Kiddo has shown an interest in handwriting lately but for a variety of reasons I won’t go into, I’m not that motivated to teach him how to form letters yet. However, to help him with his pen-wielding skills I hit upon the idea of connect-the-dots. Due to my neurosis about not pushing representational art I am not interested in connect-the-dots which reveal a picture. Plus, I don’t think it would enhance Kiddo’s experience of the process as it might for other kids. Instead, I randomly, or in patterns, put the numbers on paper. I made a bunch of them ahead of time so I could use them for a distraction activity when I needed to get something else done.
Although I used rubber stamps this time, I won’t be doing that in the future. 
It was too time consuming and I am against spending more time setting up a project than actually doing it! Geesh.
It was a big hit. Kiddo loved “chasing the numbers”. 
He insisted I make more, including this giant one!
Love this idea!
Nice idea–I especially like the giant one!
I love simple-to-prepare activities like this! I hope CJ enjoys it as much as Kiddo did.
I am right there with you in not wanting to spend more time setting up an activity than actually doing it. That makes it tough, because a two year old’s attention span almost dictates that will be the case. I like this idea. It’s similar to one of my favorite doodling activities – a single connected swirl all over the page.
I’m going to try this!
I hope you have fun!
This is totally awesome. I shared it on my site today and we plan to try it out this week! http://www.toddlerapproved.com/2013/05/color-and-word-games-toddler-approved.html