What is crinkle?

Crinkle is like when you crumple up a piece of paper and it makes a squishy sound.

Imagine you have a piece of paper, smooth and flat. When you push your fingers into it and make it all bunched up, that’s called crinkling. It makes a fun noise, kind of like when you squeeze a soft pillow or a squishy toy, the more you bunch it up, the noisier it gets!

Crinkle is special because it gives us a sensory experience, we can see it, feel it, and hear it. That’s why babies especially like things that crinkle, like crinkly toys or pillow books. When you open one up, squeak! It's like the paper is whispering to you.

You can make crinkle with almost anything, tissues, socks, even your shirt if you scrunch it up just right. Next time you hear a crinkle, think of it as a little sound party made by something being squished and bunched up!