Toddler Activities

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Definition of a Toddler

A little person, around 1-2 years old, with a high pitched voice, short attention span, dodgy fine motor skills and a propensity to ‘test’ boundaries.

Sound familiar? Haha, been there!

Toddlers can sometimes be a challenge, but they can be a delight too. Have a look through some of the fun we had when our kids were toddlers. Hopefully there might be a few ideas that you think would suit your little one.

Articles and Activities for Toddlers

  • Two ingredient Slime that Glows

    Two Ingredient Slime that GLOWS!

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  • Painting Fireworks

    Easy Fireworks Painting for Kids

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  • Rain Sticks

    DIY Rain Sticks

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  • Sheep craft for Chinese New Year

    Paper Plate Sheep Mask for Kids

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  • Edible Peanut Butter Playdough

    Edible Playdough Recipe

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  • Picking toddler battles

    8 Battles I’m Letting my Toddler Win

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  • DIY Mistletoe baby toddler footprint decorations

    Holly & Mistletoes!

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  • Two ingredient Bread Dough

    Two ingredient bread dough – that kids can make, play with, and eat!

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  • Painting with nature (and a peg)

    Painting with Nature (and a peg)

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  • How to make a babyccino at home

    How to make a babyccino at home

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  • TP Roll Dolls

    Toilet Paper Roll Dolls

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  • Stamping with nature

    Nature’s Stampers: Impressions in play dough

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  • Tearing and pasting aluminium foil for fine motor play

    20 Fine Motor Activities with Aluminium Foil

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  • Stick People

    Stick People Community

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  • Pom Pom Rainbow for learning colours

    Pom Pom Rainbow Collage

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  • Zoo Animal Face Masks

    How to make zoo animal face masks

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  • Five Little Ducks

    Five Little Ducks Hand and Finger Puppets

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  • Easy toddler made lion mask

    Easy Lion Mask Craft for Toddlers

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  • Christmas Lights Cards from Kids Fingerprints ~ Danya Banya

    Christmas Lights Cards from Kids’ Fingerprints

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  • Aussie Wattle Craft for Kids

    Australian Wattle Craft for Kids

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  • Make Heart Shaped Stamps from toilet paper rolls

    DIY Heart Shape Stamps

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  • Phone number bracelets

    Phone Number Bracelets {that kids can help make}

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  • Painting with (and on) sticks

    Painting With (and on) Sticks

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  • If you were this cheeky toddler where would you have hidden my keys

    25 places my toddler didn’t hide my keys…

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  • Easy fun for toddlers! Painting on mirrors with shaving cream

    Toddler and preschooler sensory play with shaving cream and mirrors

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  • Apple Scented Play Dough

    Apple Scented Play Dough

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  • A Positive Alternative to Dont Touch!

    A Positive Alternative to ‘Don’t Touch!’

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  • 'Stained Glass' Easter Eggs

    Six types of ‘Stained Glass’ Easter Eggs – that even your toddler can make!

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  • Water beads for summer sensory play

    We Love Water Beads!

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  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar inspired cardboard roll paintings

    The Very Hungry Caterpillar inspired cardboard roll paintings

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  • Using nature as a paintbrush

    Printing with Nature

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  • Gingerbread Play Dough for Christmas sensory play for kids. (No cook recipe)

    {No Cook} Gingerbread Play Dough

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  • DIY Foam Dough

    Foam Dough

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  • Phasmids are harmless - kids can let them walk all over them

    How to care for a pet phasmid

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  • 120+ ways to play, craft & learn with flora

    Play, Craft & Learn with Flora: The Ultimate Guide

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  • DIY Photo Puzzle and an apology to your ovaries

    DIY Photo Puzzle

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  • Paper plate rose

    How to Make a Paper Plate Rose

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  • Old MacDonald had some wooden peg farm animals

    DIY Old MacDonald Peg Farm Animals

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  • Four Leaf Clover Window Craft

    Four Leaf Clover Window Craft

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  • Kid-made fruit skewers

    Kids in the Kitchen: Making Fruit Skewers

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  • Orange Faces

    Orange Faces!

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  • Nailed it with a yarn spiral

    Pumpkin Geoboard

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  • The Very Busy Spider web craft

    Spider Web Craft based on The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

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  • Valentines Day Art for Toddlers - Stamping with Sponge Hearts

    Valentines Stamp Art for Toddlers (with sensory play)

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  • Little Bo Peep and her two lambs with wagging tails2

    Toilet paper roll Little Bo Peep and lambs

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  • Upcycled Polystyrene Boats

    Recycle & Create: Polystyrene Shape & Colour Boats

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  • Using Sticks in Sensory Bins

    Make a Sensory Bin with Sticks {part of the 40 Days of Sensory Bin Fillers series}

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  • Easter sensory tub with chicks, eggs, flowers and of course, The Easter Bunny

    Easter Sensory Bin for Kids

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  • Toddler fine motor play with toothpicks

    Toddler Fine Motor Play: Stacking cereal rings for breakfast

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  • Little-finger-biting fish pegs craft for the nursery rhyme 1,2,3,4,5, once I caught a fish alive

    Which finger did he bite? {12345 Little finger biting fish peg craft}

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  • Decorating Eggs with edible paints and markers

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  • Cloud Dough Sand for Beach Small World Play

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  • Play with cookie letters!

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  • The Hickory Dickory Dock Rock Clock (square)

    The Hickory Dickory Dock Rock Clock!

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  • Toddler Easter Egg Art

    4 Easy Ways Toddlers Can Help Decorate Paper Easter Eggs

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  • ball pit

    There’s a ball pit in our loungeroom!

