This is a fun and creative activity we found our children really enjoyed.
What you will need (but really, I’m sure you will be able to think of many more items):
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large pieces of polystyrene foam
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wooden hammers/nails
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buttons
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pipe-cleaners
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wire
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beads
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bottles tops (with holes in them) … etc.
This activity is great for promoting eye-hand coordination skills, finger dexterity, cognitive planning and concentration.
Just lay all the materials out on a table and let the children at them!
We left this activity out for several days for the children to come and go as they pleased.
And finally, a masterpiece! 
I love it, those are like pieces of artwork when completed. I tried the golf tees & pumpkins for the first tiem last year but love this idea as an extension, mmmmm I can see the pumpkins as a 1st term, this as the 2nd term & then the real thing with tree stumps for 3rd term. Thanks for more inspiration, Kierna
I haven’t tried the golf-tee/pumpkin idea but will do!
AWESOMEEEEE
Love this! I keep coming across bits of foam that we have used in various ways but never like this. Thanks for posting
Have fun with it Geraldine!
Brilliant…we used this foam to create collages by pinning paper with pearl headed pins, but I love the dimension that your children achieved and the fact that they made something so fabulous out of recycled bits and bobs. Aren’t littlees so unafraid to be creative
Ooooo I like your collage idea! I will keep that idea in mind! Thank-you.