Dear Reader,
When I made this activity I expected my youngest to be the one to play with it the most and my preschoolers to ignore it completely. Boy was I wrong.
The youngest did enjoy it, but I am glad I had him play with it first instead of have him have to fight his sisters to take part. I think it has something to do with how you have to constantly tell preschoolers not to play with baby toys.
I loved watching my youngest try to problem solve how to get the spiders out of the web. He decided to just tip the basket on its side so he could get them better.
To make this activity you need to create a web. I used yarn and a laundry basket. Place the items you want your child to rescue under the web. For this I cut out some spiders from orange and black paper but you can use spider rings, bug toys, or anything you have lying around.
As I stated earlier my preschoolers loved this game too, so I would suggest doing this with your toddler at a time when the preschoolers are preoccupied.
