What would you put in a feely box?

[deaconblue]

Am putting together box of things that feel interesting for my 9 month old ds. Have got already piece of lace, silk, felt, cotton, a shower puff thing. Thought I'd get a new wooden spoon. Any other ideas?

you shouls post on childminders loads of good ideas there

in my feely box i have:
shaving brush
rubber gloves
spoons
plastic cups
mirrors
fabic
toothbrush
feely books
bean bags
beads (wooden and plastic)
comb
balti dish
wooden dishes
teddy
ribbon
bambo dinner mat
wooden ball
garlic press
plastic flowers
empty salt and pepper pots
pan
tubberware tubs
old mobile phone

prob got more but cant think at mo

oh you need Franny, but I don't think she is around atm

there are lots of threads on here, can't remember what you would search under though

I think some people called them wnaky baskets!

search for "Treasure Baskets"

is it called Heuristic Play or something and spelt completely differently?!

pine cone

My DD has special needs so our OT always used to get her to touch stuff like:

dried pasta, penne, fussilli etc

mix up cornflour and water. (is that right???) It's like liquid but you can pick it up, am I making any sense at all???

water with sand in bottom and bury things in sand. (can also do this without water on top)

OPther ideas

• stress ball
• those plastic pom pom thignbs
• a scourer
• cotton wool

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Treasure box thread here if it helps you

This is a good treasure basket link with lots of comments from Franny.

Great minds think alike

ooh fab. He's already really excited about the first few things I've put in. Found some lurid pink pan scourers in tesco and a lovely new wooden spoon. Shall go hunting for a nail brush and the like tomorrow. Thanks ladies

Also if you type Treasure Chests into the search on ebay, you can copy some ideas from the ones that are sold on there.