Fun Activities With Toddlers

Fun Activities With Toddlers

When I was a small kid summer holidays use to be a fun time. I used to look forward to these two months of holidays eagerly and had all my plans ready for having a fun filled summer.

Times changed and now I am mother of a 2 and a half year old, restless toddler. Now mere thought of summer holidays gives me jitters. Knowing my son and his restless and energetic nature I thought of planning some activities so that I can channelize his excess energy in a positive direction so that I do not have Chota Bheem and Doremon playing on my television the whole day.

Kids these days are extremely energetic, so I thought why not share some of the activities with fellow moms to make there life tiny winy bit easier.

Dance Your Feet Off

This is a fun activity which lets your kid have some physical exercise while making a lot of mess (all kids love to make mess). For this activity you would need following things:

• An old bed sheet
• A big dish 
• Natural colors
• Towels
• Your kids favorite music

Take the old bed sheet and spread it on the floor. Make sure to fix its ends by placing something heavy on top of it. Mix any natural color in the dish. Now dress your toddler in rags and ask him/her to stand in the dish. Play there favorite music and let them have a ball on the sheet. They will enjoy dancing as well as paining the bed sheet with there feet. My son was quite amazed to see the different patterns he was making on the sheet.

Keep some old newspaper and towels handy so that you can avoid your kid from making patterns on your floor.

Lets Color That Wall

I was thinking of doing something different with my sons' play room. I kept on thinking and then got an idea where we both had a chance to show our creativity. I decorated his playroom and kept him busy as well with this activity.

You will need following things:

• Water Colors
• Chart Papers
• Spray Bottles (2-4)
• Glue or tape
• Scissors

Take some chart papers and paste them (using either glue or tape) on the wall you want to decorate. You can either take white, one single color or multiple color charts. 

Mix water colors in water and fill them in different spray bottles. You can use as many as you want depending on how colorful you want your wall to be. Now give the bottle to your kid and let him/her enjoy by spraying all over the wall.

You can use this as the creativity wall going forward. Whenever your kid wants to have a freehand you can give him/her colors or spray bottle. You can also draw birds or flowers and ask you kid to experiment on his own.

I am sure this will keep the kids occupied for couple of hours for a few days at least.

Bath Time

Kids love water and what best time to let them have fun in water than summer holidays. To keep your kid busy for an hour or two in day time you can ask him or her to give bath to or wash his/her toys.

Buy a folding splash pool and fill water in it. Depending on the wether condition and space available you can either keep it in your back yard, balcony or bathroom.

Then ask your kid to make his/her toys bath. Make sure the toys are either plastic or rubber so that the child does not hurt himself.

You can also ask your child to wash his/her cycle, car or rider. Mix some soap in water and soak a sponge in it. Give your child the sponge and ask him to clean his cycle. Then help him wash away the soap. This way his toys will be cleaned and he will also keep busy.

Find Your Way Out

This activity will not only keep your toddler busy but will also improve his/her motor skills and balance.

In your toddlers' playroom keep some obstacles and make a path so that your child has to find way between the obstacles. At the other end of the path keep your child's favorite toy/cookie/chocolate.

Now ask him to reach his toy without bumping into the obstacles. Yes kids will bump initially but you can show them how to do it the right way initially. Soon they will learn will try there best not to bump.

There a lot more activities which can be planned with kids. Stay tuned for my next blog to look out for next set of fun activities.