Exploring Fabric

  The other day I was trying to think of some new toys and play to do with Charlotte. I thought about what she loves to grab and mouth which right now is her bib and blanket, so I came up with exploring fabric in different ways.

I set up her Bumbo seat with the tray, found an old (but clean!) shirt and went to work. I made the fabric into different "styles" and presented them one at a time to her, she loved them! They kept her attention for 20 minutes which is like 50 years in baby time :)

First was a simple strip of fabric....

Next was a braided strip...

and next an "octopus"strip....

and finally a sleeve stuffed with the rest of the shirt to make a big ball with a tail on the end....

 

And she took some breaks to stare at the electrical outlet on the wall...

While we explored the fabrics I had some classical music on and we talked about how it looked and felt and lots of "YAYAYAYA great grabbing! What good talking, tell me more about it!" :)

I definitely count it as a success and will be pulling it out to play with again in the future.

xoxo
Ashlea