Little Toys Little Hands

About the time my youngest had started crawling and pushing every possible thing into his mouth is the time that my oldest was at an age where legos ruled. We tried the unending battle of keeping them isolated to one room and the door closed but that made me feel like he was in isolation. 

Do you have a similar problem? Small toys around small hands? Or - are you just plain tired of stepping on plastic pieces of pain? Try this:

1) Bathtub playtime - close the drain and let your dry child play in the dry tub with his tiny toys. No pieces can roll away and cleanup is pretty easy. 

2) Inflatable pool - we got a small inflatable sided yard pool and put it in our playroom. This was set up specifically for lego work or when we were creating with beads.

You still have to be an always-diligent watchdog, but these simple cures help keep small pieces under control :)