Last week, The Toby Show posted about a domino game she recently purchased for her son and mentioned how easy it would be for someone to recreate it. I’ve been wanting to put something together with textures ever since I saw this, and I happened to already have some pre-cut wooden boards cluttering up my crafting area. So, I set forth to see what other textures I could gather.
It probably took me less than an hour to find the supplies and glue the pieces onto the wood.
For the textures, I used:
red craft foam
green felt
corrugated cardboard
corkboard
rubbery shelf-liner
chenille stems
I just cut the pieces into 2 inch squares and hot-glued them onto the wood….soooo simple!
I only had six boards, but it ended up being just right for my toddler. Enough to be fun without being overwhelming. She can play by herself or with a friend (aka Mommy) and she can finish the game quickly with a feeling of accomplishment. As she gets better and is no longer challenged, I’ll pick up some more wood and add more textures to the mix.
Sandpaper would be nice. Maybe something spongey. Really, there are so many possibilities. Any other ideas?
great idea! i can’t wait to try! we’ll see how long before mine try to peel off the objects…
what a great idea! I’ve been looking for other games to try with my soon to be 3 year old and I know she would love this. Thanks!
Aewsome! Thanks for the shout out. I’m going to put this link on the original post so people can see what I was talking about! This is exactly what I had envisioned.
Brilliant! I can imagine the speech possibilities just oozing from these! Make some for me and then I can write about them on Therapy Thursday. ‘Kay?
[...] giochiamo a scoprire i materiali e le loro textures, trasformandolo in un gioco. Chica Schmica ha trasformato questo esercizio montessoriano in un gioco semplice: il domino. Ottenendo un [...]