What activities did your toddler do today?

[VanceRefrigeration]

In a similar theme to my “what did your toddler eat today?” thread currently running, I thought this would be fun to share ideas.

It is NOT intended to make anyone feel crap if they have plonked their toddler in front of the telly all day because we all know some days need to be like that.

It’s also NOT intended to be as a humble brag / stealth boast about how advanced your child is or how creative and fun you all are

It’s intended to be more of an ideas sharing initiative to help people, especially as I am finding lockdown 2 is going SO slowly. So only productive/constructive contributions please

Today with 14m old DD we did some painting this morning using an old bath sponge and a potato chopped in half (and her hands, mostly).

We went for a walk around the block (she has recently started walking but is quite nervous walking outside).

We watched Shrek and played with her toys for the rest of the day. Oh and she was allowed to put the toppings on her homemade pizza for tea which she really enjoyed!

[MummBraTheEverLeaking]

Nearly 3 DD here. She woke up last night at 2am and wanted to sleep in our bed, few tosses and turns, and DH turned over for her to sneeze in his face, nice! So everyone was very tired this morning, we stayed in bed and watched a lot of Geckos Garage.

Then came downstairs, did painting, then christmas stamping some brown paper for later wrapping of presents. Had lunch. Then more playtime, went for a walk to the park, came home and watched Frozen. Dinner, bath, bed.

[Sevo7]

@EnidMatilda- what do you want to know?

DD has always had a long nap (and long may it continue I hope!) minimum 2 hours, usually 3, sometimes a little longer. Gets up around 7am/7.30am and goes back down around 11am til around 2pm then has lunch. She goes to bed at 7.30pm.

She goes to nursery 3 days where she naps no longer than an hour but on her days off she has a long nap which I often join her for

I will add I’m not one of those parent with an amazing sleeping baby as she has only just started sleeping through the night and is still in my bed!

[Dinosauratemydaffodils]

So far today we've played "what's in the box" (mostly animals), done some drawing (including all over her legs) and are now having lunch and watching Andy's dinosaur adventures.

[Deargreenplace]

Crap laptop, blank Word document, Wingdings, extra large font size in pink/blue/green = much needed morning coffee in peace😅

These are all great!

[TheLightGetsIn]

Yesterday mine played in our bedroom with various toys for quite a while after he'd had his breakfast while we lazed around in bed reading and having coffee as he'd got up far too early. Later he helped to cook lunch, then had storytime and a nap. Afternoon was a long walk to the playground and playing there while watching the older children, then back again through the rain in his puddlesuit singing songs all the way to encourage him to keep going! We played the memory card game (he can't do it yet, but he likes trying), had a Skype with family while he pottered around and occasionally joined in, then bath, dinner, stories and bed.

Today has been mainly out on his tricycle to the local playgrounds, is now settling down for a nap, and in the afternoon will be with granny. Various toys, books and general pottering etc in between.

[VanceRefrigeration]

Some great ideas! I have forgotten the joy of a good cardboard box and I’ve got one hanging about that DD will no doubt love so I’ll be getting that out later today!

This morning we’ve had a FaceTime with Grandma, played with puzzles, hit the xylophones very loudly, read books, attempted the shape sorter and we are now watching some Hey Duggee.

[onetwothreeadventure]

1 year old and 3 year old and it rained the entire day.

We unpacked a new couch last night and saved them the huge box it came in. I don’t think even Christmas morning will come close to their excitement at the box. It kept them entertained on and off all day.

Both played with Ikea train set and an orchard giant road. 3yo played with ocean and safari figures, 1yo did some wooden puzzles.

Few hours in the garage playing with sand box, ball pit, slide, mini trampoline.

Plastered themselves in stickers from a monster activity book and coloured in (1yo mostly organised the crayons)

Made some play dough with 3yo and he played with that while 1yo napped.

1yo spent an hour playing with her toy sink. It has a tap with running water and she fills up cups and empties them. 3yo read books with DH and played with Thomas train track.

Bath with toys and then nursery rhymes on Netflix while they’re getting ready for bed.

[Cattenberg]

When DD was one, she loved painting with water. It was great - hardly any mess. I had some large pebbles (which I categorically did not take from a beach) and DD loved painting them with water to bring out their colours.

She would also be as happy as Larry when she was tipping water from one container to another. In fact she still is now (aged 2.5).

[yotoed]

'Wiggly worms' the ones that you make out of kitchen roll and squirt water on,

Playdough followed by colouring and making a birthday card for DGF,

Baked cookies,

Played 'shop' 1000x

Walked the dog to the duck pond to feed them,

General independent play (dollhouse, trains) and some stories,

Made a leaf pile in the garden,

Some CBeebies then bedtime routine starts.

[Cattenberg]

She woke up and demanded that I read her a book about a rabbit, so I did.

She walked to a local park, and particularly enjoyed pushing the roundabout (no one was on it).

She watched TV.

She played with play dough.

She prepared ice cube trays, putting food colouring and hundreds and thousands in with the water. As I was clearing up the mess, she asked me over and over whether the ice cubes were ready yet. No.

We bathed Dolly and dried her.

