Activities for Toddlers (at home)
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Topic: Activities for Toddlers (at home)
Posted By: kebakat
Subject: Activities for Toddlers (at home)
Date Posted: 25 November 2008 at 7:41pm
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I'm trying to make a list of activities for toddlers that I can print out and put on the fridge when I'm having a tired day or DH is looking after the boy and can't think of something to do that is different from his everyday stuff.
So far I've got: - walk to the playground (its 100m down the road) - painting - paddling pool As you can see it's not a long list.. any other ideas? |
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 25 November 2008 at 7:48pm
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bubbles
playdoh tea party/picnic- we put a baby blanket get our her teddies/iggle piggle etc,..sit them around and make them pretend tea.food ect, see feed them etc. baking! Isla LOVES breaking the eggs and stiring, and licking the bowl- she calls it 'wolla wolla' for 'round and round' Lol! making huts. Isla love it when we sit under a blanket, play peek a boo, take turns hiding under it etc, you can drap it over chairs to make tunnels to crawl through etc too. Play with a big card board box- Isla decided where she wanted windows, door etc cut,..you can paint it, play in it etc etc |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 25 November 2008 at 7:50pm
| Oh yeah we have done the cardboard box thing. When we got our heat pump installed he loooooved the box it came in hehe.. He's getting more PD for xmas so that will be something he can do lots of |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 25 November 2008 at 7:55pm
| Isla loves obsatcle courses too,...like if u doing it inside you can put a text book to jump off,..selotape in a line to walk a long like a balance beam, cans off food along the hall way in a zig zag to crawl around etc. |
Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 25 November 2008 at 8:06pm
A box of tissues or plasters
Indoor sandpit Ballons/balls Paper ripping/ mache Gloop Feely bags ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: sparkle
Date Posted: 25 November 2008 at 8:31pm
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Coop loves playing with water. We go outside with the measuring cups, watering can, wooden spoons etc and a tub of water. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 25 November 2008 at 8:51pm
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kicking/chasing a ball around playing with bubbles Ella also loves feeding her toys and they take turns sitting in her highchair ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: DJ
Date Posted: 25 November 2008 at 9:04pm
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Have you got a swing at home, or a safe outdoor area where he can amuse himself?
scribbling with chalk on concrete. I haven't got anything else new to add, but maybe this should be a sticky thread? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 25 November 2008 at 9:44pm
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Yep we have a swing set and slide and fish pond (which is safely netted over lol) and he's always outside exploring.
DH is liking the ideas  it's great to have a nice list of things because he struggles sometiems to think of toddler friendly stuff to do because he doesn't see what we do
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Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 28 November 2008 at 12:16pm
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you can also fill a bucket/container etc with water, give him a paintbrush and let him 'paint' a fence/gate/window outside. Ella loves doing this and it is a lot less messier than normal painting. Ella also loves 'drawing' with crayons and just got her a cheap $1 colouring in book (bit more interesting than blank paper). ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 28 November 2008 at 12:28pm
hehe Daniel likes eating crayons  I'm waiting for him to stop teething before I try that again lol.
I'm going to do some crazy painting outside on the weekend with him which he should love |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 28 November 2008 at 1:22pm
| I bought a roll of brown paper, cut some big sheets off it,..made stencils by cutting shapes out of potates and Isla decorated the paper using christmas coloured paints, and did finegr painting and whatever she wanted on it,.. to use as wrapping paper! ( hope my ss person doesnt read this cos we wrapped her present in this paper!) |
Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 28 November 2008 at 4:00pm
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Flattened cardboard boxes, old sheets/fabric, brown paper all make a great painting canvass, strung up to your fence or what have you. Throwing balls covered in paint at the canvas is a hit here! You could also spray paint it with mixed up food colour & water in squirty bottle
Objects in a plastc srew lid jars Large nuts & bolts Coloured ice cubes with maybe leaves & flowers inside & watch melt Washing your car or bike trucks or teddies/babies outside Playing with basters, squirers in bucket etc Making up some jelly or spagetti to play with, jump into in paddling pool outside ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |