Do you have some pipe cleaners at home? Try this easy fishing activity for practice with fine motor skills, color sorting and more! Simply twist the pipe cleaners into fish shapes and pop them into a tray of water. Give your toddlers a pair of tongs (or scoops for younger kids) and have them fish …
diy activities
DIY Travel Lego Kits
Taking a road trip? Jumping on a plane with your kids? Try making this easy DIY Travel lego kit and bring it along to keep them busy! BONUS – this is also a great one to bring with you to restaurants to keep the kids occupied while you order and wait for food! All you …
Popsicle stick shapes
This is a super easy activity that you can set up in minutes. It also helps teach your little ones to think and problem solve as they try to match the shapes and colors with popsicle sticks! For this one, we used jumbo popsicle sticks but you can use the small ones too if you …
Mother’s day handprint cards
Need a quick and fun way to celebrate this special day? Try making these cute handprint cards! Those little handprints get me everytime and S absolutely loves getting messy and making them. ❤️ First, it’s time to get messy! Get those little hands covered. To ensure full coverage, get them to rub their hands together …
DIY Halloween Costume – Cardboard Mario Kart
Alright, to go with our Princess Daisy and Toad costumes, we are also going to make some mario karts out of cardboard! It sounds like quite the work, but I played around with the design and trust me, its not as hard as it looks! Follow along for step by step tutorial or if you …
DIY Halloween Costume – Princess Daisy Dress
Continuing today to make Princess Daisy’s dress for Halloween! If you haven’t seen it yet, check out this post to see how we made her crown. For her outfit, Daisy wears a yellow dress with orange details and a white collared shirt. Luckily we already had a white blouse and yellow dress to work with …
DIY Playdough Stamps
Here’s an easy way to create your own wooden playdough stamps! The results are beautiful and it only takes a few minutes if you have the right supplies! You will need: Wooden Cut-outs – I found tons of choices from Dollarama Wooden blocks – I am using an old Ikea block set, you can also …
FREE Printable – Five Little Frogs
Here is a fun way to learn about the frog life cycle as well as matching numbers! All you need for this activity are: Frog life cycle and lilypad printable (download from link) Scissors Tape or glue First, download your free copy of the printable – click here. I recommend printing out on cardstock to …
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Lacing Activity Board
We love the book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, and since it has been such a hit lately, we made a lacing activity that works perfectly with the theme! This is a simple DIY activity to prep and you likely have everything you need already! To make this, you will need: Cardboard Scissors The very hungry …
Toddler Sensory Activity: Rainbow Rice
Rainbows bring such happiness to everyone’s faces and when we combine those colors with a pantry staple, we get the perfect sensory activity for your toddlers – Rainbow Rice! This sensory play is very simple to make – you only need a few ingredients! You will need: For each color: 1 cup of rice (white …