thread: indoor toddler activities please

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    clare076 Guest

    indoor toddler activities please

    Please can you share soem of the activities you do with your toddlers indoors. Although we have 5 acres, it is quite unsafe at the moment to have our 15 month old outside for any length of time.

    We currently draw, play with play doh, building with blocks, terrorising mummies cupboards, jigsaws, reading books, (some more but have mental blank)
    I think its me getting bored with the same activites, but surely if we dont spice them up she wont learn anything new.

    Please help by giving ideas, any ideas welcome
    Thankyou

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    Registered User

    Nov 2005
    Sydney
    738

    ohhh I like this thread as ideas are required here as well .

    Kaitlyn love stickers ..so we do arts and crafts with stickers. Other then that we do the same as you I am afraid...oh and just chase each other around the house!

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    Registered User

    Oct 2003
    Forestville NSW
    8,944

    There used to be a thread about this... will have to have a look.

    Some other activities are:

    Obstacle courses
    Tents & cubbies with blankets & tables & chairs.
    Dancing to music
    Singing songs with actions
    Maybe a bit too young yet for cooking?
    We do crafts with anything we can find... toilet rolls become shakers and then we sing.

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    BellyBelly Member

    Jun 2005
    Sydney
    2,121

    Is she too young for painting?. The Crayola paints i find are great - they wash outta their clothes if they happen to get any on them.....

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    Registered User

    Feb 2004
    Melbourne
    11,171

    Bubbles in the bathroom.
    Cleaning the bath - strip off, give them a squirt bottle with water & a washer (Zander loves this!)
    Dress ups.

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    clare076 Guest

    Thankyou for the ideas so far, please keep them coming.

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    Registered User

    Jun 2005
    Perth
    1,454

    Toddlers love to "help". So what about letting her dust with either a feather duster or a rag, "sweep" with a dustpan and brush, or help fold clothes from washing and put them away - LOL we always end up with messy drawers tho!

    Listening to and dancing to music is one of our favourite past-times atm.

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    NewmumLou Guest

    1)cooking together
    2)collages (collet things from the garden and paste)
    3) bubbles with music
    4) balloons

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    Registered User

    Jan 2007
    Perth - NOR
    1,198

    Clare - do you want a heap of paper? We have got a load of A4 note pads just have faint ruling on it as they came from some sort of architect place.
    Can grab you a pile, and give them to you next time i see you if you like.