Activities for 1 Year Olds. Toddler Time: Busy Bag Exchange Part 3 (& Freebie!) Sensory Tubs. Several of you suggested I make a Wizard of Oz sensory tub, and since that happens to be one of my favorite movies, I was totally up for it! I only used things I had on hand already (meaning I didn't spend any money on making this tub) and so I had to be a bit creative as a result (meaning some of things in this tub are a bit of a stretch). :) Here's what's inside::: The Yellow Brick Road - yellow Lego bricks. Perfect for my Lego lovin' boy! :: Poppies - red fabric flowers. Yes, I know these aren't what actual poppies look like. :):: Lion(s), Tiger(s), and Bear(s) - one each from our Toob collection.:: Apples - I made these little knitted apples myself.
They, along with the tree in the lower right hand corner, remind me of the scene where Dorothy and the Scarecrow get into a row with the apple trees.:: OZ - two chipboard letters.:: Emeralds from Emerald City - a few plastic "gems".:: Over the Rainbow - colored wooden beads on a string. ~Thank you for your comments! Knotty Jumper with Ruffled Leggings. 1 jelly roll – Origins 1 yard of coordinating fabric 2 yards of jumbo rick rack The following instructions and measurements are for a size 18-24 month knotted jumper and the ruffled leggings. Begin by cutting your strips into fourths.
Align them in a color combination you prefer and sew them together. I sewed 32 strips to form this skirt. Press your seams open when finished. Prepare the bottom of the dress by cutting a piece the same length as all your sewn strips and 5 inches tall. Make the straps by taking one full strip and folding it in half. Cut 4 pieces from this pattern included in the Printer Friendly PDF. Now you essentially have two loops of fabric. Insert your straps as shown. Cut slits along the curved seams and clip your corners. You should have this. Next you’ll join these two parts. Sew two gathering stitches along the top of your skirt. Sew two button holes for the straps to pull through.
For the leggings, cut one jelly roll strip in half. Feel free to visit me anytime. Quiet Time 1, 2, 3 ! When I wrote this post for Muffin Tin Mom it got such a huge response from her readers and my own that I am doing a follow up post with ideas for what I call Quiet Time 1, 2, 3! If you haven’t read the post where I expressed my exasperation with trying to get my son to nap when I have an infant who also needs my attention I encourage you to pop over to Muffin Tin Mom and read it. This is my post of ideas for what we do now that nap time has been put to rest. Quiet Time 1, 2, 3! Kids need predictability and some children like my son really, really need it.
For quiet time we always use his bedroom. OK enough about that… you aren’t reading this to hear about my adjustment , you are here to read about ideas for your own child’s quiet time! We have 3 small rugs in my son’s room and I usually lay the activities out on there so he sees, I also use his bed. Here are some of the activities I have laid out for him that have been helpful and fun for us. Puzzles These are favorites. Toys and Books . {Beth’s ADORABLE Felt Book for Baby}
I am excited to show case my friend Beth’s ADORABLE felt baby quiet book. Beth is an amazing pianist and music teacher and has created an amazing program called Kid’s Rach that 2 of my children attend. She claims she is not a crafter, however I have to disagree. She caught my Quiet Book bug (quiet book 1, quiet book 2), and went nuts, creating some of the cutest quiet books I have seen. I will have to share another of her books soon.
But today I wanted to share with you this cute book she made for her dear friend that was having a baby girl. She made a cover similar to mine. Page 1-felt elephant attached to polkadot ribbon-baby can remove and attach to velcro Page 2-Clear vinyl sewn on hides bright fun little treasures for baby to feel and move around Page 3:Most adorable zebra like the elephant on page 1 Page 4-Sea creatures baby can move back and forth on a string and let them swim through the sea Page 5-Button Fun! Page 6-Adorable removable Lion (LOVE that mane!) Page 7-Tassel Fun! Toddler Arts and Crafts Activities. 5.3K Flares5.3K Flares × Just a quick one, because we’re in the midst of packing for camping (again)… Here are some great toddler/pre-school summer arts & crafts I found poking around online.