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  • Water beads sensory play on the light table

    Playful Science: Exploring Water Beads on the Light Table

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  • Dot Painting

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  • Wholemeal Banana Pancakes

    Recipe for Wholemeal Banana Pancakes: healthy, easy and yummy!

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  • 6 Coping Strategies for when the Kids are driving you Insane

    6 coping strategies for when the kids are driving you insane

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  • Muesli Bar Cakes

    Carrot, Sultana and Oat Muffins Recipe: Muesli Bar Cakes

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  • Homemade ornament idea Christmas tree pine cones

    Pine Cone Christmas Trees

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  • DIY bauble stamper from toilet paper rolls

    Make your own wrapping paper & a DIY Christmas bauble stamper

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  • Guest Post: 10 Ways To Have Fun and Be Active With Your Toddler

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  • Kid-made Robot Costume

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  • Summer ocean themed water play in the backyard ~ Danya Banya

    Summer Fun! Ocean Themed Water Play

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  • Patty Pan Wall

    Easy toddler time-filler craft idea – pasting cupcake patty pans

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  • Learning to thread

    Learning to thread over morning tea

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  • Easter egg painting with cotton tips

    Easter Egg Painting using Cotton Tips, Knuckles and Fingers

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  • More toilet paper roll dolls

    More Toilet Paper Roll Dolls

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  • toddler process art idea painting reflected leaves

    Mirror Art: Painting Leaves

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  • The Big Sister T-Shirt

    The Big Sister top

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  • Toddler Pumpkin Decorating

    Toddler Pumpkin Decorating

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  • A Letter to Bee (1 year, 2 months)

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  • Stick the clothes on Henry the Octopus party game

    Henry the Octopus!

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  • Backyard insect habitat

    Backyard Bug Hotel: “Nou Opin” for residents

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  • A Letter to JJ (2 years, 5 months)

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  • Book Review & Giveaway: Sophia’s Jungle Adventure

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  • The Very Best Toddler & Preschooler Crafts of 2013 by Danya Banya

    Best of 2013

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  • Scrubbing out sight words

    Literacy Game for Kids: Sight Word Scrub

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  • The apple worm

    Apple craft idea {with wriggly worm!}

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  • How to introduce television to toddlers (without turning their brains to mush) – Part 3

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  • Bee

    A letter to my 2 year, 9 month old daughter, Bee

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  • Painting with Vehicles

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  • Mess Free Painting with Water

    Mess-Free Painting Idea: Paint with Water

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  • Halloween decoration idea: upcycled CD Ghosts

    CD Ghosts

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  • A letter to my 17 month old daughter

    A Letter to Bee (my 17 month old toddler)

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  • Colour matching with craft sticks - easy activity for toddlers & preschoolers

    Colour matching with craft sticks

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  • Five Little Ducks Play Dough

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  • toddler-made cheese snacks

    Cheese Flowers ~ a healthy snack that kids can help make!

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  • The Dream - Coping with two babies when it is hard enough being a good mother to just one

    The dream

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  • Chocolate crackles

    Chocolate Crackles Recipe

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  • Creating balloon art

    Balloon decorating: process art for kids

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  • The easy way to make a colour block dress and t-shirt

    How to make a colour block top and dress

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  • A Letter to JJ (2 years and 9 months)

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  • Rainy day healthy snack for kids

    Rainy Day Healthy Snack for Kids

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  • Beatle Bottoms Wall Decals Review

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  • Sorting leaves and enjoying the great outdoors

    On platypus hunting and sorting leaves

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  • A Letter to JJ (3 years)

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  • A Letter to JJ (3 years & 3 months old)

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  • A Letter to Bee, 22 months

    A Letter to Bee (22 months)

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  • 10 ways to encourage kids to think green

    10 ways to encourage kids to Think Green

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  • How to introduce television to toddlers (without turning their brains to mush) – Part 1

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  • Staying Cool with Poolside Nursery Rhymes

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  • Travelling with young kids

    5 tips for day trip travelling with young kids

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  • Best Kids Activities of 2015 on Danya Banya

    Best Kids Activities of 2015 | Danya Banya

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  • A Letter to JJ (2 years, 6 months)

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  • Top Arts and Crafts for Kids posts from Danya Banya 2014

    Best of 2014: Art & Crafts for Kids

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  • 2 T-shirt showing child's age in fingers

    Appliqueing the ‘2’ Tee

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  • Danya & Bee on ice

    On Ice

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  • A Letter to JJ (3 years, 5 months)

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  • Introducing the concept of time

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  • Our annual new years day interview with the kids

    New Years Day Tradition: annual interview with the kids

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  • The One Where JJ Almost Gets Hit By A Car

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  • The Special Plate

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  • How to introduce television to toddlers (without turning their brains to mush) – Part 2

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  • Easy aluminium foil rocket

    Easy Astronaut and Rocket Craft

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  • A Letter to JJ (2 years, 7 months)

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  • A Letter to JJ (2 years, 4 months)

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  • An assuming zoo day

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  • Newborn photoshoot with Megan Webb Photography

    Our new family – a photo story

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  • Easy DIY washi tape peg matching and fine motor game for toddlers

    Washi Tape Pegs

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  • Swim like a tadpole

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  • Peeling dyed hard boiled eggs

    Happy Easter!

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  • When dessert becomes art

    When dessert becomes art

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  • Because #playmatters

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  • Introducing – JJ

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  • Big Changes

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  • Fetish

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Which of these would your cheeky chops toddler enjoy?