Hobbies And Interests
Baby Books
Take pictures of all of the important people and things in your baby's world. Include several pictures of your child as well. Infants love to look at pictures. Buy a scrapbook or photo album, and place the pictures in the book. Use words to describe the name of the person or thing on each page. You can either use the sticker lettering that is typically used in scrapbooking or use colored markers. If you would like to make an alphabet book, take pictures of things starting with each letter of the alphabet and place in your book with big letters underneath the picture.
Loud Toys
Grab some old, clean socks, tissue paper and a needle and thread. Crinkle up several pieces of the tissue paper and place in the clean sock. Use the needle and thread to sow up the open end of the sock. Children love toys that make sounds. This "toy" will make sounds every time they grasp it.
Another idea is to gather an old coffee can, some rocks and a glue gun. Clean the coffee can and place rocks in the can. You can use any type of rock. Glue the top of the container onto the coffee can so the child cannot open the can. The size of the rocks could be a choking hazard, which is why the lid must be sealed tightly on the can. This can be rolled back and forth to make all of the loud noises that your child desires.
World of Felt
Because felt naturally sticks together, you can do a lot with it. Buy a large piece of white or black felt. This will be used as the backdrop for all designs. You will then need to purchase many pieces of colorful felt in order to make your shapes. You will also need to purchase two-sided adhesive to stick the white or black backing to the wall.
Now, you can design your shapes. First start with different colored circles and triangles and squares. If you desire, you can then create trees, flowers, houses and animals. Your child can begin to make any design that she likes. This can be used over and over again and will not create a mess for you to clean up.