YerielBuilds
Sensory6–18 moAt home

Crinkly paper

Cheaper than any toy and twice as interesting.

Prep

0 min

Mess

None

How to play

Scrunch it near them and let them grab. Let them crush it, wave it, drop it. Describe the sound — crunchy, loud, soft — as it happens.

  1. a loose sheet of crinkly paper
    1

    Any paper that crackles will do.

  2. a hand scrunching the paper, sound marks above it
    2

    Scrunch it close by and let them grab.

  3. a scrunched wad of paper and a smaller one tossed aside
    3

    Crush it, wave it, drop it. Name the sound each time.

What you need

Baking paper, tissue paper, or a clean crinkly wrapper.

What it secretly builds

Sensory

Hands and ears learning together: they squeeze, hear the result, squeeze again. That loop is how a baby works out what their own body does.

Safety first
Stay right there — paper goes in the mouth and shouldn't be swallowed.
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