Toddler Activity Ideas

Toddler Activities I have tried or want to try:

-Squishy Bags:
4 cups water
1 cup cornstarch
1/3 cup sugar

Heat in pan until think. When cool, pour in ziploc. Add food coloring, glitter, and toy(s) if want. Seal with tape.

-Balloon Rockets

-Sorting colored objects (can draw circles on paper in colors and sort fruit loops into the circles)

-Put a bit of water in a bowl with some measuring cups and spoons. Put them on a towel and let them play.

-Sensory bottles/jars
Need to find glitter glue and add oil

-Paint in ziploc bag taped to table

-Pushing Pom Poms in container (cut holes)

-Tape toilet paper rolls to wall and drop pom poms in them (pom pom drop)

-Stickers

-Make car track all over with masking tape (hot wheels)

-Make towers with plastic cups

-Paint inside of mason jar with glow-in-the-dark glitter paint (turn upside down on paper to dry)

-Pipe cleaners through colander or empty spice container with holes

-Easy, safe, not too messy, homemade play dough:
1 ¼ cup flour
¼ cup salt
1 package of Kool Aid
1 cup boiling water
1 ½ Tablespoon oil
Mix dry ingredients. Mix liquid ingredients. Pour together in bowl. Knead into ball. Keep in Ziploc.

-Silky soft play-dough:
1 C hair conditioner – the cheaper, the better!
2 1/2 C corn starch
In a large bowl, combine both ingredients until a dough forms then turn out the dough onto the counter dusted with corn starch.  Knead the dough, adding any additional corn starch as needed.  Store in an airtight bag or container.

-Play Dough
3 C flour
1 1/2 C salt
3 C water
3 tsp cream of tartar
1/4 C vegetable oil
Food color (I used gel coloring for a richer color)
Flavoring extracts for scent (coconut, peppermint, almond, anise)

1.  Whisk all the ingredients but the coloring together in a medium sauce pan until smooth.  Add coloring until desired color and intensity is reached.  
2.  Cook over medium-low heat until dough becomes a soft dough consistency.  You will need to stir this frequently until it begins to thicken and then constantly once it does begin to thicken.
3.  Dump dough onto heavily floured counter and knead in as much additional flour to reach a desired consistency that is not too sticky, about 1 cup.
4.  Store finished dough in an airtight bag or container.