There's no limit to the versions of peekaboo your baby will enjoy. This one builds on your baby's fascination with facial expressions.
Appropriate for:
8 to 18 months
Skills developed:
Understanding of object permanence, fine motor
What you'll need:
Cardboard, pens, scraps of cloth, scissors, glue
Have you seen that page in Pat the Bunny where you can lift up a slip of cloth and see Paul's face? Taking this as inspiration, make your own peekaboo pictures, using different characters and facial expressions.
On several sturdy pieces of cardboard, draw simple sketches of people, each with a happy, sad, or grumpy expression. Or cut out pictures from a magazine instead. Then cut rectangular pieces of cloth a little taller than each figure. Use glue to attach the cloth just above each picture, creating a flap that lifts up. When the glue is dry, show your baby how to raise the flaps. Make up a story about the person underneath, and end it with your baby "finding" the face.
Variations: Cut squares of cloth big enough to cover the faces, but leave the bodies uncovered. Or draw only faces rather than full figures.