No mess, 3-year-olds

• painter's tape
• toy animals or cars

Nothing to gather

• pans, bowls or trays
• wooden spoons

• a basket of clean laundry

• a magnet

• a muffin tin or ice tray
• large objects to drop in

• a muffin tin
• three pasta shapes, mixed

• a pillowcase each

• dot stickers
• paper
• a marker

• stuffed animals
• a chair or cushion to land them on

• painter's tape

• blocks or bricks

• a balloon
• paper plates
• wooden spoons for handles

• pillows or couch cushions

• dice

• cushions or pillows

• small toys

• empty bottles or cups
• a ball

• ten small toys

• dining chairs
• a blanket or big towel

• painter's tape

• a box with a lid

• a picture book they know well

Nothing to gather

• masking tape
• small toys

• paper plates or paper
• something to draw with

• water
• a bucket
• a brush or sponge

• a bath, sink or tub of water
• cups and containers

• loop cereal
• string or pipe cleaners

• couch cushions and pillows

• paper or sidewalk chalk
• something to draw with

• tape

• a cardboard box
• a marker to draw the face
• monster food: pom-poms, rolled socks or soft balls

• cushions and chairs

• toy cars or balls
• something to make a ramp

• tape

• thin paper
• crayons with the wrappers off

• a box big enough to sit in
• paper plates
• markers or crayons

• masking tape

• odd socks

• bubble wrapto buy
• tape to hold it down

• wooden blocksto buy

• magnetic tilesto buy

• building bricksto buy

• a jigsaw puzzleto buy

• a toy doctor kitto buy
• a stuffed animal or doll

• a train set with trackto buy
• small people or animal figuresto buy

• a container with a lid
• pom-pomsto buy

• a train set with trackto buy
• cargo: pom-poms, small blocks or buttons

• magnetic tilesto buy
• painter's tape

• toy carsto buy
• three or four small boxes

• toy carsto buy
• a big sheet of paper or flattened box
• a marker

• cardboard tubes
• painter's tape
• pom-pomsto buy

• clear contact paperto buy
• painter's tape
• scrap paper to scrunch into balls

• magnetic tilesto buy
• paper
• a marker or crayon

• magnetic tilesto buy
• toy carsto buy

• a toy doctor kitto buy
• stuffed animals or toy animals
• painter's tape for bandages

• a train set with trackto buy
• wooden blocksto buy

• wooden blocksto buy
• toy carsto buy

• play food or a tea setto buy
• stuffed animals

• dried beans or seedsto buy
• a clear jar or glass
• cotton wool or paper towels
• water

• a train set with trackto buy
• a shoe box or cardboard box

• play food for toppingsto buy
• paper plates for pizza crusts

• animal or people figures
• blocksto buy

• a train set with trackto buy

• sidewalk chalkto buy