We love board games and loved playing Monopoly with family and friends. So why not have some fun with your toddlers in a different version of the game… Toddleropoly, or Coloropoly! :) What you’ll need: 1 White Poster Board ( 2 for 1$ at the Dollar Store). Sheets of construction paper (2 of black, 1
Stuffed Animal Chats! Take out all of your child’s stuffed animals and put them in a big circle around your toddler. Then have him/her go over and pick one up. When she picks up the stuffed animal say what it is and make the sound that it makes! Then have it say “Hi, Maiya! How
Child Weather Forecast Activity! So with all the crazy weather going on out there, we think it’s time for the little professionals to come out and forecast some stellar weather for us! If you have an old map lying around, or want to draw an outline on a big poster board you can then
For those kids that just love the Mickey Mouse Hot Dog Song, we’ve come up with a fun activity for you to do while you listen to the song! Print out the sheet of HOT DOG letters and this sheet of Disney characters from the Disney website. Let your child color in the
My child loves cereal so we have tons of cereal boxes around. I always hate to just throw them out since there are just so many things to do with them. :) So for this activity you can make a fun maze that goes around a cereal box. Start with turning the box inside out
Do you get catalogs in the mail? I get ones that I didn’t even ask to receive, but have found a way to use them in a fun way. Take a page from the catalog that either has a large item, or some simple colorful items that would be easy to match up, top and
Toddlers love to bat things around and here’s a fun way to play a fun game with her. Take a piece of poster board and let your toddler color it with crayons and markers. Then fold each side of the paper about 2.5 inches. Then fold them up and tape the corners so that you
Yes, it might be a little crazy, but you might just see that you like to play with this too! Watch the video to see it in action. Supplies you need: an empty, washed out Pringles can, a small water bottle, printer and some tape/glue. How to make it: 1) Print out the Toddler Peekaboo
So I’m into saving all plastic or cardboard containers! There are so many things you can do with them, that I hate to throw them out. And I’ve even passed this on to my son, who won’t let me throw anything out! After we enjoyed a nice fruit smoothie from a place like Panera, we
It’s Pincer Grip Pizza time! Letting your toddler work on his pincer grip (touching thumb and first finger tips together) helps to develop fine motor skills and eventually helps with holding a pen for writing. So let your tots have some fun practicing and looking for the pizza. All you need for this activity is
CEREAL BOX SPOONS You can have some fun with this easy activity to do with your toddlers. Take an empty cereal box and take a utility knife to cut a small cross(X) in the middle of the front or back. Make the cross just big enough for your toddler to push a small plastic
Cereal Box Slide Use your cereal box for a fun ride for a favorite stuffed animals. Take an empty cereal box and tape the opening closed. Then cut out a big hole on one side that would be big enough to put the bottom half of a stuffed animal inside. (see photo) Then put it
Hacky Socks! Similar to Hacky Sacks, this activity will let your toddler have some fun! All you’ll need are a few old toddler/baby socks and some beans. Take about three socks and hold each one open while your toddler drops some beans into it. Fill it up just a little so that you can tie
Juice Box Blocks! Aren’t you always looking for an easy activity for your toddler, especially when you are traveling or visiting somewhere? Here’s a simple way to get your toddler to play with the items you packed. Take those juice boxes and let your toddler use them like blocks to build something and knock it
SOCCER FOOSBALL! Have some soccer fun with your tots and make a silly Toddler Foosball player. You’ll need a big piece of poster board or a box ( low walls). Cut some slits in the sides to fit a wooden spoon handles that you have. Then cut out the soccer game images in the attached
Find the Paci ( Binky) What would we do without that pacifier!?? Well here’s an activity where you can have fun with it and let your toddler shake things while doing so! Take out a bunch of your plastic tupperware/disposable containers and their lids. Now take your toddler’s pacifier and put it in one of
WASHCLOTH TOSS All It takes a while for kids to learn how to catch something so start with something really soft…a washcloth. Let your toddler toss them up in the air. Toss one to your toddler and see if he can catch it! Then take a basket and try to toss them into a basket.
