Making & creating
Sticky wall
- Builds: Placing and arranging
- 10 min
- Ages 1–3
- Calm
- No mess
From the house
- Wide packing tape or contact paper
- Light things: paper shapes, tissue squares, big leaves, fabric scraps
How to play
- Tape a big square to a door, sticky side out, and tape down its edges.
- They stick things onto it.
- Peel them off and stick them back on.
- Make a picture together: a face, a tree, a rainbow.
Fit it to your child
- Easier: Tape it low enough to reach while sitting, and give them pieces bigger than their hand.
- Harder: Add cotton balls and feathers, and let them plan their own picture before they start.
Words to use
- stick
- peel
- on
- off
- light
Why it helps
Pinching, pressing and peeling light pieces builds finger control, and the sticky wall lets them design a picture with no glue.
Grown-up eyes: For a 1-year-old, nothing that fits through a toilet-paper roll. Stay close so pieces don’t end up in mouths.