At home:
1)
Coloring
2)
Reading
3)
Hide and seek
4)
Another variation of hide and seek is to hide a
toy and have/help them find it
5)
Finger painting
6)
Grocery store- We have several reusable shopping
bags and then fake food or old boxes and containers from food items that can be
used to go pretend grocery shopping.
7)
Pretend cooking- We use mommy’s pots and pans,
baking pans, etc. to pretend cook.
8)
Build a fort- Love this….use all kinds of blankets,
pillows, boxes, etc. to make forts around the house.
9)
Puppets- over the last year or so we have bought
a slew of little animal puppets from the Carter’s store (they are so darn cute),
even before she knew what to do with them she love to hold on to them. We have definitely
gotten our money’s worth out of these!
10) Have a
dance party….I don’t know about your little one, but mine just looovvveesss
music and to dance.
11) Play with
sidewalk chalk in the garage
12) Watch a
movie (depending on their age, you could make it like going to the movie
theatre with popcorn and a darkened room)
13) Hide
stuffed animals through-out an area of the house and pretend you’re on a
safari
14) Finger painting
15) Bake together (age dependent on how much they are able to help)
16) Play dress
up
17) Have a
tea party
18) Have a
picnic
Out and About:
1)
Shopping (for us girls…this is always fun)
2)
Indoor play area
3)
Indoor pool (if not thundering & lightening)
4)
Story time at a local library, community center
or book store (I know our local library has it several times a week)
5)
Got to library to look at books
6)
Children’s Museum
7) Go outside anyway (if there’s no thunder & lightening of course)
Hope this helps you guys to get the creative juices flowing…if
you think of anything else…feel free to add to my list.
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