Indoor Toddler Activities

The munchkin loves exploring all the different colors and types of yarn in my stash. He also gets a kick out of any activity that involves paint. So earlier this week, we decided to combine the two with a fun painting activity using yarn as the brushes. Read More

A few days ago the munchkin and I made Gak and I may be revealing the extent of my nerdom here, but I thought it looked like ectoplasm. Doesn't it look like Slimer passed out on our kitchen table? Yea, I'm a Ghostbusters fan. :) Read More

Some of our favorite activities have the simplest ingredients behind them. Shaving cream painting is one example. Iceberg animals is another. But seeing as it’s winter in Vermont and -8F outside, we needed something fun and easy to do inside today. The answer? Milk art. Read More

We are expecting 12-16 inches of snow within the next 24 hours and to say the munchkin is excited would be an understatement. This morning he informed me of our complete itinerary: we're making smores in the fireplace and building a snowman family when it stops snowing. Then we Read More

We recently had the opportunity to experiment with a new painting technique and an art easel from The Land of Nod. Learn more about our art project and enter to win the easel! Read More

Using plastic ornaments and a bit of paint, we made beautiful handprint snowman ornaments for my parents' Christmas tree today. My mom is going to flip when she gets these. Read More

You know what I love most about this activity? The end results are nothing like what I had in mind. I thought we were going to paint mini-pumpkins with glittery orange paint, then paint the stems a glittery green. Simple. Pretty. Done. But the munchkin had other ideas. Read More

A few days ago I shared a picture on Facebook showing cardamom tiger bread that we made. Folks seemed to like it and I even received emails requesting the recipe so, here it is! Read More

The munchkin got his first set of watercolor paints this week and I've been brainstorming ways to make water-coloring extra special for him. Then this morning it hit me: secret message painting! Doesn't that sound fun? Read More

Add a few drops of food coloring to shaving cream and what do you get? Fluffy, colorful paint! (That the munchkin chose not to use for painting.) Read More

This is probably one of the easiest activities I've ever done with the munchkin. But you know what? It was a huge success! It kept him happily occupied for a good 45 minutes not once, not twice, but three times. (So far.) Read More

Here's a fun painting project that's great for homemade gift giving. All you need are a couple canvases, masking tape, paints and your child's favorite painting tools. Read More

If your toddler loves trains as much as mine does, chances are you're often on the lookout for new ways to encourage your little one's fascination. From train books and songs to puzzles and rhymes, I created a round-up of our favorite train things in honor of Amtrak's National Read More

I've been wanting to setup a play tent for the munchkin for a while now and we finally did it. Isn't it cute? Nothing fancy, but it doesn't have to be when you're a child with a big imagination. Read More

This past week we focused on the simple pleasures in life and turned everyday items into fun activities along the way. Who says entertaining a toddler has to be complicated? Read More

Brightly hued plastic shot glasses are the newest addition to our sunny window light play. They cast colorful shadows and are great for practicing fine motor skills! Read More

I'm feeling pretty down about my computer so I decided to cheer myself up by making a snow globe for the munchkin. Making him happy always makes ME happy - and as you can see, he loved his snow globe. Read More

This activity is a cross between finger painting and playing with a light box. Except the paint is in Ziploc a bag and the light box is a sunny window. It's a lot of fun. Read More