Puzzle Place

Use your coffee table for a puzzle-working surface. Turn over a plastic table- cloth, flannel-side up, cover the table. Secure corners with spring-type clothespins or sew down the corners to make a fitted cover.
Create a hiding place behind a large chair by removing plants, floor lamps, and electrical cords. Let this be the childcare's special place and ask them not to crawl behind the other furniture.
Protect your entertainment center by surrounding it with a multiple- sectioned hinged play yard. The barrier will keep small children from trying the buttons on stereos and televisions.