[EnidMatilda]

@Sevo7 tell me more about this 3.5 hour nap! What time? Does it affect night time sleep? I am shocked and jealous

[Taylortaylor]

19 month boy here.
Played on his ride on train in morning and messed about with siblings. He chased his sister after breakfast while I tidied up. Prepared for a bike ride and while DH checked bikes, he played with sticks and his shovel. Long bike ride and then a walk down country lane where he jumped in every single puddle and was soaking wet. Home to be cleaned up, we all ate lunch on couch while warming up. After nap, back outside to watch daddy prepare soil for hedging and playing with brother in wet grass and more muck. Lured him inside with crackers as it was too cold to stay outside any longer. Pretend play with sister and toy kitchen/ play food. Basically he just copied her. Bath and dinner before climbing all over me and races with siblings before bed. No reading at all today which isn’t the norm and I hardly ever do art/ crafts with him as he just isn’t interested.

[olderthanyouthink]

2 in 10 mins

Learning to put her socks on after putting my hairbands on her ankles in the shower for weeks

Tiny bit of painting

Tiny bit of puzzle (after diving off the sofa head first)

Watched cartoons in French (we are not bilingual but I try) and English

Chased us round the living room

Got a lot of piggybacks from me/I put a carrier on because she wanted to live on my back

Read a couple books (French and English)

Played with her toy animals

[YouCantBeSirius]

My 2 year old got in to her older sisters very expensive pens and ate the tip off one. Played with her cars, dinosaurs and peppa pig figures. Fell off the back of the sofa twice. Played in some puddles in the garden then had an epic tantrum when it was time to come inside. Watched some peppa pig and hey duggee. Ate really well at dinner but then tipped yogurt all over the cat and herself. Had a bath, 3 stories and bed

[INeedNewShoes]

3.5 but I haven't quite reached acceptance that she may not be a toddler anymore...

Had a lazy morning and did jigsaw (on a tray) in my bed together and read a couple of stories before breakfast.

After breakfast we sat and did some drawing together (I'm rubbish, but DD isn't bothered!)

The she played alone with Duplo, then Brio

Went for an hour's scoot/walk

Loads of drawing while I made lunch

Helped me hang the washing up

I put the film Fisherman's Friends on (actually the first time I've put the TV on a programme for me rather than specifically for DD) and DD watched some bits, played with her cuddly toys around me and did more drawing in between when she lost interest in the film

Helped me put the dishwasher on after tea

Nice long bath with plenty of play time

[Dinosauratemydaffodils]

Just over 2 here (and a 5 year old). Dd did some flower painting. She watched and re-enacted the Turkish Grand Prix. We made brunch (scrambled eggs, bacon, cheese bread and tomato soup). She "helped" her brother with his French homework mostly by singing the first line of Frère Jacques over and over again.

We listened to some music and did lots of dancing. We went for a twilight/torchlight walk in the woods to see if fairy doors look different in the dark. Had a facetime with one of her brother's friends and then played lions in bed for an hour.

[bluechameleon]

2 yr old has done quite a lot of playing with his 6 yr old brother today, including going on missions, going on vacation and building a den. He has also built with blocks, drawn on the chalkboard, played with the Harry Potter lego, hidden various items in various containers, had a bath and been to the park. They watched a terrible film about a teenage superhero on Disney+ this evening.

[Changechangychange]

3.5, so maybe too old?

Breakfast and cartoons. Went to the park and fed the squirrels with DH while I ran, then played in playground while DH ran. Helped me put the washing in the machine, helped me cook (watched, fetched a few things from the fridge), ate lunch. Then we played upstairs with his playmobil animals, and did some drawing on his blackboard.

Downstairs for tea and more cartoons, then played with Lego. Then bath and bed with stories.

[Marmite27]

Mine sat on her sister, refused to eat anything remotely healthy and repeatedly threw herself to the ground.

She did walk nicely for 45 minutes holding Daddy’s hand (because I’m not good enough) though.

[Sevo7]

DD just turned 2
Watched tv in the morning for an hour,
We made a den out of sofa cushions
Played with her teaset
Had a 3 1/2 hour nap!
Went to the supermarket
Helped unpack the shopping
Helped me make tea, putting chopped veg in the pans, stirring, making Yorkshire puddings etc
Did some colouring in
Watched nursery rhymes on YouTube before bath and bed.

[Norah8]

lots of pretend reading. looking at pictures and making stories up which she shouts v loudly

[Norah8]

4 and a half so maybe a bit older.
made her friend a card with stickers and a stamper.
watched tv.
played x box with 12 year old.
played uno
went a walk
dressed dolls
played on a learning tablet thing
watched cookery shows on tv

[rottiemum88]

22mo DS and I walked to the park this morning, played on the swings for a bit, watched some dogs playing and then did some puddle jumping.

Came home and had naptime, then made and decorated gingerbread biscuits this afternoon while watching Arthur Christmas on Netflix.

[Foxinthechickencoop]

23 months

Peppa pig for half an hour on iPad in my bed when she woke up (she is a VERY early riser and I am now refusing to get up before 6.30am on a weekend).

Played with her sister with the dolls house and Sylvanian families
Walked to the shop. Piggy back home.
Played chase the string with the kitten
Dressing up
Trip to local garden centre to look at Christmas things (we went to buy dog food from there)
Bath with sister and lots of bath toys
Dancing to songs on Alexa
Some drawing and magic painting
Watched Room on a Broom
Story times with some books (Dogger and a Mog one)

[firstimemamma]

Also we made hot chocolate and he helped make breakfast.