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Pasta in a bottle: a play idea for 12 to 18 months

Picking up one small thing and dropping it in a small hole builds a careful pinch. It takes about 5 minutes and uses a clean plastic bottle with a wide mouth, large dry pasta tubes.

Checked October 29, 2026.

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How to play

Pasta in a bottle12 to 18 months · about 5 minutes

You need: a clean plastic bottle with a wide mouth, large dry pasta tubes.

  1. Sit with your toddler at a table.
  2. Show them how to drop one pasta tube into the bottle.
  3. Let them drop the rest in, one at a time.
  4. Shake the bottle and listen, then tip them out and count them back together.

Builds: moving and using hands and thinking and problem solving. Picking up one small thing and dropping it in a small hole builds a careful pinch.

Safety: Choking hazard: use pieces bigger than your child's mouth, count them out and back, and stay right beside them.

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