I love to repurpose games as quick distractions for my toddler. If you have the game of Boggle in your closet, by all means bring it out. It is one of my son’s favorite manipulatives. You might not think that a game meant for older children and adults can be just as fun for toddlers…
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Toddler Activities
DIY Fine Motor Skills Activity
In my last “Playing the Slots” post you saw the ol’ popsicles in the container trick. Here are two more varieties that I’ve made of this toddler fine motor skills activity: The one on the left is milk bottle caps. The one on the right is pom poms. For that one I made three different…
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Best Toddler Puzzle Ever
New Kid has this wonderful color matching puzzle from Kid O. The reason I like it so much is that all the pieces are interchangeable so it was a puzzle he could work on it all by himself at a very young age without getting frustrated. He loved to put the pieces in over and…
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Distracting your Toddler 101
As you know, it is very important to me to find EASY ways to keep my toddler busy and entertained! The other day he was whining, whining, whining so I handed him a few objects from the recycle bin and a bag of pom poms. Besides water play (which always entertains my kids), pom poms…
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How to Get Your 2 Year Old to Stop Whining
Did that blog post title get your attention? In the past few weeks my two year old has turned into the biggest whiner in the universe. I can tolerate a lot of things, but I really, really, really hate whining. I just want to poke my eyes out when people whine. It order to stem…
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Easiest Toddler Color Sorting Activity Ever
Lately, New Kid has been telling me what color everything is so I thought it was high time I get my act together and plan a color sorting activity. Fortunately for me, I thought of something completely effortless. Choose a few pieces of colored construction paper, sit your kid in front of them and hand…
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Easy Toddler Art Project: Collage
New Kid, like most toddlers, is fascinated by tiny objects. I harnessed his interest for an easy toddler art project: making a collage. I sat him down in front of a piece of paper and squeezed out several lines and blobs of glue. I gave him a handful of small trinkets: jewel-y things, googly eyes,…
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Homemade Toddler Lacing Activity
My toddler loves to lace beads on a string. Despite his fierce determination, his fine motor skills are not quite ready for little holes and so he screams, “need help!” at me the entire time. He needs a toddler-friendly lacing activity. I put together this homemade lacing activity for him. I cut up a paper…
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Drawing with Toddlers
Lately New Kid has been demanding that I make letters on his drawing paper. I think this is from seeing his big brother write, but also he is very interested in identifying letters these days. I didn’t want New Kid to start expecting me to draw for him, I wanted him to explore scribbling. I…
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Spontaneous Carnival Game
There is just way too much ball play in our home for normal people. We live in a small apartment, so I need to find good ways to let the boys release all their excess energy. To try and direct the ball throwing away from my authentic Tiffany lamp IKEA street finds I took one…
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