I am always on the look out for things to do with a very active toddler when the weather is bad. This list is complied from loads of posts on the wonderful Baby Greenhouse Baby and Toddler forum.
creative/messy
- baking (pre weigh everthing so all he has to do is empty into bowl mix and put in tin or cases)
- painting
- play doh
- stickers
- scribbling
- gloop (cornflour and water)
- watch a DVD/video where they make something and then do the same (eg in one of the Fimble DVDs we have they have a glitter theme.. do glitter picture sand make glittery biscuits)
- Washing muddy stones from the garden
- Make some coloured ice cubes, or ice cubes with things in (like raisins, leaves etc) and let her melt them on a tray?
- Decorating biscuits?
- Make some salt dough and shape and bake it, paint it and stick it on the christmas tree?
- We had a fab time yesterday cutting up loads of magazines and those irritating flyers that fall out of newspapers along with old Christmas cards and then sticking all the bits onto A4 paper.
- Make Snowflakes? (folding up paper and tearing bits out and she can decorate it with glitter/crayons/pens ect)
active indoors
- make an obstacle course and do lots of running round and jumping
- do some mad dancing to fun music
- Trampolining (on the bed)
- Put up a tent (or sheet over a table) and make a den for him and all his toys
- Take all the cushions off sofas etc and build a huge obstacle course – you sit and watch while he climbs everything
- Huge bubble bath, all his pots, pans etc.. and pop him in to “wash everything up”
- Turn on the radio or play your fav CD and dance and sing?
- Get some of your old clothes and take turns playing dress up.
- building towers with lego/wooden bricks/stickle bricks etc
- chase ballons around
active outdoors
- brave the weather and go puddle jumping and come home for a nice warm drink and story time
- Go to the library or a musuem
- Bundle him up and go to the park – is there somewhere you can shelter (and have a coffee) while he runs around
- Local soft play
- Or into the garden with a bucket and spade to dig for worms while you supervise from inside with a coffee
- Round trip on a bus (just for fun !!) (ditto train)
- Supermarket – if you have a big one nearby go have a wander, play I spy, whatever
- Local bookshop
- Have you got a toy library nearby?
- go for a walk and kick leaves
- We also went out collecting Autumn leaves earlier in the week and have stuck them onto paper too.
- have a pretend picnic.
- playing baby with her doll (if she has one) give it a bath, feed it etc.
- make an obstacle course and do lots of running round and jumping
- do some mad dancing to fun music
- Trampolining (on the bed)
- Put up a tent (or sheet over a table) and make a den for him and all his toys
- Take all the cushions off sofas etc and build a huge obstacle course – you sit and watch while he climbs everything
- Huge bubble bath, all his pots, pans etc.. and pop him in to “wash everything up”
- Turn on the radio or play your fav CD and dance and sing?
- Get some of your old clothes and take turns playing dress up.
- building towers with lego/wooden bricks/stickle bricks etc
- chase ballons around
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