Magnet Explore Bucket

Shiny goodies, baking pans and magnets. Not all shiny things are magnetic.

Metal containers and alphabet letters.

He loved the letters, but loved the containers even more.

Pipe cleaners. They made different crafts with these, but didn't care too much that they were magnetic.

"Mom I can't put Norf (North) with Norf!"

Had these in a plastic bottle, but it didn't work so well. I have paperclips in another baggy.

So, we finished with our red, white and blue tub and decided to use our bucket for some magnet play. The girls are old enough to play and explore with this bucket on their own, but I keep a close eye on the boy whenever he plays with it. I threw these things together from things we had around the house. Some magnets are craft magnets another is a set I found at goodwill (that has North and South marked- which leads to discussion with the girls). This one is very entertaining for the boy (17 months) but not too exciting for the girls (4 and 6). They played with it for only about a half hour and occasionally since the first introduction.