A couple of weeks ago at the Materials Bank they had lots of pieces of MDF wood so I grabbed a few.
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The roud ones I painted with acrylic paint and made into geo-boards. I had made these previously out of tree stumps for outside and they proved to be very popular with the children.
One of the rectangular pieces I made into a padlock board. I thought the children might enjoy this knowing how obsessed they can be with keys!
Well they have been played with but I wouldn’t say the children were fighting over them. And with a total cost of under £10 I can’t really complain. I suspect the padlocks would be more popular if the children could choose where they attached them to!