Toddler Ball Catcher! This is a great outdoor activity! Take an empty, rinsed out gallon milk container or laundry detergent container. Something that has a handle on it. Then cut off the bottom with scissors or knife. (Be sure your toddler is not around while you cut.) Find a few small balls and take turns
Watch the manatee! Found in Florida, the manatee is wonderful to watch. They are also known as Sea Cows! They usually weigh around between 900 – 1100 pounds, and can be 9-10 feet long. Learn more about the manatee here. Ask your toddler if it looks like a cow? It is in the water? How
Stuffed Animal Jump Rope Tie a soft rope or bathrobe belt to the back of a heavy chair ( so it won’t fall over). Then swing the rope as if doing jump rope. Let your toddler take a stuffed animal and toss it into the moving rope to see if it can jump the rope.
Watch the Baby Kangaroo jump out and in her Mommy’s pouch! Watch the video with your toddler and talk about how the Mommy Kangaroo carries the baby kangaroo in her pouch. You’ll see the baby inside and watch it come out. See if your toddler can jump like a kangaroo! More about Kangaroos.
Watch the Baby Penguins Baby Penguins are here to say hi and then run away. See if your toddler can run like a penguin. How many are there? What color are they? Do they live in hot or cold places? Do they fly or swim? So many things to learn about penguins (wikipedia).
Clothes Puzzles! You don’t need to buy puzzles, just use your clothes. Here’s a fun way to get your toddler acquainted with clothing and what goes where. Take out a shirt, pants/skirt, and pair of socks. Then lay out the shirt and talk about the sleeves and where the neck goes. Then put the pair
Sticker Bug Blankie! Did you ever notice how toddlers love to peel things off, especially when they aren’t supposed to? Well keep your toddler occupied with this activity by letting her peel off all the “sticker bugs” from a blanket. Take a blanket and put a bunch of stickers all over it. Then tell your
Watch the Baby Chicks Someone out there wanted to see baby chicks….so here they are! Talk about the sounds they make, what color they are, how many you see and where the mother is! See if your toddler can walk around like a baby chick!
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
Watch the Hand Puppet Help the hand puppet build with the colorful blocks. Talk about the different sizes, colors and how many there are!
Laundry Basket Shopping Save some boxes and containers from your pantry after they are empty. Here’s a great way to recycle them and let your toddler have some fun too! Take the empty boxes of crackers, cereal, or raisins and put them all over the room. Put them on the couches, tables and bookcases. Then
X Marks the Spot Let your toddler work those legs with this activity. Use some masking tape on the floor to make some X’s and other letters or shapes. Then have your toddler stand on one and walk to the other. Or have him jump from one X to another? Or have him jump to
Toddler MTV and Music Moves! We found an internet site that has one of our favorite children’s singers…Laurie Berkner. Go to this site and you’ll find many fun music videos to listen to with your toddler. Have your own sort of MTV for Toddlers! When the songs come on, get up and dance. Move
52 Pickup! Toddlers love to make a mess with a lot of things! So, let them play 52 pickup with a deck of cards. Be sure to use a deck that you don’t mind getting a little bent. Let your child take out all of the cards and dump them on the floor, then look
Toddler City! Make your own city on the rug with some tape and blocks. Take some tape and put it on the floor or rug in a sort of grid pattern. (Like some city streets.) Then find some blocks or mega blocks and put them along the streets for the buildings. Then take some little
Who is Tallest? – Teach your toddler about being tall, or taller than something while having some fun! Print out the sheet with the boys on it and cut them out. Now put them around the room and let your toddler find them. As she finds them, put them on the wall or floor from
Cutout Road – Create a path or road for your little one’s toys to go on. Take a piece of poster board and cutout a path or road using scissors. Then have your toddler line up his cars ( or little people) along the path and go for a ride or walk. You can put
Ribbon Trail- Have your toddler explore the room by following some ribbon around the room. You’ll need a long piece of ribbon/string/yarn. While your child is occupied or napping, take the ribbon and put one end in the middle of the floor. Then drape it around the couches, chairs, tables or to a new room
If the Shoe Fits…!! – This is a fun family activity! Let your toddler try to walk across the room in your shoes! Line up your slippers, sandals, boots, sneakers, and anything else that would be fun for your toddler to try! Have your toddler start with the first pair and walk across the room
It’s a Virtual Bird Sanctuary!! – You don’t have to leave the house to see all those exotic birds!! It is the modern day…use technology. This is a perfect activity for a rainy day or for those toddlers learning about birds. Seat your toddler on your lap in front of your computer. Then simply click
Take a Virtual Trip to Disney!- You don’t have to get on a plane and wait in long lines to see the Disney Parade! Put your toddler on your lap and watch in amazement as your toddler sees all of his/her favorite Disney characters! Talk about all the different animals and characters you see on
Family Building Blocks! Let your toddler have some fun with family building blocks. You’ll just do a quick makeover of your child’s blocks so that he/she can play with them and spend some time with family! Take a few of your child’s blocks and set them aside. Now print out a few photos of relatives,
