Say Thank you! It’s never too early to teach your toddler good etiquette. After he/she receives a kind gift from a friend or relative, have her send a nice personalized thank you letter. Print out the sheet to the right and let your toddler color it with crayons or markers and then send to that
Have a Great Day! Here’s an activity that your toddler can do and spread happy thoughts/wishes to others. Print out the sign and have your toddler color it with markers/crayons. Then either put it in an envelope and mail it to a special relative/friend, or slip it into your daddy’s lunch box for a mid-day
Design a Playground! Here’s a chance for your toddler to be in charge of a project and have some fun with pretend play. Print out the sheet of playground apparatus. Then cut out the different rides. Put a piece(s) of green poster board or construction paper on the floor and let your toddler decide where
Toddler Money – Let your toddler act like an adult and learn to handle money! Print out the sheet to the right and let your toddler color it with markers or crayons. Then cut the bills out and have your toddler keep them in her backpack. Let her pretend to pay you for certain items.
START A KID SCRAPBOOK Use Let your child start saving all those great drawings of mysterious creatures, and creative faces! Get a three ring binder, some construction paper and some new markers and start adding pages to his scrap book. Be sure to use some stickers to spell out his name on the front. Then
Move your cursor around the page, or let your toddler move the mouse to find the other Letter A’s. Make sure to say “A” each time you see one! A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Google Map Maze Let your preschooler have fun with a maze of his own neighborhood! Go to Google Maps and enter your own town and state or just your zipcode in the search box. Then use the zoom (+ ) to see the streets. When you get to enough detail. Print the page using your
C-World Inspired by our mom’s review of SeaWorld we wanted to show you “C”-World! Print out the attached sheet of the letter C. Have your child color in all the “C”s and then look at all of the objects that start with the letter C on this sheet. Cut them out and glue them on
Have a COLORFUL party! This is a great way to learn your colors! Invite a few friends over and ask them to wear clothes in their favorite colors and bring a toy that has their favorite colors. When everyone arrives you can sit in a circle and have each toddler tell the group what color
Have a Camp out!: Invite a few friends and moms over for a fun time camping indoors during the day. Set up your tent in a bedroom and lay sleeping bags and pillows on the floor. Tell your toddler friends to bring their favorite stuffed animal and a flashlight. Turn off the light in the
Time for a Jam Session! Kids love music and research has also shown that music helps kids learn. So invite some other toddlers over and have a jam session. Ask each child to bring a special “instrument” (rattle, drum, etc.). Find some fun cds from the library and when everybody arrives have them march around
Hidden Letters!: Toddlers love to hide and find things. Spread the word to a few of your toddler friends that you think some letters might be hiding in your house and you need some help finding them! Before guests arrive take your magnet letters, or cut out some letters from construction paper and hide
Play Tent Extravaganza!: This will surely make your toddlers feel like they are at some fancy amusement park. Invite some other toddlers over and ask each one to bring a play(PopUp) tent. They are easy to pack up and set up. Before guests arrive, make space in a room or outside for plenty of running
Time for Tea-ball! That’s right… time to get those toddlers together for a game of ball while the moms have some tea!! Tell your toddler friends to wear their favorite team apparel and baseball cap. Then when the kids arrive let them have some fun with some empty 12 oz water bottles and ping pong
Indoor Nature Walk It’s time for a walk through nature in your living room! Take all the plants in your house and put them in one room. Line them up along a wall or just put them around the room. Print out the sheet of Garden Fun or Butterflies, cut them out and put them
Teddy Bear clothes fun!: Invite kids over and have each one bring an extra shirt and pants. Then find a doll/bear that is big enough to put the kids’ clothes on. Put each shirt and pants on the bear, one over the other and not matching. Then have the kids sit in a circle and
Toddler Golf! Set up an indoor/outdoor miniature golf course for those toddlers! Tell your friends to wear their golf shirts and knickers…because it’s time for a game of Toddler Golf! You can buy inexpensive golf club sets for toddlers at most toy stores. Use boxes and books to make a lane and a hole. Or
Mini Toddler Obstacle Course Get those toddlers working and having fun! Clear out some floor space and then set up a couple of plastic bins ( as used in the Toddlerobics activity) about a foot apart. Then put down some pillows in a line. Have the toddlers line up in front of one plastic bin,
Disco Party Toddlers can have a disco too!! Invite all your toddler friends over and ask them to bring a toy that lights up. Set up one of your rooms so that you can make it dark, either by using curtains or throwing sheets over the windows. Then when all the kids arrive have
Make a Friends Tree: Invite up to 7 other toddlers/friends over. Click on the “Friends Tree” to the right to print. When each toddler arrives, use your digital camera to take a photo of each friend. (If you don’t have a digital camera you can ask your friends to bring photos of themselves.) Then print
Egg Crate Stomping Party! Kids love to crush things so here’s a fun way to let them have fun! Save up a bunch of styrofoam egg crates. Now find a spot in a room where you can line them up on the floor in a circle. Open the crates up and lay them upside-down in
Have a Puppet Hunt All kids love puppets! Here’s a fun way to introduce the puppets to a group of toddlers. Before the kids arrive, put one puppet to the side (for example, Peter Pan) and hide the rest around the room. When the kids arrive have Peter Pan talk to them and ask them
Toddler Sumo Wrestling Have each toddler wear a size 4-6 t-shirt. Then stuff a throw/toddler pillow inside the shirt on the front side. Let them bounce into each other, safely, or against some other pillows leaned up against a couch. You can even put a big bed pillow inside a big t-shirt you are wearing
A Poster Party!: Put out a bunch of white poster board sheets and write each toddler’s name on the top in big letters. Then let each toddler draw with some crayons/markers on their own sheet while some music is playing. Then stop the music and tell each toddler to move to a different sheet to
Stroller races! Find some play strollers for dolls and set up a race track in your living room. Tell each toddler to bring over their favorite stuffed animal to be their “driver”! Using some masking tape, make a “road” on your floor wide enough for the toddlers to push the stroller on. Then have all
Toddler Kickball Take a big fitted sheet from the linen closet and lay it down in the middle of the floor. Then have all the toddlers sit on the sheet making a circle inside so that it forms a wall to keep the toddlers inside. (So pull the sides of the sheets so that they
Toddler Drum Circle! Save up a bunch of small containers and boxes for a fun time with your toddlers. Cottage Cheese containers, Oatmeal containers, and small boxes work great for a little toddler drum. Give each toddler a container or box and have them all sit in a circle with the container between their legs.