Wheel of Tickles! It’s better than the Wheel of fortune, it’s the wheel of tickles game! Print out the sheet and then punch a hole in the middle with some scissors and put some yarn/string through the hole and tape to the back. Then tie a plastic spoon to the string in front so that
Magnet Hide and Seek All you’ll need for this activity are some metal pots with lids and a colorful magnet! Take your pots and put them on the floor. Take a colorful creative magnet and put it inside one of the pots or under a lid. Then let your toddler look in each pot to
Holes Game – Take a big piece of poster board and cut some holes in it, big enough to put your head or hands through. Then tape one side to a wall. Now let your toddler stand on one side and you sit on the other. Have her put some objects through the holes and
Crayon Square Game! Toddlers love to drop things so let’s make a game of it. Take a piece of paper and draw a line down the middle lengthwise and a line across widthwise in the middle to make four same size rectangle boxes. Then assign each rectangle to a person…Ex. Susie, Barbie, The Dog, you.
Egg “Surprise” Hunt! You don’t have to wait for Easter to have some fun hunting for eggs! Get those plastic eggs out of storage and put the all around the room. Then let your toddler take a small bag or basket find them all around the room! After she found them open them all to
Bandana Ball! A perfect ball for your toddler to kick and throw around indoors! All you need is a bandana or some other piece of cloth of that size and some socks. Take the bandana and lay it open on the floor. Then have your toddler bring some socks to put in the middle of
Cell Phone Hide-&-Seek! Do you have a cell phone with a fun ringer? Hide your cell phone under a pillow and then call it from your home phone. Let your toddler find the ringing cell phone! You can even put it in a different room! Each time you play, change the ringer. It’s a fun
Toddler Tic Tac Toe! Get some tape and some floor space to play this fun game with your child. Use some masking tape and make a big tic-tac-toe board on the floor or rug. Then find 3 toys of the same thing (three cars, blocks, teddy bears) and 3 socks of the same color. Then
Egg Toss This is kind of like that carnival game where you try to get the ping-pong ball in the fish bowl! But instead you’ll be using cottage cheese containers and small plastic eggs! Just save up a few cottage cheese containers and use a little tape to tap the rims next to each other
Boxetball! Just another form of basketball only tailored to little children and for a rainy day inside. All you need is some string, a children’s small shoe box (with the lid attached), and some kind of plastic jar (like a peanut butter jar). Tie the box using the holes in the top of the lid
Toddler Tug-o-war Here’s an easy activity that will only require two bibs! For the real young toddlers just loop the two bibs together and then have your toddler hold one and you hold one. Then ask your toddler to pull. Be sure that he is sitting down so that when the loops break he doesn’t
Shake it Game! Here’s a fun game to play with your toddler, and you only need a few simple supplies. Find three of the same containers (24 oz cottage cheese containers used in photo) and a few “noisy” small toys. Put all three containers down on a blanket in front of your toddler. Then open
Toddler Tahtzee!! (like Yahtzee. lol.) Kids love to dump things out and this game/activity is the perfect chance to do that! You’ll need an empty cottage cheese container (or other container) and some block-like toys. Put the “blocks” in the container, and shake them around. Then roll them out onto a hard floor. Your toddler
Clothes Swap Kids love to dress up so have some fun with this activity. Get some adult clothes and some of your toddler’s clothes and put them in a basket. Then take turns with your toddler by taking a piece of clothing out and putting it on. When you get an article of your toddler’s
Toddler Activities & Games: Paper Airplane Landings!
Do your toddlers or preschoolers like airplanes, colors, and games? Here’s something fun and easy you can do indoors or outdoors. Take a sheet of colorful paper ( 8.5 x 11) and tear/cut in half. Then with one half make a toddler paper airplane using the steps below. I call them “Toddler Paper Airplanes” because I
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