Make a mini-aquarium! Here’s a fun activity for you and your toddler. Take a plastic reusable container with a lid. Now take some felt and cut out a fish shape about and inch and a half long. Put it between some contact paper so that it is sealed in. Then using some tape, tape a
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
Fishing for Family! Here’s another fun activity that will help your toddler identify all his/her relatives. Take some photos of grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and such. Cut them out and tape a piece of ribbon/yarn (about 8 inches long) to each. Then put all the photos in a small bowl, glass fish bowl, or like
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
Autumn Indoors! Teach your toddler about the season of “Autumn” and how the leaves come down! Print the sheet to the right and let your toddler color the leaves with red, orange, and yellow autumn colors. Then cut them out and let him/her throw them up into the air and watch them fall down. Better
Toddler Brushing Teeth! This is the way we brush our teeth, brush our teeth, brush our teeth! Here’s a fun way to introduce the act of brushing teeth to your toddler. Take a digital photo of your toddler with his mouth wide open. Then print it out on a big piece of paper. Next put
Find the Moon! Kids are fascinated about darkness and astronomy. Here’s a fun activity with the moon! Take a white piece of construction paper and cut out a big circle. Tell your toddler that it is the moon and let her color on it with crayons or markers. Then put some tape on it and
Ball Ramp Box Tired of the same old ball game! Here’s a fun ball activity that your toddler will enjoy (and you will also). Take an empty box (diaper boxes work great) and tape the opening shut. Then cut a big circle out of one end (see pic.) Next cut the top of the box
Post-nap Surprise Here’s something fun to do, as a post-nap activity. While your toddler is sleeping, take all of your child’s trucks/dolls and line them up on the couch. Or put them in a big circle on the kitchen floor. Just be creative and line them up somewhere that your toddler wouldn’t expect it. It
Ice Cold Fun! Hot summer day? Here’s a fun activity that will help cool your toddler down. Take a towel and put it down on your kitchen floor or outside on the grass. Then take some of your mixing bowls or other baking ware or dishes and fill them up with some cool water.
Crushing Crackers If you cook with bread crumbs or bake with crushed graham crackers, this activity will help you out! Put the bread crumbs or graham crackers that you need for your cooking recipe in a resealable/zipper plastic bag. Now take a small snack zipper plastic bag and put some fuzzy pom pom craft balls
Hammertime! This is a great activity for those toddlers that have the endless supply of energy. Find a big couch pillow or just an ordinary bed pillow. Then take some stickers and let your toddler put them on the pillow. Now locate your child’s plastic toy hammer and let your child hit the stickers on
Toddler Swaddle That’s right, time to make your toddler snug as a bug. Find a big blanket or sheet and have your toddler lie down with her head up near one corner. Then fold up the bottom corner and then each side, just as you swaddled her when she was a newborn. (You can leave
Big Board Book House! What would the world be without board books for toddlers…and the bigger the better for this activity. Take your big board books and build a house around your toddler. If you have room, you can even sit inside with him and look at all the pages that you see. Talk about
Paperback book Fun – Toddlers love to act like adults and reading is a part of adult life! Find an old paperback book and tape/glue some cutouts ( see Tips below) in the pages of the book. Then put some construction paper over the cover and let your toddler color it with markers. Let your
Toddler Fashion Designer – It’s time to be a fashion designer! Find some toddler jeans and your favorite foam stickers. ( You can use regular stickers too). Lay the jeans out on the floor and let your toddler put stickers all over the pair of jeans/pants. Then while you are out running errands and need
It’s Feeding time!- Run to your nearest grocery or supercenter and get some of those great animal paper plates. (These are great for kids because they are fun, colorful and have separate sections for different foods.) So it’s time to feed the animals. Tape a few of the animal plates up on a wall. For
Toddlermaids! – You parents are going to love this toddler activity. Put you toddlers to work cleaning for you! They’ll have fun with this activity too! Take your duster floor mop and unscrew the top three segments. You’ll now have just the “mop” part and one segment on the stick. Now screw on the end
Toddler Newspaper – All toddlers want to be like mom and dad, or any adult. So here’s a chance for them to pretend like they are adults. Take an old section of the newspaper, penny pincher or local newspaper and tape pictures of animals to the pages. Now sit down on the floor with
Fuzzy Craft Ball Fun: This is an easy one, but a great one. Your toddler will have so much fun and you will too. Take one of your small baskets (or any other container) and pour in a package of fuzzy craft balls. Put the lid on and tell your toddler that there are some
Have fun watering plants! – You know those fun bath toys that you fill up with water and then squirt across the bathtub? Why not put them to good use and help your mom/dad to water the plants? Put some plants on the porch or in the sink and let your toddler use his water
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Tinfoil Wrapping Find a few small items/toys and some tin foil. Then tear off a few sheets of tinfoil and help your toddler wrap the items with the foil. Let her hear the sound it makes and what it looks like after they are all wrapped up. See if she can tell what each item
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