Onesie Bag Dispenser! Save your money and recycle those plastic grocery bags with this simple toddler craft activity. Take an old infant or toddler onesie and decorate it with your toddler, using markers, or stickers. You can even glue some felt to it if you want, or maybe some craft balls. When your toddler is
Playground Postcard! Make that next trip to the playground a project! Take some candid photos of your toddler while he/she is climbing around. Be sure to get some close up shots too. Then at home print out a few photos and cut them up to fit on a postcard. You can then put some contact
Easy ART!! Here’s a great activity where your child can have some fun making some artwork, without making too much of a mess. Take a paper plate and soak it in water for a few seconds. Then put it down on a table covered with newspaper and let your toddler draw on the wet plate
Make your own mini toddler coloring book! It seems that those regular coloring books are just too much to color for those little fingers, so why not make a mini version for your toddlers. Print out the sheet of pictures, cut them on the lines and give one at a time to your toddler to
Paper plate notebook Here’s a fun activity for your toddler that will let her make a fun notebook to take on that next plane trip. Take about 3 or so paper plates and cut them in half. Then cut those pieces in half again, so that you have quarter pieces. Next, cut the top corner
Toddler Sewing FUN! Here’s a great way to teach your toddler about sewing. Take a Styrofoam egg crate and cut the top off. Next, cut out the bottom circle of a few cups ( see picture). Make sure the openings are big enough so that a small infant spoon can go through. Then take a
FUN Crayon Outlines Let your toddler be a real artist with this activity! You can find some plastic suncatchers at most craft or superstores. Put them under some paper and let your toddler rub some crayons over the suncatcher. He’ll see the magic of the outline from the suncatcher underneath appear before his eyes. It’s
Cereal Box Toddler’s Organizer Get your toddlers started early on keeping things organized with this project. You’ll need 3-4 cereal boxes for this project…so save them up! Take 2 or three cereal boxes close in size and cut the small side flaps off. Then put one box on top of another box and fold
Crayon Carry-along There’s no need to buy one of those fancy travel crayon and coloring book packs. Just make your own. Find a box of crayons (the box of 16 crayons works best) and some white paper. Print out the sheet of shapes and (parent) cut along the lines to make small coloring sheets. Then
Toddler Notebook Here’s a really simple activity that your toddler will love to carry around with his box of crayons or markers. It seems that toddlers always want to act like big people and with this little pad of paper, he can go around recording all his “notes and thoughts” just like adults. All you
It’s a Crayon Tree! Wow…look what’s growing on this tree!! You and your toddler will have a blast making this crayon tree. Adult: take a paper towel roll and use some scissors to punch/poke some holes around it just big enough for a crayon to fit snuggly. Then let your toddler take some of her
Egg Carton Drawing! Here’s a fun way to color with crayons! Take an empty Styrofoam egg carton and turn it upside down, on some white paper. Cut some small slits in the egg pockets only about 1/2 inch long. Then push some crayons into the slits so that they hit the paper underneath. (see photo)
CD Case Wipeboard! Here’s a chance for your toddler to make his/her own mini wipeboard. You’ll need an old plastic cd case for this activity. Remove the plastic cd holder part of the back cover on the case and put it aside. Then print out the “my first wipeboard” sheet and cut on the black
Pizza Pan Artist – Some might use it to bake a pizza, and others might use it as a drawing board! Take that disposable tin foil pizza pan and tape some paper to it. Let your toddler rub some crayons along the surface to get the pattern from the pizza pan. The pattern from the
Rattling Recycling! – Rattling noise is what toddlers want to hear! Here’s an activity that your child will enjoy with some simple empty water bottles. Take a few empty water bottles (or soda bottles) and take the labels off. Then put in a few coins or crayons in each bottle. Screw the top back on
Juice Box Buddies!- What to do with those empty juice boxes! Make a clan of Juice Box Buddies! You’ll need some construction paper and a bag of googly eyes. (Plus any other creative supplies you have to create a buddy). First take an empty juice box, and wrap it with some construction paper. Then cut
Toddler Cell Phone – All toddlers want to play with cell phones! Here a chance to make one with your toddler and let him/her have fun pretending to call all his/her toddler friends. You’ll need 2 mini raisin boxes, empty. That’s the fun part! Cover each box with some black construction paper. Then tape them
It’s a Felt Pizza Party!: Time to make a pizza, of felt, of course! Use colored pieces of felt and create your own pizza, while reviewing colors, shapes, and food names. To start, take a Yellow (crust) piece of felt and cut it into a circle about 8 inches in diameter. Then take a red
Decorative Travel Wipes Container- Take your travel wipes container and some of those great foam stickers. You can find all different shapes, objects letters in all different colors and sizes. Have fun with your little one and let him/her decorate the cover of the wipes container with the fun stickers. (This is the perfect answer
Disposable Travel Placemats- Take some plastic wrap that you need to press to seal. (It’s not the ordinary plastic wrap, but the special wrap that has one sticky side.) Pull off a sheet the size of a placemat and lay it on a table, sticky side down. Find some stickers that your child likes and
Handprint Cards- A truly personalized card for that special relative! Use some non-toxic kid paints/watercolors and put a few drops of a few different colors on a plate. Add a few drops of water if needed. Have your child put his hand on the plate and move it around to get a mix of colors.
Make a Potty Train!
A Potty Train – Train… as in CHOO CHOO!!! Jump on the Potty Express! Yes, with this activity you will make a train of items that your toddler will take to the potty, for that special potty training event. You’ll need some ribbon, 3 small boxes, construction paper, and some tape. Take construction paper and
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