Grinch Christmas Sensory Bin
Don’t be a grinch…be a Cindy Lou Who! Make this Grinch Christmas Sensory Bin for the favorite littles in your life! With peppermint-scented rice, this is sure to be a hit with children of all ages! One of my very…
Cloud Dough With Just 2 Ingredients
Cloud Dough After reading Little Cloud with the boys and doing our Little Cloud activity yesterday, I remembered an idea for making Cloud Dough that I saw on Pinterest a few weeks ago. What is Cloud Dough? This dough is a sensory delight for toddlers, as…
Best Ever Peanut Butter Playdough
Peanut Butter Playdough This fun peanut butter playdough can double as a snack or dessert. Not only is it super fun to play with, it really is delicious (believe me, I should know…I ate about half of it)! I shared…
Pumpkin Balloon Sensory Matching
It’s Day 18 of our 31 Days of Pumpkin Activities series. This activity was a spin off our Heart Sensory Matching Activity that we did a few years ago. The orange balloons don’t look quite as cute as…
Crayon Slime
This post is sponsored by Walmart. All opinions are 100% mine. My boys head back to school next week and one of the activities we’ve wanted to do all summer is make slime! We decided to try something…
Dirt and Worms Sensory Tub
Today is Day 12 of our 31 Days of Outdoor Activities for Toddlers. Today we got DIRTY with this Dirt and Worms Sensory Tub. I originally saw this idea for using spaghetti worms over on Learning 4…
Birdseed Mystery Number Dig
Post by Contributing Writer Amy Learning numbers is more fun when you get to dig for them! I love to use birdseed in our sand and water table outside (Yay spring!) because birdseed comes in a large bag…
Cloud Dough That Smells Like Birthday Cake
Post by Contributing Writer Amy Cloud Dough You will want to make real cupcakes to eat after playing with this cloud dough because it smells so good! It is fun for kids to help make, too. Just don’t take…
Birthday Cupcake Pretend Play
Post by Contributing Writer Kristen Pretend play is such a fun and important part of the early years. It is tied to every aspect of a child’s development, helping them learn about the world around them as they…
Scooping and Pouring Edible Water Beads
I have been a fan of water beads for play and learning for several years now. We have made a “What is Blood Made Of?” Sensory Tub, a Monster Sensory Tub, 4th of July Sensory Tub, and we even…
Reading Sensory Bin
Post by contributing writer Kim of Life Over C’s My daughter has been very reluctant to admit that she enjoys reading. Mostly due to being a perfectionist and not wanting to admit that she needs help. Because of this we work…
Heart Sensory Matching
I was planning on this being an activity for the boys, as I wasn’t sure Little Sister (almost 2 years old) could comprehend the concept of matching textures quite yet. But I was wrong…she is obsessed with this heart…
Foamy Soap Painting for Toddlers
It’s Day 13 of our 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers series. Today’s Foamy Soap Painting idea was just a silly thing that I came up with in my bathroom this morning. My husband gave me 6 bottles of…
Bath Time for Toy Animals
It’s Day 8 of our 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers series and today’s activity was Little Sister’s favorite one yet. I had planned to do a different activity today, but randomly thought of this Bath Time for…
Bean Sensory Tub for Toddlers
It’s Day 2 of our 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers challenge and I am recycling a very old sensory tub for Little Sister. The beans in this tub are over 4 years old and were last used for our…
Pumpkin Oobleck
We put a fall spin on our classic Oobleck experiment for this fun sensory experience! Little Brother enjoyed the texture of our Pumpkin Oobleck, but Little Sister wouldn’t even get close to it! If you are not familiar with…
Ten Red Apples Sensory Bag
We love the book Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins. Little Sister has yet to sit through the entire book, but it has always been one of my favorites to read with the boys. Yippee, Fiddle-de-Fee! When we were doing…
18+ Sensory Tubs for Toddlers
Sensory Tubs are tons of fun, but not all are appropriate or safe for toddlers. Since toddlers are known to put things in their mouths, this definitely limits what we can use! Sensory tub contents should be edible (or taste-safe)…