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 Activities
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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But It Can Just Be Whatever You Want It To Be
Keeping your toddlers busy and out of your hair is often just a matter of presenting them with something new that they can use for open ended, pretend play. Imagine my delight when I randomly invented the best homemade pretend play toy ever. And you will not believe how easy it is to make. Also,…
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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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Dough Boy
If I dare to do anything in the kitchen, New Kid hangs on my legs and demands attention. To keep him busy while I rolled out the pizza dough I gave him a bit to play with while he sat at the table with me. He found the dough to be very amusing. And a…
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Toddler Sorting
You’ve probably seen the activity where your child drops Popsicle sticks through a slot in a canister, yes? Well, a small slot is a bit tricky for a 20 month old, but the openings of a Popsicle mold work just fine.
Toddler Art Experience
New Kid is intrigued when Kiddo sits down to draw so I taped a piece of paper large enough to cover the entire area in front of him on the table. I didn’t want him to be limited by a small piece of paper and feel that there were rules to where he could and…
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Ball in a Box {Indoor Boredom Buster}
Aren’t toddlers the cutest? My toddler, “New Kid”, loves to throw balls around. Maybe this is not so good in a small apartment! Lately I’ve been keeping him entertained with a “ball in a box”. I wish I’d thought of it when he was younger, because it’s perfect for babies, too. Note: this post contains…
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Toddler Stacking
Mormor left these sandbakkelse molds with us on her last visit. I haven’t used them yet, but that hasn’t stopped New Kid from using them for stacking practice. He’s hard at work practicing his fine motor skills! Granted, most people don’t have sandbakkelse molds, but be on the lookout for similar items from your kitchen…
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