This week, we’ve had house guests for the holiday, so we’ve been busy cleaning and entertaining. Buddy and I didn’t have our normal schedule this week, but we were still able to have lots of fun.
Most of the things we did this week were too small for me to do a whole blog post on that activity. However, we did do a lot of fun things. I thought a list of quick and easy activities might be useful for other parents. I know I’m constantly looking for ideas for keeping Buddy entertained.
This week we have:
- Played in our water table
- Watched fireworks
- Played with glow in the dark bracelets
- Swung on swings
- Played with homemade playdough
- Colored with crayons
- Made pictures with stickers
- Tried to put lids on containers
- Crawled in the grass
- Blown and popped bubbles
- Put pom poms in an ice cube tray
- Rediscovered forgotten toys
- Tossed a beach ball with a friend
- Crawled in a tunnel
- Went on walks around the neighborhood
- Pushed around in the laundry basket
- Played in a rice sensory bin
- Decorated a window with gel clings
- Built towers and knocked them over
- Put pom poms in a paper towel tube
- Crawled on and helped to deflate an air mattress
- Made and ate pudding
- Played with a stack of lids
- Read books
- “Helped” with laundry (put dirty towels in laundry basket and pulled out clean socks into a pile for matching)
- Played with friends
This week, we have gone to:
- Story time at Barnes and Noble
- The grocery store and rode on the horse
- Shedd Aquarium
- Two different parks
- The library
Meanwhile, I’ve been busy preparing for our upcoming trip to Utah and California. I hope to finish and blog about those projects soon!
Now that we’ve reached the weekend, I’m ready to find new activities to do with Buddy. If you have any fun and easy ideas for young kids, I’d love to hear them!
