Old wipes boxes are wonderful, truly wonderful. If
Mooglebean likes something she likes it 10 times more if she has to pull it out
of a wipes box. Mylar tissue paper is a good example, she loves it and in the beginning
she loved pulling it out of the wipes box. However, now that she is a bit older
she likes putting it back in the box too.
One day while at the fabric store I saw all the beautiful
patterns available in quilters' squares and had a brilliant idea. I sewed
squares of fabric to one another end to end like a magician scarf and put in
the box so now when she pulls the red scarf the next is orange than yellow and
so on. Mooglebean was about 9 months old, sitting well, crawling but not
walking yet.
This toy can teach cause and effect, fine motor control and
promote curiosity. By using the colors in rainbow order it could also be used
to teach the colors later on and by having each fabric have a different pattern
I could teach patterns. I was so proud of myself and the toy that I made...
Mooglebean was terrified of it. Seriously, her little bottom
lip would quiver and she would burst into tears every time I tried to show her how it worked. We
figured out that she most likely didn't understand how the fabric coming out of
the box seemed to her to fly out and get bigger than the box. I left it out if
she wanted to play with it but never played with it myself. Over time she
became more and more interested in it and now loves to pull the entire thing
out of the box as quick as she can and look at me like "That was fun
Mommy, now put it back so I can do it again."
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