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The best home made toy................

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Jaysecond · 19/08/2006 14:53

Has to be a specimen bottle (unused of course!!!!) filled with rice or pasta.....my LO of 7 months is so taken with it she crys if she cant get her hands on it... what beautiful music she makes!

Any others out there?

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Nemo1977 · 19/08/2006 14:57

my 8mth old loves her empty cola bottle that she chases around the room or the empty kitchen roll...pmsl

Xavielli · 20/08/2006 01:09

DS's favourite toy at the moment is DD! lol

hovely · 21/08/2006 11:50

cardboard tubes and things which fit down them
boxes with lids
boxes or pots that fit inside each other

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gigwig · 21/08/2006 11:54

corks - we have a large boxful and DS loves loading them onto trucks/trains etc.

SoupDragon · 21/08/2006 11:57

I suggest you glue the lid on the bottle of rice...

USAUKMum · 21/08/2006 13:28

pint milk jug with some rice in it -- actually used by both DD & DS!

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Jaysecond · 21/08/2006 19:03

LOL thanks soupdragon, note taken! She seems to have moved on now.....it didnt last long , her fasination for the rice shaker.... shes now moved on to newspaper and magazies, not so good though as she wants to eat them all the time....grrrrr why cant she play with the hundreds of toys i have invested in!!!!!!

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SoupDragon · 21/08/2006 19:44

We made shakers at playgroup once. Red lentils, rice etc in those little tonic bottles. Apparently they make one hell of a mess if your child removes the lid

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