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Christmas Trees for Toddlers

Toddlers and Christmas trees are often a precarious combination. These Christmas Trees for Toddlers are the perfect hands-on alternative to pulling all the ornaments off the big tree! When it comes to Christmas Trees, toddlers are almost as…

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Process Art Ornament for Toddlers

Even toddlers can join in on the ornament-making fun! This Process Art Ornament for Toddlers offers your little one the chance to make a super simple Christmas ornament while moving and shaking! It’s Day 4 of our #HandsOnChristmas series with…

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Outdoor Sticky Mural for Toddlers

It’s Day 9 0f our 31 Days of Outdoor Activities for Toddlers! Years ago we did a similar Outdoor Sticky Collage with the boys (although it was lying flat on the ground instead of on the garage) and we have…

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Color Hop for Toddlers

Today is the first day of our 31 Days of Outdoor Toddler Activities series! Just this morning I wasn’t sure this series was going to happen…I got stuck in a tiny town overnight due to a blizzard (yes, on…

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31 Days of Outdoor Activities for Toddlers

In January of 2016, I shared a 31-day series on Indoor Activities for Toddlers. We had such a great time that I decided it was time to do a companion series of 31 Days of Outdoor Activities for Toddlers! And in…

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Developmental Screenings

One major concern on the mind of nearly every parent on the face of this earth is the question of whether his/her child is developing normally. I remember that as a new mom I would scour through books to see what…

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Animal Mix-Up LEGOs

Years ago I created an Animal Mix-Up LEGOs activity that was pretty much identical to this one. Unfortunately, however, when I transferred my blog from one platform to another (Blogger to WordPress), this specific post was somehow lost (and…

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Slide Painting

I’ll be honest with you…this Slide Painting activity as part of our 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers series is not for the faint of heart. It was messy (as our pictures clearly show). But it was also…

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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…

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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…

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Snowman Ball Sort

Our Snowman Ball Sort activity requires a bit more prep than the other activities in our 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers…but it is well worth it! We finally put away our Christmas Tree Ball Sort just this past week because…

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Hokey Pokey Roll and Sing

For Day 22 of our 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers we had fun with this Hokey Pokey Roll & Sing activity! It is a variation of the silly Hokey Pokey song and Little Sister had a blast!…

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Cotton Ball Races

It’s Day 21 of our 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers and our Cotton Ball Races activity was one that my 6-year old enjoyed far more than my toddler. With 31 activities, there are bound to be some that…

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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…

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Sticky Mural for Toddlers

It’s Day 19 of our 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers series. Today we decided to do a little abstract mixed media art with this Sticky Mural for Toddlers. :) It is super simple and something that your child…

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Indoor Activity For Toddlers – Fizzing Snowflakes

For Day 18 of our 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers series we decided to try a little toddler chemistry. This Fizzing Snowflakes activity is simply a frozen version of the reaction between baking soda and vinegar…but when you…

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Printable Cereal Sorting Mat

Today is Day 15 of our 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers series and we had a little fun with cereal. We used Froot Loops (don’t judge) for this super simple sorting activity. :) Sorting is such…

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Fill the Snowman Fine Motor Game for Toddlers

It’s Day 14 of our 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers and today we created a Snowman Fine Motor Game for Toddlers! This is something your toddler can use over and over again all winter long! It takes a…

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