Pure Silliness

These pictures really don't need much explanation beyond the title to this blog post.  

I get a kick out of my silly kiddos!

(P.S. Mic was independant wardrobe designer for this playtime)

...I will say that the children's toy industry has us wrapped around their little finger.  Society as a general whole will buy about anything that we think might make our little tykes "happy".  And it is easy to forget that good, clean fun and healthy entertainment is often the least expensive and most ecological.  The list of household items that can help entertain (and educate) the children for hours at a time is almost endless.

Here's a partial list just to kindle your creativity: buckets, plastic tubs and basins, cardboard boxes of all sizes, kitchen utensils, soap, sponge, rags, hats, mittens, scarves, clothes and shoes from mom and dad's closet, scrap paper, scissors, spools, string or yarn, egg shells, raw rice or lentils, water, cotton balls, junk mail, plastic containers and lids from the kitchen, empty plastic bottles, empty egg cartons, muffin tin, pillows, blankets, tape, glue, cardboard tubes from TP, paper towels and wrapping paper, rocks, leaves, scrap wood, flowers, weeds, dirt, tin cans with or without lids, books, map or atlas, empty flower pots, magnets, hand lotion, measuring cups and spoons... ...and much, much more.  Then of course there could be an even longer list about the infinite ways of combining and using said material for learning and play...but for now I'll leave that creative process untainted for you by my ideas. Happy playing!!! ; )