A Toddler (Dora) Treasure Hunt Puzzle!: Have each toddler bring a special backpack for this event. Then put a plastic spoon, plastic fork, napkin, sippy cup, bib or straw hidden around the room. Then put one of same of each item in a backpack (So each backpack only has one item). Then tell each toddler
Toddler Bucket Brigade! Take some empty cottage cheese containers or small sand pails/buckets and a bag of beans ( or some other small items that will fit in the small bucket) Then have the toddlers stand in a line and put the beans in the bucket of the toddler at the end. Have him pour
Toddler Happy Hour! Get ready for an hour of happy faces! Have each toddler bring a photo of himself crying. When they arrive, tell them that it is happy hour and it’s time to leave the sad faces behind. Put a small basket near the door and tell them to show everyone their sad face
Trip to the Library! Print out the sheet of library cards and have each toddler “sign” his/her name on the line. Then cover with some contact paper and cut out. Next put some books on the couch, table, shelf and have the toddlers walk around and choose a book to “borrow” from the library.
Pool Party!: Have each child bring a blow-up pool, or just buy a few for yourself. Then blow them up and put them next to each other. Have the kids climb from one pool to the other. If you want to do this indoors, then don’t add water, just put in some confetti or cut
Valentines Day Collage Toddlers love to rip things up, especially if it is an adults magazine! So for this activity take some of your Valentine’s Day circulars from the mailbox, or newspaper and let your toddler tear them up into small pieces. Then take a piece of contact paper about the size of a sheet
Lotsa Toddler Love! Valentine’s Day is coming up so here’s a great activity for your toddler to create a special gift or decoration. Take some foam board and cut a square piece about 4 inches by 4 inches. Then let your toddler put some foam heart shaped stickers all over it. (Save two stickers for
Toddler Valentines! Print out the sheet of hearts to the right. Then let your toddler color the sheet with crayons or markers and then cut them out for her. Next print out 8 small photos of your toddler and cut them to fit at the bottom inside of each heart. Let your toddler glue them
Stocking Stuffers! Toddlers love to put things in other things and take them out too! Save your infant socks and let your toddler stuff them with markers or some plastic spoons. Count how many she can fit into each sock and then count all the socks together. Then let your toddler take all the stuff
Last Minute Holiday Napkin Rings! The big meal is just around the corner. Time to make some fancy holiday napkin rings! You’ll need the cardboard paper towel tube and another small plastic container ( photo shows a cottage cheese container) and some felt. Cut up the felt into small triangle pieces about 1/4 to 1/2
Toddler Christmas or Hanukkah Decoration! Easy. Easy. Easy. It kind of looks like a candle when there is light behind it…and your toddler will have fun making it! For this activity you’ll need an old infant plastic disposable spoon. ( or any other plastic feeding spoon). Cut up some green and red felt ( or
Indoor Snowstorm! Print out the sheet to the right and cut out the snowflakes of different sizes. Then put them in a hat or bucket and tip them out over your toddler. Let her pick up all the snowflakes and put them back into the bucket to do it again! Talk to her about snow
Holiday Tree! Here’s a fun activity that you and your toddler can do in the holiday spirit! You’ll need about 3 empty plastic-modeling-clay containers (Ex. play dough containers) stacked inside each other. Then take some green construction paper and with some fancy pattern scissors, cut out strips of paper. If your toddler is handy enough,
Holiday Snowflake Sign – Make some fun decorations for your house or as a gift. Print out the snowflakes and the letters and string them together to make a fun holiday sign for family gathering! Let your toddler color the letters and snowflakes. Then cut them out string them together and let some snowflakes
Crayon Garland Make some fun garland for your holiday decorations! Take a piece of yarn, string, or ribbon and tie a crayon every few inches. Let your toddler pick each crayon for you and talk about the color of it. Then put it up around the house, tree or just let it hang in
Spread Holiday Cheer! Spread some Holiday Cheer in your neighborhood! Print out the sheet of postcards (4). Cut them out and punch a hole in the upper left hand corner where the circle is. Then let your toddler glue some glitter all over it! Depending on your preferences and security issues, you can sign
Toddler Grocery List: Activity
Grocery List Time! Let your toddler help with buying the groceries on the next trip to the supermarket! Print out the sheet to the right and tell your toddler that it’s time to go to the store to buy some food. Go over the list and tell him that you need him to mark each
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