Bunny Rumples

Product Description

Cognitive 4

Skills

• The open ended nature of play with Rumple Buddies promotes imagination as a child creates a narrative and personality for the toy.
• Interacting with a fidget like Rumple Buddies can aid in prolonging activities. This type of play can support focus and attention for learning in the classroom, doing homework or sitting at the dinner table during a meal.
• The crinkle material engages children, encourages purposeful finger movements and assists children in learning the concept of cause and effect.

Play Ideas

• Use the Bunny Rumples to teach kids about body parts. Where are the whiskers? Where is the belly? Where are the ears? Where is the left hand?
• Read to the Rumple Buddies! Have the child read a story to the crinkly plush or a collection of plush to create an audience during story time. Bunny Rumples is a great listener.
• When a child is emotional, overwhelmed, or just having trouble expressing feelings, have him use Bunny Rumples to share how he is feeling. 

Sensory 5

Skills

• Red, white and black are the first colors young children are able to visually process. The bold and high contrast colors of Rumple Buddies can encourage visual tracking and attention in early childhood.  
• Rumple Buddies creates an auditory response and provides sensory stimulation for the child because of the crinkling sound when played with.
• The Minky plush and the raised texture on the Rumple Buddies allows children to experience the sense of touch and allow them to conceptualize tactile differentiation. 

Play Ideas

• Try and pick up the Bunny Rumples with your feet to create a tickling sensation on the toes.
• Kids can use finger paint to make portraits of the different Rumple Buddies, or colored pencils for those who do not like textures or messy hands during play.
• Play a version of musical chairs. Place Bunny Rumples on the chair that is occupied. When the music stops, find an open chair, but don’t sit on Bunny!

Physical 4

Skills

• The soft yet textured surface of Rumple Buddies heightens the sense of touch and promotes fine motor skill development as kids explore different grasps to hold the plush.
• The softness of the Rumple Buddies helps a child be successful in grasping. The material contours to a child’s grasp.
• Rumple Buddies promote bilateral coordination and hand-eye coordination as children use both sides of their body together to play.

Play Ideas

• Play freeze dance, having the dolls dance with the child to the music and then stopping when the music stops.
• Use Bunny Rumples as a companion to take to the park. Slide the slide with Bunny, hop together and swing on the swings together.
• Children can create clothes for Bunny Rumples as a fun crafting project using cloth and/or paper.