Linked to instructions when available! These crafts may take some supervision for the very young. The end result will delight young toddlers, and the activity along the way keeps older toddlers busy! These ideas don’t take a ton of crazy materials. I think the weirdest item you’ll need is plaster of paris for the goo/chalk. Let your child decorate their snack bags with pipe cleaners, stickers, and googly eyes! Need I say – always supervise children when doing crafts. What are some fun and easy arts and crafts activities you’ve done with VERY YOUNG toddlers? Have you checked out the rest of my 101 Toddler Activities? 12 new Montessori-inspired works...and other thoughts. After a productive trip to Hobby Lobby over the weekend (and a nice long nap by Tyler that allowed me to really get my Montessori-inspired juices flowing), I have twelve new works to share!
Many haven't even been introduced to Ty yet and some of the photos I did take are pretty blurry, so I apologize for the lack of the usual in-action shots. Things are about to get a little hectic around here and I wanted to get this larger post out while I could! The activities are pretty simple and self-explanatory anyhow. This is a ceramic bank and a bowl of pennies for Tyler to feed through the slot. He then removes the cork to dump them out. This is a simple 1:1 correspondence work (i.e beginning math) with marbles and an ice cube tray. I've had these cardboard suitcases around for a while, and after seeing how much he enjoys opening and closing one in his open/close basket, as well as how much he likes to nest things, I decided to let him have these to work with.
More 1:1 correspondence. Quiet Book: Make a Face. I saved my favorite page for last. Here is the cover. Ooooh! Doesn't that just invite fun? Open it up and this is inside: Three pockets and a blank face. The face has magnets sewn in where the eyes, nose, mouth, hair and ears would be. There is a big pocket on the top of the pocket page for hair and other items... ...and the three smaller pockets are for eyes, noses, and mouths. Here is what can be found in the pockets. Put them together and all sorts of fun ensues! Here is a sampling: As with all of the others, this one is made to stand alone or it can be hooked up with all the others.
And, yes, there is a space for ears that is yet to be utilized. I've got many more ideas for quiet book pages and I'm really excited to start making some more. The Imagination Tree: Baby Play: Dropping and Posting. Little Pop is crawling everywhere now and getting her hands on all of big sister’s toys, much to her joy. She is entering that stage of pure wonder as she explores the shape, texture, smell and taste of a myriad of things that are all new to her. She is particularly interested in dropping small objects and picking them back up again and has recently entered the “enveloping” stage, where she likes to put things inside boxes, tubes and pots and then find them again. So I made her a quick and simple game for independent play and exploration using a milk jug. I cut the top off and then a couple of small-ish holes in the sides (larger than her fists) so that she could reach inside. Then I picked up a few small Duplo pieces and cotton reels ready for posting through the holes and set her down to play.
And she didn’t need any demonstration! She loved the holes and immediately put her hands into them to see what she could feel inside. ”Oooo I can fit my whole arm down in here!” This post is shared at. Busy Bag Ideas. Toddler Time: Busy Bag Series Part 2. Our Stuff Blogs Featuring Us In The News The Provo Daily Herald Websites We Love Subscribe To Posts Comments This Blog Linked From Here Monday, October 24, 2011 Toddler Time: Busy Bag Series Part 2 This post, along with all our old posts and all new content, are now available exclusively at our new and improved blog.
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Quiet Book. This is a huge post! You will be scrolling forever… I have been wanting to make a quiet book for a long time but I just couldn’t commit to the time it would take (lazy, I know). Finally I took the plunge… Front Cover There are many moving pieces in the book so I decided to make it with a zipper. Page One: Make your own pizza! Page Two: This page is one of my favorites! Page Three: Lets pick some apples! Page Four: Tie your shoe. Page Five: Pick the flowers then place in vase. Page Six: Another one of my favorites. Page Seven: Anyone have the time? Page Eight: Gumballs are attached with velcro. Page Nine: A ladybug pouch. Page Ten: Braid the Zebra’s tail, another childhood favorite. Page Eleven: Noahs Ark. Page Twelve: Try on the mitten. Page Thirteen: Dress the bear… probably my daughter’s favorite page. Page Fourteen: Catch a fish. Turn A Wipe Container Into The Best Infant And Toddler Toy.
