Build A Home For Them
Blocks become enclosures. The toys move in and stay all week.
- Ages
- 2–8 yrs
- Play
- 20–60 min
- Prep
- 3 min
- Mess
- barely any
- Energy
- calm
- Where
- on the floor
You’ll need
Mostly things you probably have at home.
- animal or people figures
- blocksGet it on Amazon
Optional
- card or foil for water and grassGet it on Amazon
- cups for ponds and cavesGet it on Amazon
- tape and pens for signsGet it on Amazon
How to play
Ask what each animal or people figures needs: somewhere to sleep, water, a way in and out.
Build the first enclosure together with walls the animal or people figures cannot step over.
Add a pond from a cup lid or a square of foil.
Make signs on scraps of paper and tape them on.
Give a guided tour of the finished place and let them do the talking.
What it helps with
Keep it safe
- Small figures are a choking hazard for under-3s.
Make it different next time
- Build a whole street of houses instead.
- Add a gate that actually opens and closes.
Cleanup: Photograph it first — then sorting the blocks back is much easier to accept.
Three more like this
- Good for siblings
- Good for siblings
Learn something
Animal Hospital
15–40 min 2–7 yrs Low mess- a toy doctor kitto buy
- stuffed animals or toy animals
- painter's tape for bandages
- Good for siblings
