Fishing for stuffed animals

1. Tie loop and string underneath arm of stuffed animal. This is more fun if it is a favoured stuffed animal in the obscure ordering system understood only by small girls.

2. Find a height - preferrably a second floor deck.

3. Tie one end of the string to a solid object (not the toddler). This saves you having to walk down and retrieve the stuffed animal from the lawn.

4. Hurl stuffed animal over railing (not the toddler). Discourage toddler from attempting same.

5. Demonstrate hand over hand technique of recovering the stuffed animal.

6. It is like playing hide and seek again and again.

7. Watch for the bears head to pop up over the railing in the video. The string got stuck so recovery was prevented.