If you have an infant you know that you could have thousands of dollars worth of blinky, colorful, noisy toys in your home, but your baby would prefer to pull baby wipes out of their container, right? Turn a wipe container into your babies absolute FAVORITE toy. This is the culprit hard at work. An inquisitive 7 month old little girl! Do you have one of these at home? If you have an infant I know that you have picked an entire box of wipes off the floor a time or two.
I have been using this trick since my kids were babies. Add colorful fabric remnants to and wipe container to create a toy that they will play with over and over. There is so much about this toy that I love! Your first step is to use up the wipes in a container (that’s easy enough with a baby in the house). Collect pieces of fabric from around the house.
If you don’t have fabric laying around just cut up pieces of old t-shirts or towels. Now that my kids are older they still enjoy this toy. Fine Motor Skills: Marble Game. Pot Holder Quiet Book -- TUTORIAL. My final project for POT HOLDER WEEK! Quiet books are a ~L~O~T~ of work. First there's the "fun part" of it all: coming up with ideas, drawing, cutting, carrying it all out -- HOURS of work, to say the least! Then there's the "less-fun part" of making quiet books: batting, binding, quilting, "finishing" work.... UGH. Here's a way to minimize the the "less-fun" work so you can focus your time and energy on the "fun stuff" -- by using POT HOLDERS as the base of your pages! Here are photos of the pages I've done so far: Here's my cover -- probably temporary.
Build A Snowman page(I love colored velcro!) I think I will still make more "wardrobe" options for him! Santa's Cookies page(Really, I just wanted an excuse to make little felt gingerbread men!) I especially like the one with green buttons! Wrap/Unwrap A Present page(This page is my boys' favorite!) All the potential gifts.... The bow velcros shut. Toy car! Okay, are you ready? Choosing your pot holders:~ Go cheap! Basic page construction: 1. 2.
No Sew Quiet Books. This book has gotten us through a lot of Church Meetings with our three kids. It was easy to make, and my kids love it. It also makes great gifts for Christmas and birthdays. Basically I just used some file folder games. I didn't want to mess with bringing a bunch of folders to church, so I just cut some file folders in half and cut them down a little so they would fit in a 3 ring binder. I could have just used cardstock, but I liked how the file folders had the little tab at the top. The other great thing about cutting them down for the binder is that they are small enough to fit in your normal laminating machine like you can buy at Walmart. It's way cheaper to buy your own laminator and laminating sheets at Walmart then to pay to have it laminated. On the first one I used adhesive Velcro, but that was a little noisey sometimes. I have to be honest it is a lot of cutting and coloring, but I would ten times rather do that then sew little pieces together.
It doesn't have to be churchy. Sensory Fun. C needed something to keep him busy , away from a TV and freshly engaged for a bit. Not to mention INSIDE with the air on high. Boy is it hot. I through together this activity in our sand / water table. It worked well. .As you can see it is an assortment of this and that. It did the trick and kept him engaged and playing for a bit.What's in our Bin?
Poms poms2 different pastas, ziti tubed pasta and rotini multi grain to add some colorStyrofoam circlestrawsfeathersvarious containers (bowls, Parmesan cheese shaker, koolaid container)egg cartonpipe cleanerstongs, can holder, plastic rings Things we did We also made a sensory balloon. Linking up at ~ Spelling with milk caps. This is an activity that i thought about when i taught preschool before Bear was born. i wasn't able to get enough miLK cApS for the names of the 20-some kiddos. neeedless to say, it sort of fell by the wayside. so i decided to revive it to help Bear develop his literacy skills. after i'd save enough milk caps i labeled each one with the alphabet in uPPeRCaSe and LoWeRcASe. initially, i wrote the letters out on a piece of paper and place it in front of him to see what he would do. after surveying the materials i gave him, he instinctively began matching the caps to the corresponding letters on the paper. it didn't take long for him to master this. so i switched it out with a loWeRCasE alphabet sheet and milk caps. i'm making woRD shEEtS of common words that Bear can relate to for us to use with these next. as soon as i get them done, i'll post them.
Giving Up Naptime.