Floor Grates – Makeshift Entertainment 6

Do you have an infant? Do you have a floor grate? Yes? Well then you are in luck. You might as well take all the other toys in your house and throw them in the trash. The floor grate is all a baby needs for fun and development. 6 Uses For Floor Grates: 1. Musical […]

Taking Your Children On An Airplane

I’ve heard a lot of great advice for taking your children on an airplane: “Have a sippy cup ready for the way up.” “Wrap a few small presents and let your children open them on the plane.” “Have your wife jam her breast into your baby’s mouth on takeoff and landing.” “Make sure to bring […]

Makeshift Entertainment 5: Peeing On The Floor

As I’ve pointed out previously, children engage in many forms of makeshift entertainment: Riding the escalator Making a display rack into a road Taking 100s of pictures of the table Throwing a ball of string like it’s a baseball But let me ask you this, What could possibly be more entertaining for a toddler than […]

Makeshift Entertainment #4: Baseball String

With the arrival of baseball season, dads all over the world are foaming at the mouth. Baseball season signals lazy summer days at the ballpark, ice-cold overpriced beer, loaded hotdogs, and nachos and cheese. For many of us baseball season also brings back memories of childhood. A first hit. A stolen base. The smell of […]

Makeshift Entertainment #3: iPad Camera App

While there are many fun and engaging iPad apps for children of all ages, my 20-month-old son’s current favourite is the camera app. You may be thinking, Wow, the boy is ahead of his time honing his photography skills at such a young age. Such a statement would make me puff out my chest in […]

Makeshift Entertainment #2: Display Racks

Why walk all the way to the toy section when you have a perfectly good display-rack road and several makeshift cars? ____________________________________________________________________________ See “Makeshift Entertainment: Elevators” for my previous “Makeshift Entertainment” post.

Makeshift Entertainment #1: Escalators

As my 19-month-old son develops I have noticed that he has an amazing ability to transform every-day environments into adventure-lands, and everyday objects into magical fun-generating devices. As a result, I have decided to start a series of posts entitled “Makeshift Entertainment”. Each post will document an environment or object that my son has […]