Toddlers Games and Play Ideas

[Anna Michele]

How to have a Summer Snowball Fight ~ from Play Create Explore ♥ http://www.playcreateexplore.com/201...ffy-stuff.html

[Anna Michele]

Chalk Spray
http://www.thirtyhandmadedays.com/20...merfunforkids/

[Kitty77]

Tanks so much for posting all these great ideas!!

[Anna Michele]

Bubble Painting. Add food coloring to bubbles and let 'em pop!

[Anna Michele]

http://diapers-to-diplomas.blogspot.com.au/2010_04_01_archive.html

[Anna Michele]

Why not mix it up this week and go outside and paint! http://hammerandthread.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/sidewalk-paint.html?m=1

[Anna Michele]

Your child's feet and handprint make the perfect Vslentine's Day card. http://crafty-mccrafterton.blogspot.ca/?m=1

[Anna Michele]

This activity provides so many learning opportunities.... Give the children a set of instructions on how to make the card and see if they can follow them. Also brings in the element of symmetry for numeracy. http://alphamom.com/family-fun/holid...very-occasion/

[Anna Michele]

These are so cute to give out to students on Valentines Day. http://www.dandee-designs.com/2010/0...tines.html?m=1

[Anna Michele]

What a great idea! http://mamasmiles.com/learning-labor...hool-game-day/

[Anna Michele]

I absolutely adore this Toe Caterpillar on a Leaf Rubbing! http://heymommychocolatemilk.blogspo...-and-toes.html

[Anna Michele]

need party ideas?

[Anna Michele]

Beach Craft: Make a Sandy Handprint Keepsake
You will need:
•Plaster of Paris: One-and-a-half cups of plaster of Paris is enough for four handprints of a small child, two footprints of a small child, one child’s handprint and one adult’s handprint, or one adult’s footprint.
•Resalable plastic bag that’s at the end of its useful life. This is a good project to finish off the bag from yesterday’s lunch, or the bag that your deli cheese came in, or the bag that the treat came home in from the last birthday party that your child went to. Plastic bags, when used sparingly and only when they’re really useful, will help you do this project neatly and efficiently and with as little trash as possible.
•Measuring cup
•Watertight pail

1. Before you go to the beach, measure out the appropriate amount of plaster of Paris and put it into a resalable plastic bag. Read the directions on your container of plaster to be sure, but generally the ratio is 1:1.5, water to plaster of Paris. Sometimes I write how much water I’ll need to add directly onto my bag- otherwise, I tend to reverse the ratio and ruin my batch.

2. When you pack for the beach, bring that bag of plaster of Paris, a measuring cup for adding the seawater, and a pail for toting the water.

3. At the beach, find a spot of clean sand. For a handprint or footprint, you’ll want to use somewhat damp sand, like what you get below the high tide line. This sand will hold an impression the best and make the clearest, sharpest mold.

If your little child is having trouble making a firm impression into the damp sand, till it up and smooth it back down to make it easier to shift.

4. Put a hand or foot firmly down into the sand, then lift it straight back up. You want a relatively deep impression here, or your finished mold will be very thin. You will likely need to gently but firmly press down on a child’s hand or foot to help him or her make a deeper impression than she or he has the strength to do on his or her own.

Alternately, you can also dig and draw into the sand to make your own artistic mold.

5. Carry up some seawater in your pail, then add the appropriate amount of seawater to the plaster in your bag and seal it closed

[Anna Michele]

I THINK I MAY HAVE ALREADY POSTED THIS OR SOMETHING VERY SIMILIAR BUT JUST IN CASE
ALSO WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE POOL

Barbie Boat!

[bargain_hunter_lola]

Just finished doing 2 of the 16x20 Canvases with my kids (1 each). What a chore! lol. Bath time was right after the painting. lol.

But they had a ball and the Art is pretty neat (mostly finger painting and smearing colours). Plan to put them up in the living room when they dry.