Naptime Fun: Activity Sticks!

Every morning when I get Sarah down for a nap, it's a battle to keep Hosea quiet!  I swear the only time he picks up those drumsticks lately is when she's sleeping.  Stinker!

So, over on Design Dazzle, I read a post from How to Nest for Less about activity sticks she made for her children to keep them having fun during the cold winter days.  I immediately thought, Yes!  This is a fun way to keep Hosea playing quietly.

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So, I waited until they were both asleep tonight and got to work.  Here's how I made mine.  I cleaned out a soup can, grabbed some fun scrapbook paper, some large craft sticks and some spray adhesive.  I sprayed the scrap paper with the adhesive and laid down 20 craft sticks.

While I was waiting on those to dry, I sprayed down some other paper and rolled it onto my soup can.  Once the craft sitcks were dry, I used an exacto knife and cut them all out.  Then to "finish" them, I sanded them slightly.

Then, I just finished off the can with some baker's twine and a little tag that reads, "Naptime Fun!"

I hand wrote all the activities on the back of the craft sticks.  Here's a list of what I chose for our quiet activities!

Angry Birds Game
Play with Car Mat
Play with Cars
Trains
Playdough
Paint
Build a Fort
Balloon Paddle Ball
Potato Heads
Read Books
Play with Kitchen
Do a Craft
Puzzles
Play with color-changing cars
Toy Story memory game
Candy Land
Play with stickers

I can't wait to try this out with him.  He'll love getting to pick something out himself instead of me always saying, "We can't play that.  Sarah is sleeping."  Now he has a list of things he CAN play!  LOVE IT!

Any other quiet activities you and your kiddos play?

I'm Linking Up To:

Katie's Nesting Spot, Fingerprints on the Fridge, Whipperberry, Simply Designing, Creation Corner, Every Creative Endeavor, Thirty Handmade Days, Raising Oranges, Fun to Craft, Toys in the Dryer, Tatertots & Jello, Six Sisters' Stuff, Too Much Time On My Hands, I Heart Naptime, Today's Creative Blog, Not Just A Housewife, Reasons to Skip the Housework, ABC & 123, Funky Polkadot Giraffe, I'm Topsy Turvy, Ladybug Blessings, A Bowl Full of Lemons, Lil' Luna, The Southern Product Queen, Chatty Chics, Junk In Their Trunk, Blue Cricket Design, Sew Woodsy, Oopsey Daisy, Someday Crafts, Mommy By Day Crafter By Night, Skip To My Lou, Creative Jewish Mom,