Many of these activities are best suited to older children or mother/child play (IOW, heavily supervised).
I wrote these down a few years ago, copied some from other sources, collected ideas from friends, etc.:
For some reason, Non-Toys are more interesting to kids than toys. Some of those items we liked:
Pinecones, seashells, and stones: sorted, stacked, and just handled.
Cereal box and a butter knife- use the butter knife as a saw. Works great
and makes a satisfying 'sawing' sound.
Chunk of styrofoam (packing from a stereo or television- nice big solid
piece) and golf tees and a hammer.
My daughter (21 months) absolutely loves things like the big cardboard box we got our new vacuum cleaner in, or mine or my mum's washing baskets (the plastic ones you put laundry in when you take it out of the machine)
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