Texture Box

What You Need

• 1 Shoebox
• 1 Cardboard box to cut up (you can also use 6 sheets of heavy card stock available at craft stores)
• Safety scissors
• Craft glue
• 1 5×5-inch sheet of bubble wrap
• 1 5×5-inch sheet of sandpaper
• 1 5×5-inch sheet of felt
• 1 5×5-inch piece of fuzzy fabric
• 1 5×5-inch piece of aluminum foil
• 1 5×5-inch piece of burlap

How To Make It

• Cut out one 5×5-inch piece of cardboard for each texture square.
• Cut 5×5-inch squares from each of the different textured materials you have chosen (bubble wrap, sandpaper, etc.)
• Using white craft glue, apply each of the materials to the cardboard squares. Let dry completely.
• To create the Texture Box, place all the finished texture squares into the shoebox.

How To Plat

• Sit across from your toddler with the Texture Box between you.
• Have your toddler choose one of the texture squares and show her how to run her hand over the surface of the square.
• If it’s the sandpaper square, say “rough.” When she rubs her hand over the surface, ask her to say “rough.”
• After she feels all of the squares and you both have named each one, you can go back and ask your child to express which one she likes the best.
• The Texture Box is a great activity to take along and play with your toddler while you are waiting for an appointment or sitting together in the car waiting to pick up an older sibling.