10 Interesting Summer Activities & Crafts For Toddlers

Summer is synonymous with holidays, outdoor activities and plain fun and frolic!

Summer is the time of renewal; it is also the time when the days are longer and toddlers are their most active. This summer, ditch the Ipads and the laptops and do something creative with your sweet little toddler.

Top 10 Fun Summer Activities For Toddlers:

Your sweet baby is now a terrific toddler, who does not like to sit still for more than ten seconds! Research indicates that spending time with toddlers helps with better cognitive development for them. Let’s look at 10 interesting summer activities for toddlers:

1. Baking And Icing Cookies:

Toddlers learn by feeling things hence mixing dough and handling sprinkles and icing is great for learning. Rolling out cookies and cutting the shapes helps in the development of gross motor skills.

• You may have to cover the table with a newspaper to prevent any stains. Always ensure that your tots do not touch any hot surface.
• The reward for this activity is yummy cookies, which they can decorate to their hearts content.
• Opt for icings and sprinkles with natural colors rather than synthetic dyes.

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2. Hand Color Chart:

This is an excellent opportunity to teach your toddler about the spectrum of colors. Make a homemade finger paint mix, as given below.

• Mix one cup of cold water with corn flour.
• Add 4 cups of boiling water for the consistency you need.
• Add more water or cornflour as you need.
• Once you get a thick gooey mixture, then you can add the colors.
• You can also buy non-toxic poster paints or finger paints and let the children make hand prints to identify colors.

3. Foot Print Slippers:

You can make cute paper slippers by using the above paint recipe and making footprints.

• Let your toddler make footprints on the chart paper and cut them in slipper shapes.
• Add two bands for a fun slipper.
• This activity also helps in color recognition.

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4. Crepe Paper Collage Flowers:

This activity is an excellent way to enhance the gross motor skills of your toddler.

• Simply tear crepe paper into small pieces.
• Ask the toddler to roll them.
• Glue the rolled crepe paper balls to make collage flowers.
• This is a fun activity and can keep your toddler occupied for a long time.

5. Prepare A Sensory Box:

This is one of the perfect outdoor activities for toddlers in summer.

• You can use sand or water for outdoors and rice for indoor activities.
• Simply fill a plastic box with the material and add items where your child can dig and search for treasure.
• You can give your toddler tasks such as finding 5 small balls, finding a pink comb, finding matching colored spoons, etc.
• Your toddler will develop listening skills and enjoy the thrill of a treasure hunt.

6. Color Stamping:

This is a great way to keep your naughty toddler engaged happily at one place.

• Use everyday items to make stamps like the tops of various vegetables like lady finger, brinjal and even cauliflower florets.
• Let your toddler dip these in paint and make stamps on a chart paper.

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7. Tub Time:

If you have a backyard garden or a terrace space, then this is a perfect summer activity for toddlers. This activity must be supervised as it contains water.

• Just fill up a tub with treasures and toys and lets your toddler hunt for them.
• This activity will involve a lot of splashing and will keep them cool on hot summer days.

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8. Make Your Own Ice Cream:

What could be more fun than making and eating your own ice cream? You can enlist your toddler for manpower, who will love the whole experience. All you need is two ziplock bags which are in two sizes – smaller and larger.

• Take a cup of cream and add 1 tsp of vanilla essence.
• Any mixings like chocolate chips can be added later.
• Add in 1 tbsp of sugar.
• All these has to be prepared in the small bag. Close the bag after adding all things.
• Take 5 cups of ice and add 6 tbsp of salt to it.
• Place the smaller bag in this bag and close the bag.
• Shake the bags till the mix hardens. Open and Enjoy.

9. Beach And Sea Shell Hunt:

Nothing is more calming than a beach holiday. Or exciting, depending on what you do!

• Opt for a beach holiday and enjoy the fun and frolic on the beach.
• Take a bucket and several large spoons, so that your toddler can have fun with the sand.
• Your toddler should always be supervised near water.
• Hunt for seashells or look for baby crabs burrowing into the sand!

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10. Make Technicolor Bubbles:

How about a bubble game? Here what you need to do.

• Make the pretties bubbles by adding liquid food coloring to the soap solution.
• You can also make them smell good by adding a few drops of vanilla essence.
• Monitor your toddler to ensure that they don’t drink the soap solution.

So many summer craft ideas for toddlers here, right? What are you waiting for? Enjoy the summer with your toddler and they will reward you with many hugs and kisses. Let us know if you know any other interesting toddlers summer activities with us. Happy Summer!

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