17/01/2026
I can't take credit for this as my husband set this up - what a great quick set up game that will entertain your child on stay-at-home days (especially when it's raining outside 🌧️☔).
All you need is:
- a metal tray with pockets eg a donut tray like the one in the video, or a cupcake tray. Metal is important so that the magnetic tiles stick
- magnetic tiles or even fridge magnets that can cover the pockets of the tray
- pom poms or small items that can fit in the pockets
How to play:
It's just like hide and seek; your child lifts each magnet to "find" and rescue all the pom poms or items
Game extension: use other items like tweezers to pick up the pom poms or get them to sort the pom poms by colour into various trays after finding them