Insects in Jello
Sensory toddler fun with plastic insects stuck in jello!
Cutting the Grass
Yes, that’s right – let your child help cut the grass!
Water Beads and Shaving Cream in the Play Pool
Make a really BIG sensory bin and put your materials in the play pool!
A Toddler’s Shopping List
An activity that E created and loves to do over and over: A Toddler’s Shopping List!
Painting in a Box
A simple cardboard box offers several painting surfaces and contains all the mess!
Quick Toddler Activity: Name that Insect
Insect activity for toddlers that requires no set up.
Animal Imprints in Play Dough
Make imprints with plastic animals in play dough – a fun alternative to cookie cutters, especially for toddlers.
Emergency Toddler Entertainment
      (E was 31 months old.)    The other day, we had to wait for a ridiculously long time at the car dealership while people were trying to figure out what to do with the used car we’d bought three weeks before that was malfunctioning.  So of course…
The Not-So-Green-Sheep
 One of E’s favorite books is “Where is the Green Sheep?” She loves looking for the green sheep and finally finding it on the last page. I’ve seen lots of great book activities for kids but this is the first book for which we came up with our own activities. For one of them,…
13 Ways to Play with Shaving Cream
Do your kids love to play with shaving cream? Here are 13 fun shaving cream activities to try!
Quick Toddler Activity: Water Gun Car Wash
Recently having completed part 1 of The Big Move {Germany to Texas; our furniture is still on a ship until the end of the month}, we’re just getting back into the swing of things and some semblance of a daily routine. It wasn’t always easy or even possible to do our usual activities but E…
Does Your Homemade Play Dough Fail?
A simple substitution that saved my homemade play dough from failure!