Craft Activities
We have activities you can do with supplies around the house, like toilet paper rolls, boxes, and more!
Send a Photo Card from your phone!
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
Earth Day Rocks …and so does this guy!
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,
Kids Artwork Wine Glass Charms
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
Visit us on our Mobile site!
You can access our mobile site on your smartphone now! Just go to http://www.toddlertoddler.com on your phone. Enjoy! :)
My Favorite Kitchen Gadgets
So, I’m by no means a master chef. As a matter of a fact, I’m learning to cook with an online cooking class. (It has been great by the way, I’ll save that for another post.) But even the novice cook can have favorite gadgets and appliances that make life simpler and fun, right? So
Game: Exercising with Numbers
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
Peekaboo Moo!
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
Crayon Container – Toddler Game
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
Color Counting Wheel
Make a fun wheel to learn colors and counting! I used two small paper plates and then punched holes in from the side. ( I only had a square hole puncher. lol.) Go around one plate and punch in as many holes as you think your toddler is ready for. (If he is just learning
Make an Indoor Wall Garden!
It’s time get out your gardening gear! Print out the sheet of flowers, grass, and garden creatures. Then cut out the flowers and others things. Put a piece of poster board on the wall and then let your little toddler create his/her garden with the flowers and a little tape (or glue stick.) Once the
Make some Flower Friends
You can never have too many friends! So print out the flower friend sheet and let your toddler help to color it in. Then use a marker to put a face (eyes, nose, mouth) on the circle to make your very own flower friend. You can make several and give them names and send them
Alphabet Learning with Cars!
Have fun with this learning activity and let your toddler find all of the Alphabet Cars driving around town! Print out the sheet of alphabet letter and then cut them all out. Then print out the sheet of cars and cut them on the lines. Next use some tape and tape the letters to the
Pincer Pizza
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
“Cootie Catcher” with Letters & Numbers
Make a BIG cootie catcher! (aka Paper Fortune Teller) I remember playing with these in school, also known as paper fortune tellers. Remember how someone would ask a question, then you’d ask them to pick a color or word. You would then move back and forth the number of letters in the word. Then they’d
Playdate Fun: Coffee Shop
Have your own Coffee Shop! Have some fun with other little ones by serving up your own brand of coffee. Use the print out if you want to use some premade coffee cup logos or make your own! You can also color in the OPEN sign to let everyone know when the coffee shop is
Pretty Felt Shapes Flowers!
Felt Shape Flowers Make a bouquet of flowers for that special someone! You’ll need a whole bunch of felt pieces of different colors. Cut out circles, squares, and triangles of different sizes. Have a pile of big shapes, a pile of medium size shapes and a pile of small size shapes. Be sure to cut
Have fun with shapes in the mirror!
Mirror, Mirror, Shape, Shape Here’s a fun shapes activity to do with your toddler and work on hand eye coordination also. Take either some foam cutout of shapes or cut out your own shapes from construction paper. Then tape them to your shirt. Tape a few to your toddler’s shirt too. Now go stand in
Felt Shape Toddler Puzzle
Beginners Felt Shape Puzzle You can take this activity with you anywhere and your toddler can have fun with the different colors and the texture of the felt material. Take two sheets of different colored felt. Lay them on top of each other. Now cut out a square from the top right corner and a
Water and Colors Fun!
Water Colors – Kids love to play with water and this activity adds a little color to it! Take a few small cups and fill them with a little water. Then add a drop of food coloring or watercolor paint to each cup. Put the cups on a tray or pan, and then let your
Learn colors with Envelope Pockets
Envelope Pockets– You can do this activity anywhere. The photo example uses a bookcase. You’ll need a few envelopes and some construction paper. Take the backing off the flap of the envelope and fold it back. (You can use a little tape at each end to tape the flap back to the envelope.) Then press
Paint Chip colors fun!
Paint Chip Colors Next time you are at your local home improvement store, pick up some of the paint color samples. For this project you’ll use those paint chips to help your toddler learn colors. With six colors, red, blue, green, orange, yellow and purple, we’ll be making a fun color chart for your child
Board books and shapes fun!
Board Book Fun – Reading is such an important part of toddler development. Sometimes it is hard to get your toddler interested in books and reading, so you might have to incorporate some fun into the event. This toddler activity will give your toddler a great opportunity to have fun with books and maybe
Pockets Full of Shapes!
PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET! This is a simple toddler activity that you’ll both have fun with. Make sure that you, the parent, are wearing clothes with lots of pockets. Then put a different piece of colored construction paper in each pocket, so that a little bit is showing. Show your toddler that there is
A Big Box of Green Fun!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Green green green is the color for today. Hey Toddlers, can you identify the green objects you see on this page? Your GREEN Box- Find an empty shoe box and glue some green construction paper all over the outside. This will become “Your Green Box”. Now go around your house with
Plasticware shapes n snacks!
Shapesware! Get out all those old Tupperware/plastic containers and lids, or use some disposable ones, and have fun matching the shapes! Bowls are circles and sandwich containers are squares! Big and small. Mix up the containers and lids, then have your tot match the lid with the container. Maybe even put in a snack when
Toddler Labor Day activities: card f…
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 themselves do you? Supplies Needed: – printer and paper to
Have fun with your toddler in the b…
Mega Block Ice Cube Fun For this activity you’ll need either an empty 1/2 gallon milk carton, or chicken broth carton, or juice box carton. Take the carton and let it soak with soap and hot water to get it all clean. Then cut the top off so that it is a couple inches tall.
Toddler Games: Make a Fun Car Ramp
All you need for this activity is a small shoe box and some tape. Take the box and put it upside down. Then take the lid and flatten out one of the short ends. Next tape that edge to the corner of the box, like in the photo. Then let your toddler roll a ball
Have fun with some toddler sock su…
SOCK SURPRISES! You can have fun with this activity and do it just about anywhere…all you need are a few clean socks! Take each sock and put a small toy in the bottom of it. Then put all the socks in a pile and ask your toddler to see wha t it inside each one.
Toddler fun with a salad spinner
SALAD SPINNER FUN If you have a salad spinner then your toddler is in for a treat! ( If you don’t have one, you are missing out if you like to eat salads! See below) Take your salad spinner and make sure it is clean and dry Then take some construction paper and tape it
Let your toddler play with this bag …
RICE HIDDEN TREASURES/SHAPES Take a big gallon zip loc bag or big plastic container that you can screw a lid on and put in some uncooked rice. Then cut out some shapes from construction paper about 2 inches big and put them in the bag and close it up. Let your toddler move the bag
Reusable Party Invitations
Throwing a party for a teddy bear? Then you might need some invitations! This is a fun way for your toddler / preschooler to plan a party for that special Teddy Bear… with invitations and all. And you can do it over and over again. First, I found some cute invitations from the dollar store
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