20 Activities For Toddlers At Home

Rainy days have you looking for indoor activities for toddlers? Here are 20 fun toddler activities to keep your little one entertained. Enjoy!

1. Squirt Painting

If you’re looking for toddler painting ideas, you can’t go past this messy & fun squirt painting project.

2. Line Tape City

If your toddler loves driving cars around & pretend play, build an easy line tape city using removable tape which won’t damage your walls or floor. Hours of fun!

3. Sensory Bag

There are so many sensory activities for toddlers, but this ocean sensory bag is one of our favourites! It’s super easy to make, and will keep little hands entertained for ages.

4. Paint Splat Art

Painting for kids is always so much fun, and this activity is no exception. Put blobs of paint on a sheet of paper, cover with cotton rounds & let them enjoy splatting the paint out with their toy hammer. 

5. Sight Word Building

If your toddler shows signs of recognising letters, sight word games like these educational building bricks are perfect for helping them to learn some basic words.

6. Colour Sorter

A great way to learn colours & use those fine motor skills. Simply recycle cardboard tubes, paint them the appropriate colour and buy a bag of pom poms to make an easy colour sorter. 

7. Cloud Paper Pillow

Another one of our favourite fine motor skills activities, these adorable clouds teach kids how to thread and make a great decoration for their play area or bedroom. 

8. Sticky Collage

Looking for art activities for kids to help them create their next masterpiece? Don’t look past this contact collage activity!

9. Busy Board

What little boy or girl wouldn’t love a homemade busy board full of buttons, flaps & dials?

10. Pasta Threading

A list of toddler activities wouldn’t be complete without pasta threading. A cheap and easy activity, stick some paper straws into play dough & let your toddler thread uncooked pasta on it.

11. Hammer Tees

Do you have a budding Bob the Builder? Fine motor activities where they can get stuck into their tool kit will be sure to be a hit.

12. Counting Activity

Does your toddler love counting games? We love this simple counting activity using cupcake patties, pom poms & tongs.

13. Alphabet Monster

I love how you can recycle things to make new toys! Use a wipes container & bottle lids to create an alphabet learning game for your toddler.

14. Cotton Ball Painting

Great for little hands & exploring texture & colour, painting for toddlers is heaps of fun with cotton balls.

15. Pool Noodle Mix N Match

Looking for fun things to do at home? This pool noodle mix ‘n’ match can provide hours of entertainment. 

16. Alphabet Puzzles

We love puzzles for kids, and this downloadable alphabet puzzle is just perfect for helping your little one learn their ABC’s.

17. Science Experiment

Science experiments for toddlers can be so much fun! Put white daisies in jars of coloured water & they’ll love watching the flowers change colour over the days. 

18. Reading Corner

Cubbies & nooks are fantastic for imaginative play as well as quiet corners. How beautiful is this reading corner? You could even add an extra special personalised touch with one of our personalised cushion covers! 

19. Grow A Plant

It’s amazing to watch things grow, and garden activities for kids offer a great learning experience. Using wet cotton balls, plant a bean seed in a jar & let your kids watch it grow over the coming days & weeks.

20. Marbleized Paper

This is one of the prettiest crafts for toddlers that we’ve seen! Finished artworks can be put on display, or used to make greeting cards or wrapping paper.

Need more craft activities to do with your little one? Make sure you check out our list of 100+ Crafts For Kids! 

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Waste Free Craft Ideas

Do you have lots of empty shoeboxes laying around? It feels like someone in our house needs a new pair of shoes every few months, which has led to quite the collection of shoeboxes! Check out some fun shoebox craft ideas below, and don’t forget to share them with your friends.

1. Hanging Shelf

We love craft activities for kids that result in something you will actually use! What a sweet idea to turn a shoebox into an adorable hanging shelf.

2. Shoebox Town

There are so many benefits to pretend play, and this shoebox town will provide hours of imaginative play. Mix and match the buildings to create a new town every time. 

