Wash Your Clothes! Fun time to teach your toddler about washing clothes! Print out the two sheets of clothes and cut them out. Then cover each piece of clothing with contact paper and be sure to leave a border of contact paper around the clothing so that you seal the paper inside. Then take some
Hey Toddlers! Do you need an easy craft activity to make a gift for Dad? ( or anyone?) Why not take a few minutes to make some custom camouflage paper lunch bags. Dad can take them to work and no one will touch them! All you need are a few small paper lunch bages and some paint. For a
Make a Father’s Day Hanging Sign! String up the letters to make the hanging like in the photo but with the greeting: “Happy Father’s Day”. Print out the sheet of letters and let your toddler color it with markers or crayons. Then cut each letter out and punch holes on the small black
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
Take a short walk outside and let your toddler explore the great outdoors. Take digital photos of rocks, leaves, sticks, plants, trees, bugs that you see in your own yard/driveway. Once you are back inside at the computer, download the photos and either collage them with a graphics program, or print them individually. Glue
Have some fun with your toddlers designing purses with sticky notes and envelopes! Just take a small envelope and some different colored sticky notes. ( If you don’t have sticky notes, you can always use construction paper and tape. ) For the circles, you’ll need to create a pattern to cut ( I used
Toddler Yoga – Sun Salutations! Do some Yoga with your toddlers and celebrate the sun! Put on some nice calm music and print out the sun sheet and let your toddler color it. Talk about where she’ll see the sun and what color it is. Then cut it out. Find a place on the
FELT FORTUNE COOKIES Be like Martha Stewart and make some felt fortune cookies with your toddler, but you won’t need any glue for these ones. All you’ll need is some felt, colorful pipe cleaners, and some small strips of paper. First, take the pipe cleaners and cut them with scissors into smaller pieces about 3
Make a Tree House! (on the wall) All you need is a small box (I used a resealable bag box), some tape and some construction paper. Take your small box and cut some small windows or doors on the sides. (big enough to fit your toddler’s little people toys to fit) Then let your
Sometimes there are days when it is just hard to get going. We’ve all been there. And then you have a little one tugging at your pant leg, or looking at you for some fun things to do. You might feel like it’s hard enough to entertain yourself and then think about the fact that
Homemade Window Cling- Take a sheet of that plastic wrap that you have to press to seal, and press it on a window. You might need to use your finger nail and run it across the edge to get it to stick. Then find some of your child’s favorite stickers and have fun! Supplies Needed-
Hi Five Lo Five! All toddlers love to give Hi-Fives! Here’s a fun activity for your toddler to move around the room and practice this with hands and feet! Print out the sheet of handprints and footprints. Let your toddler color them with a crayon if she wants. Then cut them out for her
I originally posted this for Valentines’ Day, but I think it could be for any day! Have fun making this with your child! All you need is some construction paper, part of an egg crate, some markers and some tape or glue. I started with a large oval shape for the body, then cut out
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
Creat you own jumbo alphabet flash cards for your toddlers or preschoolers with items from the dollar store! All you need is a box of the alphabet cards and a pack of the die cut letters which you can get for a dollar each at the dollar store. You’ll be putting a card and a
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
If you are looking for something to do with your toddler that is fun and simple, here’s an idea. Make your own rain cloud, to water the outdoor plants, or use in the bathtub. All you need is an empty, washed out styrofoam egg crate. Then use a pen to poke some holes in each
So I found this iPhone / iPad App that lets you send your own customized greeting card right from your iPhone to a loved one’s mailbox — real snail mail not email. You just pick the template, change the words, add your photos, and then address the envelope. Then for a couple bucks you can
Celebrate Earth Day and everyday with this guy who is celebrating life and rockin it out! All you need is a toilet paper tube and some scissors to cut out this rockin guy. Then let your toddler rock him back and forth and see if he falls over or lays back. To cut it out,
Display your child’s artwork at your next party, and make wine glass “charms” . Used your wine glasses to draw circles on a piece of paper and let your child draw/color each circle. Then cut out circles from the artwork and tape to the bottom of the wine glasses. Or just trace the wine glass
Here’s something to do on a rainy day! Make your own soft kid barbells and let your toddler / preschooler have some fun with games and exercising too! To make the soft barbell all you need is a toilet paper roll ( or paper towel roll cut in half or thirds), one long black sock
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
Toddler Felt Hands and Feet
Hands and Feet – Fun, fun, fun activity! Cut out some felt handprints and footprints of all different colors about the size of your toddler’s hands and feet. Then put them on the floor and have your toddler jump on the footprints and then put his hands down when he sees a handprint. Ask him
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