30 creative + easy ACTIVITIES TO KEEP YOUR TODDLER BUSY

at home

1 Color on butcher paper.

2 String beads (use larger beads for small kids).
3 Build a cardboard town.
4 Draw a self-portrait.
5 Make salt dough ornaments.
6 Make & color a giant box house.
7 Build a lego tower.
8 Create patterns with stamps.
9 Have a dress-up party.
10 Make instruments out of kitchen utensils.
11 Make a DIY puzzle: cut up a picture and put it back together.

in the backyard

12 Find shapes in the clouds.

13 Build a sand house in the sandbox.
14 Plant a pretend garden.
15 Draw with sidewalk chalks.
16 Paint on rocks.
17 Make a collage out of leaves.
18 Lay pebbles in different shapes.
19 Put up an old sheet tent.
20 Investigate the backyard with a magnifying glass.
21 Splatter paint on huge cardboard.

in the car

22 Name the colors of the passing cars.

23 Make up a story about the place you are going.
24 Make up a funny song.
25 Think of all things red.

out on the town

26 Visit a museum.
27 Go to the library.
28 Photo challenge: take a picture with everything orange.
29 Find shapes on buildings.
30 Find patterns around you (zebra crossings, pavements,...).