Do you have quiet time at your house? Looking for a little activity to keep the kids entertained, but also quiet?? This little activity for the kids is so simple, but my girls enjoyed playing with these sponge blocks for a good part of the day! Added bonus — very quiet!
While we were making sponge bombs, Clara started to build and play with the strips of sponges, and Emily joined right in!
I used ordinary dry household sponges and a pair of kitchen scissors to cut them up into interested shapes. The girls loved playing with these and built many exciting structures! I think they would be a great addition to our water table too. You know, to go along with the sponge bombs.
Have fun!!
For the life of me I can not find sponges like that anywhere. Back when you first posted about your sponge bombs I found some rather flimsy sponges and those worked well enough in whole block format, but everything has the scrubby thing on it.
Ticia,
You likely can not find them as a result of Valerie purchasing them all.
Amazon sells them. They’re the 3M o-cel-o brand. That’s a 96 count package, but they sell them in smaller quantities as well.
Mark
Mark’s right. I do have a habit of hoarding sponges around here. Maybe I should do some cleaning with them??
Nah!
What a wonderful idea! The possibilities are endless here! I think these will be a perfect way to cool off at the water table. My little guy will go nuts!
Fantastic, Regina! Hope you have lots of fun AND stay cool while doing it!
We made sponge blocks last year and they were a HUGE hit- especially with our kindergarten teacher friends.
http://www.toddlerapproved.com/2011/07/sponge-tower-time.html
LOVE the triangle ones. We will need to try that!
I just ordered them from Amazon! Can’t wait to see what my kids do with them! They are excited to get to play with them!
Valerie, keep the creativity/brilliance flowing. Thank you so much for sharing.
just found this website and i love it.
so many ideas i get for my son, marvel, 2yo.
marvel loves building blocks and this sponge blocks gives me bright idea for him.
thank you Valerie.