Early years activity suggestions needed

[Binfire]

Hi all, we are hosting a family fun day at work (similar to a summer fair) and I have been tasked with arranging an activity for 1-2yr olds with an educational angle eg a small craft based on a well known story or an activity which works on language and communication.
Has anyone seen or done anything recently that they think might work? Children will be supervised by parents so could receive a bit of help if needed.
My children are teens now so it’s been a while since I did this kind of thing!
Has anyone got any great ideas?
Thanks 😊

Do you have Pinterest?

Choose a story and go from there?

id say for 1-2 year olds you want to go down the rhyme route, something like 5 little ducks. Loads of craft ideas from that, plus it’s also cross-curricular so not just communication and language, but Maths, expressive art and design and so on.

Yes maybe a rhyme might be simpler, I looked on Pinterest at activities and crafts based on ‘The tiger that came to tea’ but they were all far too complicated for little ones.

If it has to be a book

the very hungry caterpillar might be a nice one, finger painting caterpillars, can make biscuits with a caterpillar face, symmetrical butterflies (paint one side and fold it over) there are some lovely ideas on Pinterest

Hope this helps?

5 little ducks
The wheels on the bus
Itsy bitsy spider

Read the Hungry Caterpillar and when you get to a fruit, offer every child a taste of that fruit.
Or hungry caterpillar handprints (Google has lots of examples of these)