Indoor Water Play

 

Winter has finally arrived to the California Bay Area (YAY!), but along with all the  rain, a little cold virusmtagged along. No matter how sick my toddler becomes he always needs something to channel that buzzing energy. Hence, indoor water play was born.

The activity is nothing too fancy. Just some cups, measuring spoons, and recycled condiment bottles (cleaned, of course!) , and food coloring added to water. If you embark to make a little similar play station be sure to cover your work space (we used a disposable table cloth) and wear play clothes that can get stained and wet.

And the toddler's vote? Definitely 4 stars! I mean, who can beat being ALLOWED to spill colored water all over the kitchen floor?

How do you keep busy toddlers happy and occupied on sick wet days?

Toddler Craft Project {Just Stick It!}

I think it is May...at least that's what my calendar says. However, I some how keep finding ourselves in doors due to wetness, chill, and wind factor. I deemed it necessary to play with those felt flowers again (Remember this post?) and contact paper (Remember this post?)

Yes, we dreamed of all the lovely spring colors (and soon to be summer) as we played with sicky contact paper and felt. Something so fun about selecting, placing, squishing, and later hanging a craft made on contact paper.

In fact, my wee one re-made his little decoration at leats five times before boredom struck and we moved onto...I think bouncing off the walls.

Proved to be a fun tactile experience for him

And I hope it will prove to be a fun one for you too.

How is the weather in your neck of the woods?

Toddler Craft Project {Egg Carton Painting}

A little more than just the carton was painted

The afternoons have been filled with arts and crafts projects for us lately. Providing little fingers with many opportunities to explore and imagine, while allowing those bigger mama hands to get a few things accomplished themselves (like writing this post!)

Recently the paints made their way to the creativity table again. This time instead of paper we painted on card board egg cartons! There is something enticing about painting on a non-flat surface. My wee one enjoyed moving his paint brush through the rivets and dips of the carton.

Our intention is to turn this little project into a birthday gift for dadda. So far, the wee one has done his part, now if only the mama could find some time to finish it off!

What have you been doing to keep little hands busy lately?

Indoor Games: Blocks!

The weather is still wet and mucky, meaning all of our hiking trails require serious off-roading shoes, which I have but am not really into strapping on a backpack chock-full of toddler and making my way through the drenched wilderness. Ahem. Maybe next week?

In the meantime, we have been busy with fun indoor games. Blocks and cars are new fascinations for Mr. Emory, and I don't think his dad is complaining. As you can see dad is one of the main ones having a little fun. We purchased these handmade blocks from Little Saplings Toys on Etsy for Emory's birthday. Such a great deal and loads of fun for him!

Emory has loved seperating the blocks out by color, or rather, watching me and dad seperate the blocks by color and then he swoops in and recombines them again. He has also enjoyed moving the blocks from one type of container to another. Two shoe boxes make a great transferring game. I just plasced all the blocks in one box and showed him how to move them to the second. He thought it was fun when I started using a little plastic sand shovel to shovel the blocks over to the next box. Very fun in a toddler's eyes.

 Anyone else still dealing with wet rain or snow? We would love to hear some of the activities you have been doing to make best use of the indoor time.