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How to Set Up Clothespin Activity

Prep Time3 minutes
Active Time4 minutes
Total Time8 minutes

Equipment

  • none

Materials

  • Clothespins
  • Paper rolls

Instructions

  • Attach clothespins to paper rolls.
    Begin by offering your one-year-old (in this picture, 18 months) about 5 paper rolls with clothespins clipped to the top. Watch your one-year-old take the clothespins on and off the paper tube.
  • Encourage play.
    You can encourage play a little longer with these phrases:
    “Can you take the clothespin OFF?”
    “Can you put the clothespins THROUGH the tube? Here, I can show…Now you do it.”
    “Here, put the clothespins in this bowl.” – offer a bowl as an extension.