles, animals, anything is fine.

However, since Concentration is a game where you match pairs of identical cards, be sure to make two cards of each design.

Cut felt into card shapes and either glue or sew the motifs onto them.

If you’re making everything out of felt, it’s efficient to layer the same fabric and cut two identical pieces at once to save time.

If you want to keep things simple, you could also use store-bought appliqués and just stick them on.

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sasashina

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Flitting along so fluffy♪ Parachute

Float and fly! Parachute craft

A fluffy parachute that rides the wind and drifts down.

It’s a wind-play activity that excites not only kids but adults too.

First, cut a plastic bag into a 20 cm by 20 cm square.

Tie kite string to each of the four corners, then gather and tie the four string ends together.

Put that into a toilet paper tube and secure it with tape, and your parachute is ready.

Next, make a launcher using newspaper, a chopstick, and a rubber band.

Whether indoors or outdoors, take your time observing how it gently floats as it catches the airflow.

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hiyori

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Paper Cup Bowling

Bowling play with everyday materials

How about an easy-to-make bowling game using paper cups? You could simply place the cups upside down, but they don’t knock over easily that way, so let’s make pins by connecting two paper cups at their rims.

It’s a good idea to put a few marbles or small stones inside as weights.

Then decorate them however you like—draw pictures, add stickers, or glue on origami paper! For the ball, crumple up newspaper or flyers into a ball and wrap it with tape or origami paper to finish.

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SAKI

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picture book

Made with 100-yen shop items! Felt picture book! Let’s play with a pop-up/interactive book♪ Use it as design inspiration!

How about making a cloth picture book for babies out of felt? You can find colorful felt at 100-yen shops and craft stores, so try cutting, pasting, and sewing it to match your vision.

You can recreate a picture book your child loves, or add interactive elements they can play with.

There are many kinds of mechanisms: for example, motifs that can be peeled off with hook-and-loop tape, parts that fasten with buttons, and classics like puzzles or matching games.

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sasashina

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