In my last blog, I shared about the fun and joy my family and I had at the Japanese amusment resort Hakkeijima Sea Paradise. While we love going out as a family and exploring, there are a lot of days we end up staying inside. Sometimes it is simply due to the weather, or sometimes as severe as needing to quarantine.
Fortunately, we don't need to quarantine, but I did need to recover from walking over 20,000 steps and carrying a 10kg toddler around for longer than usual at the aquarium. Therefore, I decided to stay in the house yesterday. Just she and I while my husband worked.
I'm no stranger to toddler activities, craftivities, or anything DIY, but I wanted to try something new. So, I took to Google and Pinterest and tried a few indoor activities suggested and while I've already written a blog post sharing some of my favorites here, today I will be sharing some of the fails!
While these are fails for me, they might be successes for you or even for me when my daughter gets a bit older, but please keep reading to see what I've learned while trying out these activities!
PLAY-NO
I remember longing for my own big tub of playdough and that McDonald's playdough ice-cream maker. Therefore, I couldn't wait until my daughter was a big enough to experience the joy of playdough!
Things started off great when I found this amazing play dough recipe, and my daughter eagerly poured in all of the ingredients. I thought, "Wow! This is going to be fun!". And it was, until it was actually time to play.
MY daughter had no interest in the dough, and had no idea what to do with it. Alright then, so I bought cutters and more colorful dough. Still no dice. She just hadn't a clue.
And I think it is because she's only 1 and a half. She doesn't have the imagination or dexterity to create something, so she just carried a blob around or put it back in the container. We spent about 20 minutes before we put it away.
Welp, at least making it was fun!
RICE CRISIS
I am so jealous of those cute, two-tub Ikea sensory tables, and I was absolutely envious of the colorful rice and rainbow colored toys in it. Well, I might not have the sensory table, but I do have loads of rice thanks to living in Japan.
Okay, this should be fun! My daughter is into pouring and would love to just sit with rice, cups, and spoons. So, let's do this!
I poured half a bag of rice in a big tub, and put measuring cups and spoons inside. I was smart enough to put down a tarp, but not smart enough to realize just how insidious rice grains really are.
My daughter couldn't wait to dump the rice OUTSIDE of the tub, and once she accidently flicked it and it landed in her hair, she couldn't stop reenacting the motions over and over again. I loved her giggles and laughter, but...
RICE WAS EVERYWHERE. It's white, which made it even harder to spot!
There's no way I could keep a one year old from getting rice everywhere, and I'm still stepping on rice til this day...
This might be an activity for when she can follow instructions or I just have a huge empty room that she can throw rice everywhere.
CRAY-OFF
Crayons are appropriate, right? Somewhat. My daughter was more interested in organizing the crayons back into the bag. Also, there's always the threat of her writing on the walls or tables, and I'm just not ready for that.
After a few scribbles, she was finished, and we still had 12 more hours together.
While these were a miss, lookout for some of my hit activities in an upcoming post! Leave your activity fails in the comments below!
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