Good for age: 26 months (but older and younger kids might enjoy it, too!)
Skills developed: fine motor skills, talking, social skills
What you'll need: felt pens and two clean, light-coloured socks - one for each of you to make into a puppet
What to do: Put a sock on one of your hands and help your toddler to do the same. Show him how to move his thumb and fingers so that the end of the sock puppet works like a mouth. Decide on names and characters for the sock puppets. They could be people or animals (snakes are always a good choice). Use the felt pens to draw on eyes, nose and mouth. Let the two of them have a conversation, or have your sock puppet ask your toddler's puppet some questions. They might even want to sing a song together.
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