I love letting my kids explore making art all by themselves. My philosophy is the less adult-guidance the better. Sometimes it’s just good to sit your toddler on a large piece of paper on the floor and give him some markers and crayons. It gives him a new perspective on the act of drawing…
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Toddler Activities
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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Toddler Busy Activity: “Playing the Slots”
This is by far my favorite keep-the-toddler busy activity of all time. It never failed to entertain my kids when they were little! Don’t tell my kids I told you, but they still get drawn into pushing the wooden craft sticks into the little slot in the lid of the container! I always have one…
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Hey Big Spender {Play Wallet Boredom Buster}
I imagine New Kid is not the only toddler out there who likes to play with his mom’s wallet. I loaded up old wallet loaded up with some expired cards and Thomas the Train trading cards. New Kid loves to pull them out and put them back in the pockets. Well, he tries to put…
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How to Get Siblings to Work Together
One evening when the boys were driving me bonkers, I cut a hole in the top of a cardboard box and told them to drop all their blocks in it. Little did I know this would keep them busy for an hour! There was no fighting, they just dropped the blocks in. The blocks came…
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