101 Activities To Do with Your Toddlers 1. Color 2. Blow Bubbles 3. Play Hide-and-Seek 4. Peek-a-Boo 5. Play Chase 6. Do Fingerplays 7. Sing a song 8. Collect rocks in a basket 9. Make an obstacle course out of cushions and/or furniture 10. Make a fort out of cushions and sheets 11. Go for a Walk 12. Make a Car out of a box 13. Read a book 14. Go to the park 15. Fingerpaint 16. Play with Clay-Dough 17. Toss Bean bags into a Bucket 18. Play the shell and pea game 19. Dance to music 20. Download games for toddlers from the Internet 21. Practice putting things in and taking things out of boxes and bags 22. Make a temporary slide out of a table leaf and your couch 23. Roll a ball back and forth on the floor 24. Scoop dirt or sand into a child''s bucket (or use a serving spoon and bowl) 25. Practice climbing by stacking boxes on top of each other (only with adult supervision) 26. Put on a puppet show 27. Go fishing with a yard stick and yarn 28. Make a Horseshoe game 29. Make a Shape Puzzle 30. Play paper basketball 31. Run through a Sprinkler 32. Play with a bucket of water and a sponge (PLEASE WATCH CHILD AT ALL TIMES!) 33. Make a Drum out of an oatmeal box 34. Play with a kazoo 35. Wash windows together 36. Bang on Pots and Pans with a spoon 37. Brush each other''s teeth 38. Play dress-up with stuffed animals and your child''s clothes 39. Stack canned or boxed food on top of each other 40. Let child stack mixing bowls inside each other 41. Make a playhouse out of a large box (see links page for some great instructions! Entitled: Building a Playhouse) 42. Let child play with a sticker sheet (make sure your child doesn''t eat them!) 43. Put stickers on fingers for finger puppets 44. Play a musical instrument together- i.e.recorder, piano, etc. 45. Go on a Smelling Hunt 46. Frost Cookies 47. Plant a flower or vegetable plant together 48. Roll a tennis ball into an empty trash can or bucket 49. Draw on a mirror with dry-erase markers 50. Play hide and seek together- trying to find a stuffed animal or other object 51. Have a splash party together in the bathtub 52. Put a leash on a stuffed animal and walk around the house 53. Record each other on a tape recorder (great for scrapbooks or journals!) 54. Make and try on paper hats 55. Give a piggie back ride 56. Play "Horsie" 57. Talk into an electric fan (it distorts your voice) 58. Play tug-of-war with a blanket 59. Collect flowers (felt, artificial, real...) 60. Make a camera and go on a Safari 61. Play games with frozen juice lids 62. Disconnect your phone and pretend to make phone calls to relatives 63. Leave your phone connected and really make phone calls to relatives- let your child talk too 64. String large beads onto or along a shoelace 65. Squirt each other with squirt bottles 66. Glue shapes onto paper 67. Make sock puppets 68. Make paper puppets 69. Fill an old purse with toys 70. Use a paper towel tube as a megaphone 71. Make binoculars and go "Bird Watching" or "Stuffed Animal Watching" 72. Put snacks in different fun containers (paper sacks, empty canisters, etc.) 73. Act out a story from a book 74. Walk on a balance beam- use a 2x4 placed on the ground 75. Draw with chalk on the sidewalk 76. Sketch an outline of your child on the sidewalk or paper with chalk 77. Paint child''s palms with tempura paint and blot on paper.Makes a great card for loved ones! 78. Put lipstick on child and kiss a mirror 79. Make a puddle on cement and splash barefoot in it 80. Let child decorate and eat an open peanut butter sandwich 81. Make a toilet paper barricade for child to go under, over, or through 82. Do the Hokey Pokey 83. Make a super-hero costume out of household items 84. Do Knee-Bouncing Rhymes 85. Play "Red Light, Green Light" saying "Go" and "Stop" 86. Make a shoebox train for stuffed animals 87. Make a pillow pile to jump on (keep it clear from any hard surfaces, including walls!) 88. Make an easy puzzle with felt and velcro 89. Make bracelets or collars for stuffed animals out of pipe cleaners and jingle bells 90. Learn numbers from a deck of cards 91. Play the matching game with a deck of cards 92. Make a domino chain 93. Have a picnic in the park, backyard, or living room! 94. Play dress up in Mommy or Daddy''s clothes 95. Make a tin cup telephone and talk to each other in it 96. Make a nature collage 97. Mirror each other 98. Make a "Mummy Mommy" with toilet paper 99. Make a tape recording of short music selections and instructions to move in different ways 100.Make and walk along a toilet paper trail 101.TAKE A NAP!!