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
Hide and Seek with Frosty – Take some white paper plates and make some snowmen to put around the house! Have a Snowman party and dress them up with all kinds of different hats, scarves, and buttons! Take one plate for the bottom, cut a second plate just a little smaller for the middle,
Toddler Turkey Trot! Get some exercise and get the turkeys! Print out the sheet of turkeys and cut them out. Let your toddler color them if he/she wants. Then put them in a line on the floor and have your toddler trot to each one to pick them up and give them to you! You
Happy Thanksgiving Memento! Let your toddler show the thankful spirit by coloring the turkey sheet and bringing it to the table. Talk about the colors she uses and the sound that a turkey makes. Then as guests arrive ask each one to sign the turkey sheet for your toddler, as a sort of memento
Ghost Socks! All you need for this activity are some old white socks, infant size, toddler size or adult size! Take the socks and cut them like in the photo to look like ghosts. Then take some black felt and cut out eyes, or use googly eyes and glue them to one side of the
Happy Labor Day Moms! Hey toddlers print out the sheet to the right, color it and give it to your mom! She deserves it for all that work she did for you and continues to do for you. You don’t think those diapers magically replace Supplies Needed: themselves do you? – printer and paper
Fourth of July Handprints! Let your toddler have some fun with handprints this holiday! Find some red and blue paint for children. Print out the sheet of small stars and cut out a few of them. Tape the stars to a white sheet of paper/cardstock with just a little piece of rolled tape on
Make a beautiful window hanging for that special person! You’ll need some contact paper, some felt and a few other supplies. First take some colorful felt and cut out some shapes. Then cut a strip of contact paper about 6-8 inches wide. Pull half of the backing off and then let your toddler put the
Mother’s Day Fun! – Make a poster, or an iron on or a card for Mom. (And if you are the mom, this can be a present to yourself, just be sure that you put it somewhere so that Dad sees it on your special day!). Print out the poster and have your toddler color
Eggsquisite Napkin Rings!! – Everyone around the dinner table will be amazed that your toddler made these beautiful napkin rings! This is a craft activity that you can do with your toddler over a few days: On the first day: Take a piece of paper (preferably cardstock) and have your toddler help you put glue
Eggs on a String!! – Make this fun toy with your toddler and then let her pull it around the house. Or hang it from a tree outside! All you need are some plastic eggs and some thin ribbon or string. Open up an egg and put the ribbon across one side and then close
Family Egg Hunt Here’s a way to have fun with the whole family. Take some plastic eggs and some photos of relatives and friends. Cut out the photos and put a picture of someone in each egg. Then put the eggs around the room and after your toddler finds one, open it up to see
Whac-an-egg! This is a fun activity similar to the game Whac-a-mole (see below)! Find a box or shoebox and some plastic eggs. Open up one of the eggs to draw the circle outline on the top of the box. You can make as many holes that will fit. Then use a utility knife to cut
Cookin’ Eggs! – Kids love to play with pots and wooden spoons and water! Here’s a chance for them to explore all three at the same time. Find a cooking pot that you don’t mind your toddler banging on, and put some water in it. Find a place on the floor (preferably the kitchen floor)
Colorful Eggs Games- You’ll be able to find these colorful plastic eggs at any general store for some good prices right now! Holiday or not, they are a great buy for lots of fun with your toddler. The colors, the size and all the fun things you can do with them make them a good
Shamrock Greetings!: St Patrick’s Day! Put on your green shirt and have fun coloring some shamrocks with this toddler activity! Click on the image to print the greeting and let your toddler color it for that special someone. After your tot is finished with her coloring masterpiece, cut out the oval in the bottom right
Make a Digital Valentine with Cupid! – Take some white and pink construction paper and make 5 half sheets. Write: “WILL”, “YOU”, “BE”, “MY”, “VALENTINE?” each on both sides of a piece of the paper. ( One word for each piece). Then start the video camera and have your toddler pick up each piece of
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
Toddler craft: Make some Holiday Placemats
Toddler Holiday Placemats! These placemats made personally by your toddler will be a hit at the holiday feast. You might want to prepare the felt pieces before working on this project with your toddler. Cut out a strip about an inch wide of the green felt lengthwise. Then cut out some trees from the green
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