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The article provides tips for children and parents for making different things with fabric scraps, paper towel rolls and glue. The child can decorate the cardboard rolls by gluing on fabric scraps. The parents can help him tape the rolls together to create a long, colorful creature, like a caterpillar .Googly eyes or pipe cleaners can be added for extra effects. To make maracas, the child can secure a piece of fabric to the bottom of the cardboard roll with a rubber band. Sand, uncooked beans, or pebbles can be added and then the roll should be sealed at the other end with a second piece of fabric.

The article reports on a homemade matching game that can help a child learn about machines. Materials include pictures of different large and small machines and appliances a child easily recognizes; a small basket or container; large sheets of paper, oak tag; Elmer's glue; markers; and crayons. Parents can cut out pictures of various machines found in different environments. At the end parents need to lay out all the cards and drawings, and then match the machines with where they belong.

The article offers information on games that can be played by children which help in boosting the physical activity including obstacle course, stopwatch climb and bowling for toilet paper.

The article focuses on children's entertainment materials that should be packed before going for a trip. It includes children's games like art-supply lap desk, stickers, paper, magnetic travel games like checkers or Pachiisi, felt play scenes, colorful finger puppets, an activity-filled knapsack, chicken socks activity books, books on tape or CD and deck of cards.

This article provides information about the computer game "Hoyle Puzzle Games 2004." A child will enjoy playing these familiar games from the paper-and-pencil or cardtable realms on the computer Favorite kid-friendly games.

The article focuses on weekend activity for children to get a jump on school with an active game, in which parents can also participate. Skills required are: large-and small-motor, classification, problem-solving, imagination, language. A drawing paper, markers and crayons, and tape are needed. With the child, parents should create a drawing of their home and one of her infant/toddler program. Then they should tape the drawings on the floor, about a foot apart. The child should be explained that his parents are going to name something that the child can find either at home or at school.

The article discusses how parents can help their children create the game hopscotch. The materials needed for the purpose are large roll of canvas, paint, markers, crayons, stencils, decorative materials. First of all, the canvas should be unrolled to create a large hopscotch grid. Using a magazine, ten rectangles in hopscotch arrangement should be traced out. Then the child should be helped to write the numbers in big block print. He should then be invited to color in the numbers and add decorations.