Crafty Toddlers
Rainy day activities with Kat
Children love playing outside.
If it were up to them, my boys would
spend their whole day outside riding
bikes, running around and playing in
playgrounds. While this is great in the
summer, it is not always possible to do so
in the autumn or winter, with heavy rain
and colder temperatures. In autumn and
winter, I often find myself at a loose end
when outdoor plans fall through due to
inclement weather. With this in mind
I am sharing some simple rainy day activities with items you may well have in
your home already, to amuse toddlers
and pre-schoolers. My two, Seb (about
to turn four), and Atticus (two and a
half), enjoyed all the activities.
The boys pretended to be aliens, to
‘steal’ the underpants from under my
nose, and also protected the pants from
aliens in their spaceships (the chairs
the washing line was secured to). They
went back to their spaceship at several
points in the day and each time played
nicely – always a bonus!
Pegging
I made an indoor washing line between
two chairs and then got a selection of
baby socks, split them and put one from
each pair in a box. The boys had to
choose a sock and then find its partner
from the other box, then peg them up
together. Both the boys enjoyed trying
to use the pegs. Seb managed this on
his own, once he was shown, but Atticus needed some help. Both boys were
delighted when they found a matching
pair
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Duplo towers and ring game
The boys helped me make five Duplo
towers, which we secured to the Duplo
board. We then took rings (from another board game) and tried to throw
them onto the towers. I found this surprisingly difficult (maybe this says a lot
about me?!), but the boys eagerly tried it
from further away and inching closer in
order to achieve success.