26 fun and engaging games to keep your toddler entertained indoors, categorized by sensory, physical, imaginative, and craft-based activities.
Stuck indoors with a lively toddler? Here's a whole selection of funny, crafty, sensory, silly, imaginative games to play to keep them happy and active.When it's cold or rainy or you just can't get outside, it can be hard to keep thinking of things to do with a toddler who's raring to go all the time but hasn't got the concentration to stick with one activity for very long.
What you need is a whole stack of different activities – physical, sensory, arty, crafty, surprising, messy or just plain silly – to choose from throughout the day, depending on your toddler's mood and energy levels. So, we've come up with 26 tried-and-tested games – some of which need a bit of prep and some which need no prep at all – for you to have up your toddler-entertainment sleeve. Have fun! Get your toddler has to copy everything you do: jumping, crawling, patting your tummy, putting your slippers on your head – the sillier the better! Then it’s her turn to lead…Gather up some toy animals (or cars or small dolls) and a roll of masking tape. Use strips of masking tape to stick the toy animals, one by one, to a window or a door. Then encourage your child to ‘rescue’ the toys by carefully peeling/pulling off the tape. It’s a fun game for toddlers that’s really good for developing fine-motor skills and hand-eye co-ordination. And MadeForMums superuser Abi, who shared this pic of her daughter Maisie playing the game, says Maisie also enjoyed re-sticking the animals back on the window, and asking Mum to rescue them for round 2! You’ll need some small toys and sand for this one – either sandpit sand or, if you don’t have any, you can. Put the sand in a washing-up bowl and hide the toys in it. Give your child a spoon and a sieve and set them off ‘hunting for treasures’. (You might want to put a mat/sheet on the floor under the bowl to catch any stray shovelled grains.) Use some old paper to wrap up a few of your child’s favourite toys (don’t use too much sticky tape)
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