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Four savvy ways to make fun DIY toys while keeping costs low
FIDGET toys are fun, they can be irresistible to little hands hands and some of the many types are easy to make at home.
Using items you already have will keep costs low.
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Sensory games and gadgets can also help many children to keep calm and concentrate.
Try these simple ideas for DIY toys . . .
SPIN TO WIN: At Redtedart.com there are some brilliant ideas and templates to make your own DIY fidget spinners.
The website also has templates and inspiration for fortune tellers — foldable paper pop-up toys that kids just cannot get enough of.
STRING ’EM ALONG: For fingers that love to fiddle, try threading chunky beads on to a knotted shoelace, leaving space for them to move.
Finish off by tying at the other end too, for a cheap, easy toy that kids can pop in their pocket if they need to touch it during the day.
For a DIY fidget chain, add beads to four separate key rings, then link all the rings. It’s simple to put together but rewarding for the kids.
GET MESSY: Many young kids love to get their hand squidging around in stuff. Give them their wish by squirting a shallow tray with squirty cream or unperfumed shaving cream.
Add in some cooked spaghetti to give them something to swish their hands in. For cleaner, noisier fun, a sheet of bubble wrap is a firm favourite for youngsters — as long as they aren’t sensitive to loud sounds.
POM-COM: Put a smile on small faces by making soft, fluffy pompoms that are a sensory treat.
All you need is two cardboard circles and a ball of wool. Look online to find sites such as thesprucecrafts.com to find out how to make a quick-and-easy pompom from scratch.
Once you have mastered the easy technique, then you can make heaps of crafts including the pompom bag charm at Hobbycraft.co.uk/ideas, which is a great fiddle toy to take out and about.
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SEC Proposal Could Bar Investment Advisers From Keeping Assets at Crypto Firms
Right now, crypto trading and lending platforms routinely offer custody for crypto customers, but they’re not “qualified custodians” under this rule. An appropriate custodian under SEC’s regulations would generally mean a chartered bank or trust company, a broker-dealer registered with the SEC or a futures commission merchant registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). While officials said the rule wasn’t specific to crypto, the industry featured heavily in formal remarks previewing it. “Make no mistake: Based upon how crypto platforms generally operate, investment advisers cannot rely on them as qualified custodians,” SEC Chair Gary Gensler said in a statement. “Though some crypto trading and lending platforms may claim to custody investors’ crypto, that does not mean they are qualified custodians.”
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Spotify’s new activist investor is keeping a close eye on podcast spending
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