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The Crawling Footprint Trail

Gross motor skills

The Crawling Footprint Trail

A little trail of colorful sheets winds across the floor, and baby crawls along it from sheet to sheet straight into your open arms. Change the path's shape each round to spark their curiosity all over again.

Age
0 to 18 months
Duration
10-15 min
Materials
Printable: 6–8 colorful A4 targets
Supervision
Supervisé en continu
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Step by step

  1. Print 6 to 8 colorful footprints or targets and clear a 2 to 3-meter strip of floor.
  2. Lay the sheets down in a gently winding path, 30 to 40 cm apart, while baby is looking away.
  3. Place baby on all fours in front of the first sheet and sit down at the very end with your arms wide open.
  4. Cheer them on from sheet to sheet (“you reached the red one!”) while tapping the next target. If they pause or wander off, no stress: popping a favorite toy on the next sheet usually gets them moving again.
  5. Scoop them up at the finish line, celebrate, and lay out a new path (curved, zigzag) as long as they want to keep playing.
  6. Tidy up the sheets together (crinkling them is half the fun!) and save them for next time.

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