Let's count and feel

Gather a few cap bottles and open a hole through them.

Gather different colors to differentiate from one another.

Now that all the caps have a hole, get a piece of wire and pass it through them.

Now lets work on the body of the toy.

We use a mixture of  homemade glue with recycled paper or newspaper.

We cover the paper with the glue to make it stronger and long lasting. We let it dry thoroughly before we give it some color,

I chose orange, depending on this color you can work on the  design.

Now that is painted I chose my design, and I have decided to draw a rainbow and then fill it in with crepe paper. 

This is a great material for the child to sense and adds great texture and color to the toys.

I have decided to make different designs with the crepe paper so the child senses the different textures and talks about the different colors of the rainbow

After I finished my rainbow, I decided to add a few clouds and rain. It is great for the child to feel and talk about all the different colors and textures of the drawing. It will help him with his eye hand connection, talk about the weather, rainbows and talk about the different materials we have used to decorate it.

For the other side I have decided to decorate  it with a mountain scenery and a few textures like feathers, a towel texture and a small tile. the object of this is for the child to touch all the different textures of the toy.

We put the wire in a colored cork and then place it  in the holes. 

Add the bottle caps in the wire, they will help the child to count and learn the different colors.

Now we add a few numbers to the top of the toy, so the child moves his fingers at the same time that he counts the numbers from one to twelve

And when its finished is time for the children to play with it.... so like I always say !!!!

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