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found this- 101 things to do with your toddler!

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LoveBeingMrsT
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found this- 101 things to do with your toddler!

101 things to do with your toddler
Color
Blow Bubbles
Play Hide-and-Seek
Peek-a-Boo
Play Chase
Do Fingerplays
Sing a song
Collect rocks in a basket
Make an obstacle course out of cushions and/or furniture
Make a fort out of cushions and sheets
Go for a Walk
Make a Car out of a box
Read a book
Go to the park
Fingerpaint
Play with Clay-Dough
Toss Bean bags into a Bucket
Play the shell and pea game
Dance to music
Download games for toddlers from the Internet
Practice putting things in and taking things out of boxes and bags
Make a temporary slide out of a table leaf and your couch
Roll a ball back and forth on the floor
Scoop dirt or sand into a child's bucket (or use a serving spoon and bowl)
Practice climbing by stacking boxes on top of each other (only with adult supervision)
Put on a puppet show
Go fishing with a yard stick and yarn
Make a Horseshoe game
Make a Shape Puzzle
Play paper basketball
Run through a Sprinkler
Play with a bucket of water and a sponge (PLEASE WATCH CHILD AT ALL TIMES!)
Make a Drum out of an oatmeal box
Play with a kazoo
Wash windows together
Bang on Pots and Pans with a spoon
Brush each other's teeth
Play dress-up with stuffed animals and your child's clothes
Stack canned or boxed food on top of each other
Let child stack mixing bowls inside each other
Make a playhouse out of a large box (see links page for some great instructions! Entitled: Building a Playhouse)
Let child play with a sticker sheet (make sure your child doesn't eat them!)
Put stickers on fingers for finger puppets
Play a musical instrument together- i.e.recorder, piano, etc.
Go on a Smelling Hunt
Frost Cookies
Plant a flower or vegetable plant together
Roll a tennis ball into an empty trash can or bucket
Draw on a mirror with dry-erase markers
Play hide and seek together- trying to find a stuffed animal or other object
Have a splash party together in the bathtub
Put a leash on a stuffed animal and walk around the house
Record each other on a tape recorder (great for scrapbooks or journals!)
Make and try on paper hats
Give a piggie back ride
Play "Horsie"
Talk into an electric fan (it distorts your voice)
Play tug-of-war with a blanket
Collect flowers (felt, artificial, real...)
Make a camera and go on a Safari
Play games with frozen juice lids
Disconnect your phone and pretend to make phone calls to relatives
Leave your phone connected and really make phone calls to relatives- let your child talk too
String large beads onto or along a shoelace
Squirt each other with squirt bottles
Glue shapes onto paper
Make sock puppets
Make paper puppets
Fill an old purse with toys
Use a paper towel tube as a megaphone
Make binoculars and go "Bird Watching" or "Stuffed Animal Watching"
Put snacks in different fun containers (paper sacks, empty canisters, etc.)
Act out a story from a book
Walk on a balance beam- use a 2x4 placed on the ground
Draw with chalk on the sidewalk
Sketch an outline of your child on the sidewalk or paper with chalk
Paint child's palms with tempura paint and blot on paper. Makes a great card for loved ones!
Put lipstick on child and kiss a mirror
Make a puddle on cement and splash barefoot in it
Let child decorate and eat an open peanut butter sandwich
Make a toilet paper barricade for child to go under, over, or through
Do the Hokey Pokey
Make a super-hero costume out of household items
Do Knee-Bouncing Rhymes
Play "Red Light, Green Light" saying "Go" and "Stop"
Make a shoebox train for stuffed animals
Make a pillow pile to jump on (keep it clear from any hard surfaces, including walls!)
Make an easy puzzle with felt and velcro
Make bracelets or collars for stuffed animals out of pipe cleaners and jingle bells
Learn numbers from a deck of cards
Play the matching game with a deck of cards
Make a domino chain
Have a picnic in the park, backyard, or living room!
Play dress up in Mommy or Daddy's clothes
Make a tin cup telephone and talk to each other in it
Make a nature collage
Mirror each other
Make a "Mummy Mommy" with toilet paper
Make a tape recording of short music selections and instructions to move in different ways
Make and walk along a toilet paper trail

Posted 3/22/08 1:06 PM
 
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Re: found this- 101 things to do with your toddler!

AWESOME!! I am SOO bookmarking this Chat Icon

Posted 3/22/08 1:07 PM
 

LiveAgain
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Re: found this- 101 things to do with your toddler!

Wow thats such a great list!! I'm def. printing it!!

Thanks!! Chat Icon

Posted 3/22/08 1:38 PM
 

Brandee
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Re: found this- 101 things to do with your toddler!

Great list!!!

Posted 3/22/08 1:42 PM
 

Gatsbygirl
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Re: found this- 101 things to do with your toddler!

I just added that to my notebook!

What a great post. Thank you for sharing that Chat Icon

Posted 3/22/08 3:29 PM
 

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Re: found this- 101 things to do with your toddler!

That's awesome! Thanks!Chat Icon

Posted 3/22/08 3:38 PM
 

LoveBeingMrsT
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Re: found this- 101 things to do with your toddler!

bump

Posted 7/22/09 1:07 PM
 

LoveBeingMrsT
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Re: found this- 101 things to do with your toddler!

opps just realized mikismom posted the same one

Posted 7/22/09 1:09 PM
 

LoveBeingMrsT
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Re: found this- 101 things to do with your toddler!

bumping for Mom2Eric908

Posted 1/21/10 2:44 PM
 

Mom2Eric908
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Re: found this- 101 things to do with your toddler!

Posted by LoveBeingMrsT

bumping for Mom2Eric908



thank you!

Posted 1/21/10 3:23 PM
 

pinkandblue
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Re: found this- 101 things to do with your toddler!

Posted by LoveBeingMrsT

opps just realized mikismom posted the same one



Chat Icon it was a LONG time ago

thanks for posting

Posted 1/21/10 3:31 PM
 
 

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