Soft Play Obstacle Course
Set up a safe, padded course indoors or at a community center, encouraging crawling, climbing over cushions, and navigating soft tunnels.
- Takes
- 1 hr
- Your setup
- 5 min prep
- Ages
- Ages 1–2
- Mess
- No mess
- Cost
- $$
- Where
- Indoors
How to do it
- 1Create a simple sequence of obstacles: crawl under a blanket, climb over a cushion, step onto a mat.
- 2Demonstrate the course once or twice.
- 3Walk alongside the child, offering verbal encouragement and physical assistance as they navigate the route.
- 4Encourage running the course multiple times.
What they're practising
- Gross Motor Planning
- Problem Solving
- Direction Following
- Balance and Coordination