activity shelf

i set up the living room with fun activity trays for ziggy. i've been inspired by shelf set ups at montessori schools but the activities are all things ziggy finds enjoyable. he's very careful about picking up the trays and putting them on the table and returning them back to the shelf.

1. catfishing: fishing rod made with wooden stick, string and a metal nut and cat magnets.
2. put the beans to bed: round watercolor tray, dried kidney beans and chopsticks. put the beans in each section of the tray with chopsticks.
3. clock puzzle
4. water and bottles. a glass of water to pour in different shaped bottles with a funnel.
5. black paper, white out tape and tiny red gem stickers
6. dropper with colored water to drop into a watercolor tray
7. nesting puzzle
8. shoelace or pipecleaner with beads.

not so successful activities:
lacing a cardboard truck
coloring book with tracing paper
spooning black beans into a watercolor tray