Project: Oodles of Noodles

If your kids are ever extremely bored and you happen to have a huge Sam's Club bag full of expired Penne noodles this is the activity for you. In actuality, any type of noodle will do. Penne noodles work well for this age child (2 years old) because the holes are big enough for them to deal with.

Supplies: Noodles, 1 plastic bucket/container per child, fun spoons and other small containers, yarn

Fill a plastic bucket with noodles for each child. Provide each child with various little containers for them to play with. My boys loved pretending they were cooking. They liked to stir the noodles, transfer them from one container to another, and count noodles. We also made necklaces out of noodles. We just took some old yarn and threaded it through the penne noodles. They still play with the necklaces. This is a fun indoor activity. Kids love to play with sand and mud. This lets them play the same kinds of thing inside and isn't too hard to clean up.