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How to Make a Baby Game for Children

Do your older children want to make a fun game for your baby? Although most games are above a baby's head, most older infants can lift flaps in a sturdy board book. Your older children can make a baby game using nothing more than a few photos, some heavy cardboard and some craft supplies.

Things You'll Need

Digital camera
Cardboard
Scissors
Glue
Other art supplies
Binder ring (with safety clasp, large enough to avoid being a choking hazard)

Instructions

- 1
  Challenge your older children to use the digital camera to take pictures of items that your baby enjoys. These items may include a favorite toy, a relative or friend, an animal or a part of nature, such as a tree. Develop their favorite pictures to include in the baby's game.
- 2
  Give each child a piece of cardboard and show them how to glue a picture to the center of the cardboard.
- 3
  Help each child cut another piece of cardboard so that it is as tall as the picture but two centimeters wider than the picture.
- 4
  Show them how to fold over the extra width of the small piece of cardboard to form a large flap and a small flap. Glue the flap directly to one side of the picture. When the glue dries, the baby will be able to lift the large flap up, revealing the picture beneath it.
- 5
  Encourage each child to write "Where is the [object]?" at the top or bottom of their large piece of cardboard. Then encourage them to decorate around the picture with stickers, markers or any other art supplies that are not choking hazards for the baby.
- 6
  Connect the pieces of cardboard by punching a hole in one corner of each page and inserting a binder ring. If you'd like, have one of the children make a cover for the book.

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