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.