This post is full of links to activity ideas for children aged 2 to 5 years. If you are looking for activity ideas for children under 2, the Activities for Children Under 2 post is a great place to start (plus all the activities are useful for children aged 2 to 5 too).
Special thanks to:
Liss from Frills in the Hills
Kellie from Three Lil’ Princesses
Nic from Planning with Kids
Kate from Picklebums
Anna from The Imagination Tree
Liz from Children’s Books to Love
1. Bubbles: Easy Bubble Mixture Recipe
Liss shows you how to make your own bubble mixture. Read more…
2. Montessori Discovery Boxes (Egg Carton)
Anna from The Imagination Tree has many ideas for discover boxes, perfect for open ended, imaginative play. I love this egg carton one. Read more…
3. Finger & Toe Painting plus other activities preschool activities
Kellie from Three Lil’ Princesses has 5 brilliant fun activities for preschoolers, from cooking to nail painting. Read more…
4. Play Spaces
Kate at PickleBums talks about the value of creating play spaces for children. Read more…
I love this gorgeous beach play space from The Imagination Tree. Read more…
5. Make a Play Garden
Create a Play Garden (The Imagination Tree). Read more…
6. Water Play/Cleaning
Kids this age love “helping” with housework. I give my son (3) a cloth and a spray bottle and he cleans the cupboards, widows, bathroom and car.
* Spray bottles are ideal for outside fun. Read more…
* Add a little food colouring to bowls of water for courful splash play. Read more…
7. Clothes Person
Pull out some clothes and make a clothes person. Read more…
8. Leaf Picture
Perfect for the Autumn months, make a leaf picture with Frills in the Hills. Read more…
9. Paper Dolls
Paper dolls are a hit with kids. Free template. Read more…
1o. Music
Free printable frog template from Picklebums to sing along to the song Five Green and Speckled Frogs. Read more…
Music and Movement ideas: This free PDF ebook is filled with great ideas for music and singing
Scarfs make babies smart: Scarfs are my favourite music prop for this age group. This post
Taking Music Outside Part 1: Fabulous ideas for taking music outside
Taking Music Outsite Part 2: Fabulous ideas for taking music outside
ReadSpoon Outdoor Mobile: Make a spoon mobile that makes a beautiful sound in the wind
11. Obstical Course/Cubbyhouse
Making a cubbyhouse is as easy as putting a sheet or blanket over a table, and placing pillows underneath. This can also be used as an indoor obstacle course.
A playground is an ideal obstacle course but it’s easy to create a simple one at home. Here are some ideas of what to use:
* Witches hats
* Cone markers
* Plank of wood on the ground
* Large stepping stones
* Old tyres
* Hula hoops laid on the ground
* Door mats or foam squares
* Sturdy plastic tubs
* Large saucepans
* Browse a second hand shop for useful items
12. Construction
Excellent construction ideas from Planning with Kids. Read more…
Blu-tack play (ideal for molding) Read more…
13. Food
Fruit Kebabs are always a hit at our place Read more…
Bread Pizza Read more…
5 Minute Ice-cream with Frills in the Hills Read more…
14. Read Books Plus Activity
Children’s Books to Love Blog demonstrates how to turn reading a book into a fun activity. Read more…
15. Colour Hunting
I adore this idea from Kate of Picklebums: Simply collect things from around the house in a particular colour. You could take pictures of the finds (like Kate’s above) and blow them up and frame them for funky room decoration. Read more…
16. More Ideas
* Have a Picnic outside
* Treading: Fruit, pasta, cardboard, cereal
* Ice biscuits
* Glue magazine pictures to paper. You can add pasta or oats to the mix too!
* Cardboard box towers (different sizes)
* Drawing: on paper, on wood, with old make-up, outside, trace a leaf
* Sock puppets
* Finger painting
* Dress ups
* Make a photo book: take photos of favourite things and collate into a small photo album
* Face painting (crayons are easy to use)
* Cooking
Be A Fun Mum Links
Activities for Children Under 2
Activities for children aged 2 to 5
Activities for children aged 5 to 8
Activities for children aged 8 to 12
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Thank you for such a useful post (as always). I am finding it hard to choose a favourite, though I do love the colour hunt, teaching colour, having fun and iincluding some photography in the mix *love*. I also think I would find it near on impossible to get my daughter out of a play garden but it is pouring here in Melbourne at the moment so the colour hunt is on!
Hey check this out too http://www.theidearoom.net/2011/04/hopscotch-play-mat-by-a-girl-and-a-glue-gun.html it was in Naomi from ‘sevencherubs’ treasure hunt yesterday. I absolutely loved this idea and have book marked it for later. I think it looks like something you might enjoy.
xo
It’s such a windy, wet day here, so I’m looking forward to trying activities from some of the other mums. I like the obstacle course!
Thanks so much for the inclusion, Kell.
Thank you for these WONDERFUL ideas, I feel inspired. THANK YOU!!
Emailed this to myself to be printed and posted on the fridge!!
Thank you so much for including some of our ideas! There are some brilliant things in that list and I look forward to browsing through it and trying some out!
Kelly I LOVE this list, and am printing out to use with my boys. I love how creative the ideas are, and that they dont require you to buy something special. Well done!!!
Great list! I am just finishing looking at everything and I am so inspired. Thank you for including me! =)
A brilliantly formatted collection of links Kelley! Love the variety of activities and thanks for including mine.
very nice,all the listed ideas are ever blowing one.i like this very much.
OK first take a good look at your self. What do you like what do you not like so much. Work on that which you do not like. But do not listen to other people their opinions do not matter only yours does. Work on having the attitude that this is who youre and if they dont like it they can go to hell.
hi. i love all the ideas you came up with, they are great
i have just one question for you. do you have a book or something i can purchase with all these great ideas ?
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