Making & creating
Cardboard binoculars
- Builds: Making a working toy
- 15 min
- Ages 2–4
- Energetic
- No mess
From the house
- 2 toilet-paper rolls
- Tape
- Crayons or stickers
How to play
- Tape the two rolls side by side.
- They decorate them with crayons or stickers.
- Go exploring: “What can you see?” The lamp, the cat, the window.
- Hide a teddy and send them looking for it.
Fit it to your child
- Easier: You tape the rolls, they scribble on them, then play peekaboo through them.
- Harder: They tape the rolls themselves, then you draw five things to spot and they tick each one off.
Words to use
- look
- see
- find
- far
- near
Why it helps
Building something and then using it for real shows them that what they make can work, and makes them proud.
Grown-up eyes: Skip the neck string, or stay close if you add one.