Fore! A great toddler activity that sort of has to do with the game of golf

This winter I've tried to create different ways to entertain and teach my girls.

On Pinterest, I saw an idea to have your toddlers balance marbles on golf tees, secured in foam.

Cheap and easy--especially if you golf (or know someone who does), have received a flower arrangement secured in that green foam stuff, and have a few marbles laying around.

I decided to take this idea a few steps further (and to make it a bit safer for my girls, who would love to swallow put things like marbles in their mouths).

Instead of marbles, I used wooden balls, you can find at any craft store. They're larger than marbles, which made me feel better about them. I painted them.

I painted the golf tees too. This way it works on hand/eye coordinations AND color matching.

I secured the tees (with a little glue) in a foam retangle (4"x 3").

Our girls get SO excited when they balance those balls on the golf tees!

A few minor flaws I've noticed about my design:

• It needs to be secured on something heavier like a block of wood, or even a heavy piece of cardboard--it's too tippy the way it is.
• The tees need to be positioned further apart. The girls get a few balls balanced, and then knock them off attempting to get the others balanced; it's frustrating for them. Maybe just put them in a row--at least a couple inches apart, or just a couple inches in all directions.

I hope your kids enjoy this as much as mine do! It's really benefitted their color matching and hand/eye coordination abilities, and it's a great quiet activity for toddlers!

Linking this up with I Can Teach My Child's Show-and Share Link-up and with Fun Frugal Mommy's Fun Frugal Friday Linky-Party.