Object match up is an easy, fun game that can be ready in minutes. It is fun to play and just in case you are running out of ideas there is no special equipment needed. So if you find yourself rained/snowed or sunned out you can make this anywhere anytime. I am sure that if you really need to you can make it with all the objects found in your car; and if your car is as toddler infested as mine I am sure there are a lot of napkins to use as tracing paper.
Just see for yourself.
Gather several toys, common household objects, cookie cutters, keys, animals etc. Other then that all you need is a pen and a piece of paper. I have cut my paper into smaller pieces just because they are two trouble makers in my house and I did not want them to fight for one piece of paper.
On the other hand this can become a fun game for older kids. Give each child a piece of paper with 10 items traced a bucket filled with stuff and see who can match it the fastest.
Since my kiddos are not even in preschool yet I placed each item on a separate piece of paper and traced around them.
I made some pieces easily recognizable and some really tough to recognize
Once finished the kids were ready to match. Well actually they were ready way before and one was spying on me.
The fun started and it was interesting to see how fast the kiddos found some items
and how long it took them to find others.
This is also a great time to discuss the objects with kids. You can put all the items in the box and have kids search one at a time to be more focused
Some items were very tough and rhinoceros’ feet looked indeed like a butterfly and the fish could look like an airplane. Why knew?
I decided to eliminate the cards with the items found just to make it a little bit easier
At the end with a little help from each other
and a lot of pondering we matched every object to its outline.
You can store the objects and their outlines in a box when not in use, or you can just make some when needed. You can always use recycled brown bags, birthday paper etc.
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What a great game! And I love that it can actually be different every time you play – just by changing the items traced.
The children look like they are really into this. I would have loved doing something like this with my own children.
Hey, I just came across your website. What a fantastic idea! I’m going to try this with my little one tommorow. Thanks for sharing
What a fantastic idea! I found you through ABC and 123- thanks for sharing!
This is a fun idea, I think Emily would love to play this game :0)
Oh what a cute idea! I love how simple and fun this game is! Thanks for linking up to Hoo’s got talent!