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Toddler Tuesday: Foam Sticks

by Angela Thayer 8 Comments

Several weeks ago, I picked up some foam craft sticks at the Dollar Tree. I knew they would be useful for a craft or an activity, so I stored them away for later.

As you know, my kids love bathtime, so I thought of a fun activity for them to do while taking a bath. For my toddler, I dumped the bag of foam sticks in the tub and he played with them and stuck them to the wall. It’s simple, inexpensive, and yet entertaining.

Bathtub Fun!

Playing in the Bath Tub

Foam Sticks Sticking

Toddler Activity with Foam Sticks For my oldest, we made this activity into a math lesson. I taught him how to create a triangle, square, and rectangle using the foam sticks.

Triangle To prepare for this activity, I just wrote the name of the shape and drew the shape onto the foam stick. I also made sure the colors matched.

Square and Triangle I love that this is a hands-on way to learn shapes!

Foam Shape Activity They discovered that they stick to their heads!

Triangle Boy

Triangle Boy 2 You could also practice patterns with the different color foam sticks.

Building Patterns In order to use them again, just dry them out laying flat so they don’t curl up.

Drying Foam Sticks We loved this simple, yet fun activity. Will you try it out? 🙂

 

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  1. Karen says

    September 25, 2014 at 2:27 pm

    What did you use to write on the foam sticks?

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    • Angela Thayer says

      September 26, 2014 at 3:08 am

      I just wrote with a Sharpie marker. Hope that helps!

      Reply
  2. Susen says

    March 5, 2013 at 8:35 pm

    Yes will definitely try!!!!

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  3. Kirstylee says

    March 5, 2013 at 8:13 pm

    Well, you are definitely more creative than me. I saw these foam craft sticks and the dollar store a while ago and thought they were basically worthless. Looks like I was way wrong. 🙂 Now I want to go buy some!

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    • Teaching Mama says

      March 6, 2013 at 9:09 pm

      Oh thanks…funny story, Wes actually discovered that they would be fun in the bathtub. He found them and took one to the bath and saw that when they were wet they stuck to the walls. So I’ll give the credit to my 1 year old!!

      Reply
  4. Susan Core says

    March 5, 2013 at 2:24 pm

    Love this idea – the girls would really enjoy these in the bath. However, I am pretty sure Aa would try to eat them as they would feel great on her gums : )

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    • Teaching Mama says

      March 6, 2013 at 9:07 pm

      Ha! They probably would feel great on her gums! Hope you’ll try it out!

      Reply

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