Get Some Cents

… sorry for the dorky title, I couldn't help myself

There are lots of little spurts of time during the day when I have time to do something with Kate while Sara Paige sleeps. But, they're LITTLE spurts and oftentimes I don't have time (or energy, frankly) to do something that requires a bunch of time to set up or clean up.

Alas, I present to you the first of a bunch of quick, usually free activities to do with your toddler:

Step One:

Grab some change.

Step Two:

Acquire an old toothbrush (or steal your husband's and apologize later).

Step Three:

Fill a bowl with water and a few squirts of dish soap. If you want to remove the tarnish on pennies, throw in some salt and vinegar too.

Step Four:

Let your kiddo scrub the dirty coins and then put the clean ones in a new container.

   

Step Five:

Admire shiny coins and happy kid. Kate liked this a lot. We've done it twice and each time she cleaned about 15 coins before losing interest. You can also have your child sort the coins by type, count them, etc…