3. Paper Doll Swing

What a lovely idea to make a shoebox diorama with a swing for a paper doll. Once they’ve finished playing with it, it will look super sweet in their bedroom or play area. 

4. Class Room

Arts and crafts for kids can be even more fun when you involve some of their other toys!  Build a class room for your lego figures to go to school in.

5. Marble Maze

Using the lid of a shoe box, build a marble maze or run. Alternatively, you can replace the marble with a magnet, and use another magnet underneath for your child to guide the top one through the maze. 

6. Car Wash

DIY craft ideas that can be played with over and over are always a hit in our house! How much fun will your little ones have washing their cars through this car wash.

7. Foosball

Indoor activities for kids can be tricky to come up with, but this foosball game is sure to be popular! Use skewers & painted pegs to make this simple foosball game.

8. Doll House

A shoebox diorama is perfect for making a room (or a whole dollhouse!) for your toys to live in. 

9. Pizza Oven

Play food is a favourite with my little one. Make this cute pizza oven so your kids can pretend they have a pizza restaurant & take your order.

10. Light Theatre

How clever is this light theatre. Arts and crafts for kids that involve story telling are a great way to get the whole family involved!

11. Castles

Using shoeboxes & other cardboard boxes & tubes, your child might love making their own castles. With free rein to paint and decorate their castle, this is a great activity for engaging your kids imagination! 

12. Guitar

Running out of fun things to do at home? Try putting a band together with your little ones! What other instruments can you make other than this guitar? 

13. Catapult

Make a catapult using a shoebox, and then build a tower with toilet paper rolls or other recyclables to try and knock over. This is one of those fun activities for kids that is sure to get lots of giggles!

14. Wall Art

Cut the shoebox lid down or keep as is & paint, paper mache or cover with patterned paper to make a cheap and colourful kids wall art.

15. Stationery Caddy

Who doesn’t love craft activities that make something you can use around the home? Fill your shoebox with toilet rolls to separate your stationery items for a simple stationery caddy.

16. Shelves

Another one of our favourite craft ideas to help decorate your walls. Upcycle your shoeboxes to make cute colourful shelves for displaying trinkets.

17. Storage

Need some toy storage ideas? Cover shoeboxes with lovely paper &  add handles for organised storage solutions. Perfect for keeping the toy room tidy – or trying to. You might like to check out our Chalkboard Labels for labelling each box. 

If you enjoyed these waste free craft ideas, don’t miss out on our mega list of 100+ Activities and Crafts For Kids At Home! 

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Does your child love dinosaurs? Here is a list of 19 fun craft activities for little dinosaur lovers we hope you’ll enjoy!

1. Cardboard Dress Up

How amazing is this cardboard box dinosaur dressup!

2. Paper plate mask

See how many different types of dinosaurs face masks you can come up with using paper plates.

3. Hand Print Dinosaurs

A fun way to learn about dinosaurs using your child’s hand print.

4. Dinosaur Foot Prints

Make dinosaur foot print tracks using dinosaur toys & paint.

5. Dinosaur Slime

Will your child’s dinosaurs love this prehistoric slime?

6. Egg Carton & Cupcake Liner Dinosaur

Using egg cartons, cupcake liners, pipe cleaners and googly eyes, you can make triceratops in all different colours.

7. Excavating Dinosaurs

By filling balloons with water & dinosaurs and freezing them, your child will love excavating these frozen dinosaur eggs.

8. Lego Dinosaurs

How many different types of dinosaurs can you create with lego pieces? See 5 of them here.

9. Dinosaur Cave

All toys need a home to live in. This paper mache dinosaur cave is a perfect home & playscape for the dinosaurs.

10. Dinosaur Hat

Your little one will love roaring and stomping their way around the house with this clever diy paper dinosaur hat.

11. Play Dough Dinosaur Kit

Make a little kit with some play dough, dinosaurs, sticks, rocks & gems and see what clever scenes your child can come up with.

