Entertain Your Toddler With a Colander and Pipe Cleaners
by Meghan Moravcik Walbert on Offspring, shared by Me from Lifehacker on (#4XXC9)

Most parents know that although kids like playing with toys, they love playing with non-toys. The actual TV remote rather than the bright plastic version you bought them. A wooden spoon and a soup pot, rather than the toy drum you thought they'd go nuts over. To this list, let us add: a colander, plus some pipe"