Are you stuck at home with your kids and need a few ideas to make the day go a bit more smoothly? Here are 100+ Boredom Busters for Toddlers and Preschoolers. There are so many amazing arts and crafts, science and sensory activities, and free printables to help your little ones learn, grow and have fun all at the same time.
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Art and Craft Projects
- Toilet Roll Stamp Flowers – Spring Art for Kids
- Toilet Paper Roll Giraffe Marionette – Red Ted Art
- Washable Window Paint
- DIY Woodland Autumn Crafts: The Racoon, Deer and Fox – The Inspiration Edit
- Q-Tip Dot Painting – Aboriginal Inspired Art for Kids with Free Printable Templates
- Garden Nature Art: an OUtdoor Process Art Activity for Kids – The Craft Train
- Ice Painting for Little Kids – The Keeper of the Memories
- Rainbow Lightning – Process art and Fine Motor Activity for Kids
- Edible Yoghurt Painting for Toddlers – Living in Happy Place
- Bubble Wand Making Station – Red Ted Art
- Toothbrush Painting – Fine motor fun
- Quick and Easy Ball Painting Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers – The Keeper of the Memories
- Paper Plate Watermelon Craft – The Art Kit
- Easy Peasy Gluing Craft: An Invitation to Create – The Art Kit
- Coffee Filter Flower Craft – Look We’re Learning
- 3 Ways to Create Art with Rainbow Sand
- Toilet Paper Roll Little Red Riding Hood Craft – Red Ted Art
- Frozen Paint Recipe
- Tissue Paper Rainbow Collages – Where Imagination Grows
- Fizzy Painting – Use Chemistry to Create Art
- Mess-Free Art for Kids – Mama Smiles
- Splat Painting – High energy-burning art for kids
- How to Make a Cardboard Dolls House – Red Ted Art
- Drip Painting – Use rain to paint
- Watercolor Resist Preschool and Toddler Art Activity – Where Imagination Grows
- Hammer painting
- Splash Painting: Invitation to Create Process Art Experience – The Keeper of the Memories
STEM Activities
- Parachute Experiment
- Easy Science Project with Skittles – Journey to SAHM
- DIY Backyard Pirate Ship – STEM Challenge for Kids
- Tunnel Race with Pom Poms – Best Toys 4 Toddlers
- Walking Water
- Color Changing Flowers – How to Create a Blue Rose
- DIY Magnetic Ball Run
- The Best STEM Experiments for Toddlers
- 3 Car Experiments to introduce your kids to Physics
- Marble Roll STEAM Activity in the Sensory Bin – Preschool Toolkit
- Can you build a Floating City?
- STEM Playdough Activity with Lego – Teaching 2 and 3 year olds
- Coke and Mentos Experiment
- Lego Color Sorting Activity for Your Preschooler – Lorena and Lennox
- Magic Milk Experiment
- How to Grow Crystal Snowflakes
Sensory Activities
- 10+ Sensory Tubs for Toddlers
- Create with Crayons: Easy Sensory Bin Idea – Toot’s Mom is Tired
- Frozen Sand Summer Sensory Bin
- Easy Frozen Glitter Slime Recipe – Simplifying Family
- Taste-safe Rainbow Rice Recipe
- Blueberry Playdough – The Craft Train
- How to Turn a Frozen Peas sensory Bin into 3 Different Toddler Activities
- DIY Zoo Playdough Kit – Artsy Momma
- How to make Rainbow Chickpeas with a 2-year-old
- DIY Solar System Edible Playdough – Look! We’re Learning
- 10+ Sensory Activities for Babies
- 27 Taste-Safe Sensory Play for Toddlers and Preschoolers – Team Cartwright
- Beach-safe Rainbow Sandcastle Recipe
- Net Fishing Fine Motor Play – Best Toys 4 Toddlers
- Rainbow Sand Shark Bay Sensory Bin
- Pretty Playdough Cupcakes – Artsy Momma
- Birds Nest Sensory Bin for Spring
- Flower Garden Fine Motor Playdough – Best Toys 4 Toddlers
- Musical Easter Eggs Sensory Bin
- The Best Therapy Putty Recipe You’ll Ever Make – Natural Beach Living
Printable Games and Activities
- Food sort – 3 Ways to Encourage Healthy Eating in Kids
- 100+ Fine Motor Skills for Toddlers – The Natural Homeschool
- Super Cute Printable Farm Paper Bag Puppets – Look! We’re Learning
- Cheeky monkey counting game
- A Simple and FREE Dinsodaur Theme Preschool Memory Game – Simple Everyday Mom
- Insect movement dice
- Alphabet Coloring Pages for Kids – The Inspiration Edit
- Printable Coloring Pages – Party with Unicorns
- Leafless tree – seasonal craft for kids
- 1000+ Free Disney Coloring Pages for Kids – Simplifying Family
- DIY Bath stickers – 26 pages of FREE printable Alphabet Stickers
- The FREE Workshop is here! Homeschooling a Toddler with Printables – The Natural Homeschool
- Emergency Activity Pack
- Neighbourhood Bear Hunts are Going Viral (+ Free Printable and Extension Ideas) – The Mom Friend
- Unicorn Coloring Pages – Free Unicorn Preschool Themed Activities – Natural Beach Living
- Farm Animals Shadows Puzzle
- 100+ Printable Kids Coloring Pages – Simple Everyday Mom
- Rainbow Fish Printable Art for Kids
- Transportations Alphabet Playdough Mats – The Chaos and the Clutter
- Fishing Game Pattern Cards
- Nature Scavenger Hunt – Take Them Outside
- Insect – Home Matching Game
- Free Printable Mazes for Preschoolers – Planes and Balloons
More Amazing ideas
- 25+ Indoor Energy Burners for Kids
- Muffin Tin Geoboard – And Next Comes L
- Build Fine Motor Skills with this Preschool Rainbow Thready Activity – Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds
- DIY Road Blocks – 10 Minute project out of materials you already have at home
- Sidewalk Chalk Obstacle Course – Toots Mom is Tired
- DIY Splash Pad
- How to Occupy Little Ones with Homeschooling – The Natural Homeschool
- 10+ Ways to Play with Rainbow Pasta
- Let Celebrities Read Books to your Kids – Toots Mom is Tired
- 10+ Ways to Play with Water
- Cheerios Fine Motor Snack for Toddlers – Living Life and Learning
- DIY Cardboard Lemonade Stand for Kids – Party with Unicorns
- 10+ Ways to Play with a Spray Bottle
- 5 Activities to Keep your Kids Busy when Stuck Inside – Fluffy Tots
- 10+ Ways to Play with Small World Figurines
- Animal Popsicle Puppets: A Fun and Educational Preschool Activity – Lorena and Lennox: Bilingual Beginnings
- 10+ Small World Ideas for Kids
- Fun Easter Egg Indoor Hunt Idea: Numbered Egg Scavenger Hunt – The Pragmatic Parent
- Magnetic Activities for the Fridge Door
- #1 Best Idea to Entertain a Toddler – Growing Play
- Our Top Picks: Activities to Keep Little Ones Occupied During the Homeschool Day – The Art Kit
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