12. Dinosaur Tails

For those who can sew, whip up this dinosaur tail for some imaginary fun play.

13. Dinosaur Planter

Does this dinosaur planter inspire you to make one of your own?

14. Dinosaur Magnets

Give your unused dinosaurs a spray of colour and glue some magnets on to make some dinosaur magnets.

15. 3D Paper Dinosaur

Download and build this 3D poseable paper T-Rex.

16. Dinosaur Jars

These sweet dinosaur themed jars are perfect for organising your bits and bobs. Check out our tutorial on how to make jars like this.

17. Toilet Roll Dinosaurs

A lovely way to reuse toilet rolls to create some cardboard dinosaurs.

18. Dinosaur Photo Booth

How fun does this photo booth look! Perfect for a dinosaur themed party.

19. Dinosaur Colouring In Pages

Download our super cute Dinosaurs for Kids colouring in template. 

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One thing there is plenty of in our house is empty rolls, whether it’s from paper hand towels, empty glad wrap rolls or toilet paper rolls. Instead of throwing them into the recycling bin, why not have some fun with your little one and make some of these DIY toilet roll crafts. 

1. Cats

How cute is this pair of cats – I love how glasses and clothes give them so much character!

2. Fox & Badger

It’s amazing what other animals you can make out of paper rolls like this badger and fox.

3. Dinosaur

Take your little boy on a prehistoric journey by creating a dinosaur playscape and include these fun dinosaurs. 

4. Owl

This family of owls was drawn with a sharpie. I love the different expressions on them – do you have a favourite one?

5. Jungle Animals

One of the first things you might teach your toddler is animal noises. Make a game out of making animal noise and getting them to match it with the right jungle animal.

6. Rabbit

This rabbit is a great example to show that you don’t need to paint all of the toilet paper roll. By painting the face on the front of the roll you can make lots of different types of animals.

7. Dogs

These dogs are made by adding legs and a head to the paper roll. Are there other animals you can think of that you can make by adding legs and a head or a tail too?

8. Octopus

Go on an under water adventure and make some octopuses and other various sea creatures. 

9. Easter Egg Basket

Here are 3 great ideas for making a mini easter egg basket. Even better if it comes filled with a chocolate egg!

10. Bats

Bats are not usually adorable but these bats are the exception! Would be a great decorative piece to make for Halloween.

11. Japanese Fish

Kids will have fun making this traditional Japanese fish wind sock using different coloured tissue paper. I’m sure your child will have fun testing it out.

12. Pirate & Parrot

This pirate and parrot set is perfect for a pirate-loving child. Have some great adventures with them and make a ship out of an old shoe box or cardboard box.

13. Ballerina

If your little girl loves ballet or dressing up as a ballerina, make this ballerina together so she can have a dancing partner.

14. Hula Girl & Mermaid

Go on an island getaway with this hula girl and mermaid. I wonder what adventures they will get up to in your child’s imagination.

15. Star Wars

Does your kid loves Star Wars? Make some Star Wars figures they can play and re-enact scenes with. You can also make a light saber with a longer paper roll.

16. Superman

Do you have a favourite superhero? Superman was definitely one of mine – he has super strength, the ability to fly and also x-ray vision. I wonder what other superheros you can make out of the humble toilet roll?

17. Sesame Street

All my children have loved watching Sesame Street. Why not invite Cookie Monster and Elmo to come and live in your home!

18. Monsters

These monsters have so much character in their faces and features! They look too lovable to be scary.

19. Plants

These assorted flowers and cacti are so fun and colourful! Does it make you want to make a mini indoor garden today?

20. Racing Cars

Ready, get set & go! Let your little child drive their first racing car around your home safely. You can even put a toy character in the drivers seat and personalise the car however you would like it. Make several and race them around to see which one is faster.

Looking for some other fun craft activities  to do with your little ones using recyclables? We’ve compiled a list of shoe box craft ideas to help you out!

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