Toddler Quarantine Activities: Volume 2

Struggling to keep your toddler, or any kid for that matter, entertained during quarantine?! Well, here's a few more activities we've enjoyed that are easy and entertaining! 

1. CITY BUILDING 

Take a large cardboard box, open it completely up and use a black marker to draw streets. Bring a bucket of building blocks and cars and let their creativity and imagination run wild. 

2. OUTDOOR OBSTACLE COURSE

They will tell you what to do, trust me. But you can start with a few orange cones and an idea and then design an outdoor obstacle course to run. Even better if you have more than one child so they can race or challenge each other. 

3. COUNTING CHALLENGE

We've been working on number recognition and basic math facts so I took a large piece of construction paper and numbered from 1 to 10 in a circle. Then, I gave him his bucket of counting bears and he put the correct number of bears in each circle to match the written number. 

4. RESCUE RANGERS

Take small toy animals, or people, or cars, and place them in a shallow dish and fill it with water. Give your child a large spoon and let them play rescue rangers. Just scoop each one out one at a time and place safely in a dry dish. 

5. INDOOR BOWLING

Red solo cup, you fill me up. Or in this case, purple, orange, blue, and green cups. Ha! Take a ball (everyone has a ball in their house) and a stack of plastic cups. Stack the cups however you see fit and let them have 2 rolls. Keep score too! 

6. RAIN CLOUD SCIENCE

Take any container and fill roughly half way with water. Top with a thin layer of shaving cream and place a few drops of different colored food coloring on the top. Watch them slowly break though the cream into the water, mixing colors before their eyes. Magical and great conversation points about color mixing and how rain comes down. 

7. SHAVING CREAM WASH

This had a totally different purpose but it was a win in the end. The original plan was to take the shaving cream in his tray and use his finger to write each letter of the alphabet. Instead, he grabbed some toy cars and trucks, drove them around in the shaving cream, then asked to give them all a bath. Winning for both of us as it occupied him for well over an hour! 

8. BUILDING CHALLENGE

I remember doing this in elementary school but we thought we'd try with him and he enjoyed it. A handful of mini marshmallows plus a container of toothpicks and he went to town making structures and building his own little city. 

9. COLOR WATER

One activity her requests often, colored water. Three cups of water, each with a few drops of food coloring. A few empty cups and a toy syringe. He loves it and watching him make new colors of varying tints is super fun to watch! 

10. VOLCANO SCIENCE 

Similar to fizzy bubbles in volume 1 of quarantine activities, this is always a hit. In a jar or any container, put a tablespoon of baking soda, a few drops of food coloring, and 1/4 cup of dishwashing liquid (I used baby shampoo because I didn't have any Dawn). Then, slowly pour in a few tablespoons of vinegar and watch the magic happen. 

I hope these activities help occupy your kids the way they've helped occupy mine. All of the supplies I use and have on hand are linked in my Amazon shop in case you want a one stop shop to snag them.