Endless Pretend Play

Toddlers are a joy to watch when they enter their pretend wonderland. On this morning, my dear Y picked out a pair of scissors from his play medical kit (thank god it's not any other scissors) and started pretending to be a hairdresser. They enjoy their monthly haircut and even have their favorite stylist. It's almost a treat when I announced we are going for a hair cut. I almost burst out laughing when I saw him holding a surgical knife toy as a comb. I must say he really looked quite professional with his cutting style!

He found a happy and willing victim customer

and he started working on the Vidal Sassoon inspired haircut

but his customer eventually got bored. Since he was not offered any magazines during his haircut, he probably didn't know he really should provide some Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Magazine for his client.

Nevertheless, we still have a satisfied customer and they played on the whole morning.

Homemade Toys: Gone Fishing

What You Need:
Some papers or you can use your child’s masterpieces
Magnets
String/Ribbon
Stick (I used disposable chopsticks)
Scissors
Markers (to draw the sea animals)
Paper Clips (to attach to the sea animals)

Method:
Draw the sea animals on your children’s artwork or paper.

Cut out the shape of the sea animals with a scissors. Attach the magnet to the string/ribbon and tie the other end of the ribbon to the stick. Also clip the paper clips to the sea animals you have. Tata! You are ready to go fishing.

Pretend Play

As the boys reached 2.5 years old, pretend play is what they do all day. These are times when I truly appreciate them being twins as pretend play is so much more fun with a mate.

They referred to our book bin as the library and "drove" their buses to it. I helped them set up an "electronic" borrowing station similar to our library.

How did my laundry basket become a supermarket trolley?