They holidays are coming up and I have been brainstorming some ideas for gifts for Grey. I want to stay on the creative side of things.
Lately he has been into puppets. So I think I am going to make him a puppet making kit. A few tube socks, various buttons, yarns, and other accessories. I know they make premade puppet making kits but I think putting one together would be fun!
At story time they use a felt board. I think i might get him one to hang on the wall and get a bunch of different felt. Then we can go through his books and make felts to go along with his stories.
I am so excited about these two ideas that I almost want to make them now and give them to him early! But, I will be a good girl and wait.
Aside from that, we might get him a couple new tag reader books. I firmly believe that he has ENOUGH as far as electronics go (he can navigate a computer and plays educational games on my ipod) and am trying to stay on the natural/creative side of things. Stay away from characters, TV related, etc.
For Winter, I want to get one of those wooden activity cubes with a bead maze...mostly because G still loves bead mazes, so know they will both enjoy it. And then probably some wooden teething toys from Etsy. 9 month olds don't need much right?
The other day Grey got very excited when I mentioned Christmas. Not because he knows presents are coming, but because he wants to bake Christmas cookies and make decorations! Hopefully we can continue this trend for a few more years (or even longer).
November 5, 2010
November 5th 2010 - Holidays
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I'm sure you'll have fun making your own feltboard stories and nursery rhymes, but if you're looking for more ideas, Judy Sierra's book "The Flannel Board Storytelling Book" ($19 used on Amazon) has stories adapted for telling along with line drawings to use as templates for cutting the felt. I used to use it when I was working as a children's librarian.
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