Springtime is one of the best seasons of the year for celebrating new life. There are occasional rains and bright colors all around. The time is ideal for some amusing activities with which parents can engage their toddlers. The toddlers can thus celebrate springtime in tune with nature’s creative mood. Let us see what these creative activities could be.
Let the toddlers become little farmers. Cut out some pieces of a sprouting potato and the top parts of a few carrots and place them in an unused plate. Add some soil and pebbles. Spray it with water to wet the soil sufficiently and then place the plate in a shade, away from direct sunlight. Your toddlers can enjoy a learning experience of spring at work, transforming their enterprise into little saplings and then plants.
Spring season has the added attraction of occasional rains. Let the kids pay homage to the rain by creating their own clouds. All you need is a big sheet of white paper and some glue. Use a pair of scissors to cut a few cloud shaped pieces out of the paper. Glue two pieces each one on top of the other around the edges leaving a small opening on one side. Help your kids to stuff the clippings with some soft tissues such as toilet paper. When it is properly dried, the shapes could be hung from the ceiling with threads to enjoy the scenery of puffy white clouds floating around.
Another rain related activity is to play a variation of the Duck Goose game. Many toddlers can participate in this game at the same time. Cut out some card boards in the shape of puddles and cover these with twinkling tin foils. Place these on the ground or floor and now the toddlers can begin their game.
Or, let the kids make their own flowers or create a bird with their own hands! Place the toddlers’ palms on some pieces of colored paper and trace the outlines. Cut out these outlines and then roll up the fingers into curls. Then make round shape of the palm like a cylinder with the fingers slanting outwards. Then glue each of these shapes around a drinking straw with glued cut out leaves. Now, these shapes look like lily flowers and you can make a bouquet by tying some of these flowers together. Alternatively, the kids can make their own birds by sticking feathers to the cut out shapes of some birds.
Posted on March 28th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: Baby, Play, Toddler
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