Arts/Crafts/Activites for toddler. WDYD?

[BrightSparkles]

Whats your LO's favourite activities to do?
We've recently started doing goop at home in the backyard but am looking for more suggestions now that we'll be at home more often.

So let those imaginations run wild

[Junglemum]

i have recently found myself in the middle of nowhere with a toddler to entertain so have been looking into this a bit!

There are loads of websites and blogs with craft ideas for kids. I bought paddle pop sticks, scissors, stamps, paper plates, paints, streamers, cotton wool balls, glitter, pipe cleaners and i look on line to find a different craft idea when we feel the urge. I signed up to one and they email you a craft project a week using things from around the home.

We are painting with potato stamps tomorrow and making animals from paper plates on Thursday.

Other things we like to do;

make mudpies
look for bugs and tadpoles
draw on the concrete with chalk (washes off. )
finger painting
cooking- either helping me or with some random ingredients a mixing bowl and spoon.
making cubby houses out of cushions and blankets
paint pet rocks
cut and paste
playdough


I'd love your goop recipe? Sounds like messy fun!

[BrightSparkles]

I'd love your goop recipe? Sounds like messy fun!

Corn Flour, Water and food colouring

Thanks for all those suggestions

[Matthew's Mum]

hi,thought i would mention shave foam art,play-dough is an old favourite in this house as well,have fun

[Deedles]

Well my DS is in love with playdough at the moment, It's an oldy but definitely a goody.
He loves to cook with me as well. We make pizza once a week and he kneads and rolls out his pizza dough and puts his fave toppings on it.

Yesterday we went to the craft shop and brought some felt to cut out shapes and made finger puppets with it. Very easy. Also we have just printed cut out shapes to make a puppet and he can colour it in and help me stick it together!

I am also looking for more activities to do with my toddler so can't wait to hear more ideas!

[Junglemum]

do quantities matter or just until it is goopy???

The website i found with craft ideas that email you is Looledo.

[BrightSparkles]

do quantities matter or just until it is goopy???

The website i found with craft ideas that email you is Looledo.

DOn't think so... i just keep adding flour and/or water until it's a consistancy shes happy playing with... i usually do 2 bowls with different colours so she can mix them etc..

[Brotherly_Love <3]

We mainly just do painting, drawing, play dough, and he has a box of craft stuff to do glueing and cutting etc.... gees I sound boring lol

I love the sound of the goop though! I might have to try it!

[feeb]

Grrr my toddler hates play doh so I figure he wont like goopy!!! Damm

We dont really do anything as he is not at all interested in drawing or craft! He wants to eat pencils.

[~kellie~]

dont have anything else to add really, but posting so I get the updates!

[mellys bubby belly]

just subscribing too!!

[kungfubecca]

oh some good ideas, too cold for little hands in goop here though.

what about gardening, some kids love weeding, especially if they are at that helpfull age.
in the near future i'm hoping to start the vegie garden with ds, we might even make a dingal dangle scarecrow for it, then later we can pick fruit & vegies too. but for small yards or small projects a pot of pansy's would make a little one happy.

we have made lemonade scones together, quick easy, and they can eat them at the end. - so can you
4 cups sr flour, pinch salt, 300ml cream approx 300ml lemonade -sift dry stuff, pur in wet stuff, and mix to dough, roll out & cut shapes.

done some cutting & pasting recently

build a tent, outside or indside.
paper mache?
I have a basket full of instruments & some kids songs cd's that are a hit, needs to be at the opposite end of the house to bubs, & you can make instruments, eg the cream container from your lemonade scones & some rice or beans you can make maracas. ice cream container drum etc etc.

[SammyRo]

We do finger painting (we normally start off with brushes, but fingers are more fun!)

I've just bought a cheap visual art diary, and when I get chance I'm going to write a really simple story and stick some photo's of DD in it (stuff like "I like Jumping" and have a pic of her on a jumping castle) and then the idea is to get her to help me decorate it with crayons and stickers etc. And then she has a special story book all about her.

I've put some Wiggles and the like onto my Ipod so we'll turn that on and dance around, sometimes with ribbons to twirl.

I'm beginning to get her to help in the kitchen - she stands on a chair and does stuff like put the veggies in the slow cooker pot. I got her to help make pinwheels last week - very messy but kept her happy (mind you, I think she ate more tomato paste than she spread on the pastry lol)

Other than that, I've been a bit of a slack mum whilst getting used to hacing 2 so I'll keep looking here for more ideas to inspire me!