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Olympic Ring Bracelets with Pipe Cleaners and Straws

It’s Day 2 of our “A Very Toddler Olympics” series with Kristina from Toddler Approved. You can see all the posts in our series so far here. I love everything about the Olympics and am super excited to watch…

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Olympic Rings Ball Toss

Today is our first day of our “A Very Toddler Olympics” series I am co-hosting along with Kristina from Toddler Approved! To kick off this series, we chose to do this Olympic Rings Ball Toss. This activity is great for…

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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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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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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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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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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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Gross-Motor Action Dice

Post by contributing writer Kim of Life Over C’s Do you need an activity that will get the kids up and moving? Is the cold winter weather making you want to hide under the blankets and hibernate until the spring…

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Painting with Water on Cardboard

It’s Day 6 of our 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers Challenge. Be sure to follow us on Instagram, or you can find all of the activities in one spot using the hashtag #31DaysofIndoorToddlerFun and even share your own…

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Coloring on Sandpaper Activity for Toddlers

It’s Day 4 of our 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers challenge! This Coloring on Sandpaper Activity for Toddlers might seem like an odd activity, but it serves a variety of purposes. First of all, this activity…

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Parachute Play for Toddlers

Years ago I bought this 6-foot parachute to use both at home and when I was teaching the 2 and 3-year olds at church. Until recently when Little Sister discovered it, this parachute had gotten little use at home….

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Tracing Shapes with Trains after Reading the Little Engine that Could

Tracing Shapes with Trains: The Little Engine That Could Activity

Happy New Year! We are starting the year off with a classic book for our Virtual Book Club for Kids: The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper. I really enjoyed this book as a child and…

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Peek-a-Boo Christmas Tree

We have been having so much fun with this Peek-a-Boo Christmas Tree! It is a cross between our Peek-a-Boo House and Toddler Approved’s Photo Christmas Tree. Little Sister has loved peeking under the ornaments to see our special pictures!…

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Christmas Tree Stencil Art

Post by Contributing Writer Amy This tree is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers to do together using a cereal box stencil and easy dabbing painting techniques. Sticky gems and glitter glue provide for some fun fine motor practice,…

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Christmas Sticker Creation Station

Post by Contributing Writer Kim of Life Over C’s Sometimes the simplest activity is the one that is the most loved. That was definitely the case with this Christmas sticker creation station. My 8-year-old giggled when I called it that,…

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Perler Bead Christmas Soap: Easy Gift for Kids to Make

My boys love to make things with Perler Beads. I found the idea for making LEGO Minifigure Soap over at Fireflies and Mudpies and knew it would be a great homemade gift idea that my boys could help make. Since Minifigures aren’t cheap…

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