How fun are the DIY animal masks? Great for pretend play. The DIY fishing game and Feed a Frog toss game (which might even be DIY-able too) are adorable, and I love the idea of honing some fine motor skills (and aim!) with them. Seeing the Snails Pace Race game reminded me of playing with my brothers when they were little - at this toddler age, a game based on color is a great first foray into the world of board games. Bonus is we'll start learning more about taking turns... And Hendrik has always been really good at puzzles and loves doing them, so we've been accumulating more jigsaw type, rather than the little wooden peg ones, as we get to the later toddler stage. He'd love this one.
I've seen a couple great recommendation posts for baby and toddler games on sites like Small Fry and Parenting (also thought this post on FiveThirtyEight was an interesting quantitative take on "bad" kids games) and am contemplating some toddler board game purchases - looking forward to getting to the stage with Hendrik where we can play more and more actual games. Have you tried any of the above? Any favorites to recommend for this age?
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