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Insect Tuff Spot

March 19, 2015 by Emma Gadsby Leave a Comment

For our Tuff Spot A-Z Challenge the letter I should stand for Illness Tuff Spot. Unfortunately Adam came down with a sickness bug so our play plans changed slightly We stuck to our original I is for Insects Tuff Spot but unfortunately we were unable to play outside and find actual insects to place into our Tuff Spot. However, we still managed to create our own pebbles Tuff Spot Mat.

Adventures of Adam DIY pebble Tuff Spot mat

I purchased 1 meter of pebbles printed PVC fabric from Dunelm and simply cut it to fit inside the Tuff Spot. There was plenty of material left for future projects. Not bad for £2.99.

Adventures of Adam Pebble material

To create areas for our insects to hide I placed a log from Nana’s wood, several lolly sticks and Rice Krispies re-used from a previous activity. To represent soil I painted 1KG of economy rice with brown paint using our usual zip-loc bag method.

Adventures of Adam Brown rice Tuff Spot

Our Insect Tuff Spot gave us the perfect opportunity to use my recent purchases. It is hard to believe that most of these items came from the 99p Store!

Adventures of Adam Fine motor skills equipment

1. Bug House, magnifying glass and scooper in a Bug Explorer pack from the 99p Store

2. 5 sectioned magnified container, a magnifying glass and tweezers from the 99p Store

3. Handy Scooper and Squeezy Tweezers from my Helping Hands Fine Motor Tool Set (affiliate link)

4. Jumbo Tweezer (affiliate link)

Despite Adam being ill I couldn’t even get the resources out onto the Tuff Spot before he managed to push his cars through the rice and started mark making with a lolly stick.

Adventures of Adam Mark making in the tuff spot

It was at this point I realised just how few plastic insects we owned. I could hear the teacher in me repeating that an insect has 6 legs and very few of our creatures did. So technically our Tuff Spot should be called a Mini-beasts, Lizards, Snakes, Frogs and Scorpion Tuff Spot. Nevertheless Adam enjoyed using the various fine motor tools to pick up the creatures and was fascinated with the magnifying glasses.

Adventures of Adam Insect Tuff Spot

Our proper Insect Tuff Spot shall have to wait for another day!

Insect Tuff Spot Adventures of Adam Tuff Spot A to Z Challenge

 

Tuff Spot A-Z Blog Hop:

Today The Natural Momma In Me is joining us for our Tuff Spot A-Z Blog Hop. Take a look at their I is for Ice Painting Tuff Spot!

 

Other Tuff Spot activities beginning with I:

Ice, Insects, Ice Cream, Ice Cube Trays, Igloo

Ice Ice Baby from We’re Going On An Adventure
Ice Play from What Katy Said
Ice – Frozen Sensory Play from Treading On Lego

Ice – Frozen Sensory Play from Ghostwritermummy
Ice Fish from Ghostwritermummy

To find out more about our Tuff Spot A-Z Challenge click here.

 

Adventures of Adam Tuff Spot A-Z Challenge Logo

Tomorrows Tuff Spot A-Z Challenge letter is J.

 

J is for:

Jelly, Jigsaw Pieces, Junk Mail, Jelly, Juicing Station

Adventures of Adam jelly digging tuff spot
Jelly Digging
Adventures of Adam Halloween jelly
Halloween Jelly Tuff Spot

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Filed Under: Play Activities, Some time required, Supervision needed Tagged With: Animal themed play, Cupboard Resources, DIY activities, Fine Motor Activities, Toddler play, Tuff Spot A-Z Challenge, Tuff Spot/ Builders Tray

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During a difficult pregnancy suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) Emma vowed to make every day an adventure once she had recovered. Adventures of Adam is the outcome of completing a 100 day play challenge with Adam as part of that promise. Emma has a section dedicated to HG friendly play activities so that Mums can still be part of their children’s play whilst they are ill.

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