Building nests is great for creative pretend play - we made six nests in one day! The following post contains affiliate links, which means that at no extra cost to you I can make a tiny bit of money to help support this blog. Thank you! So this activity all started because my son built a circle track, put a toy Cardinal in it, and called it a nest. I thought it was very imaginative! F then decided that the bird was hungry, and got him a bowl of Cheerios! But the nest just seemed too big for the bird, so we discussed how