https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 19:56:19 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lets-share-activity-ideas#post-1734986 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 20:34:30 +0000 Chuckles 1734986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you mix cornstarch and water, it makes a really weird mixture that acts like both a solid and a liquid. I put my LO in his high chair and put a bunch of it on the tray, then let him go crazy pushing it around and trying to pick it up.<br /> Honestly, though, he spent about 10 minutes this morning just taking clothes in and out of the laundry basket, so I'm not sure he needs much to be entertained :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lets-share-activity-ideas#post-1734985 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 20:32:47 +0000 Zbug 1734985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MoonMoon: my LO hasn't been a fan of the kiddie pool so far. She likes the regular pool and the bath, so it doesn't make a lot of sense. I'm going to keep trying bc I envision myself lounging next to her drinking a lemonade while she splashes around all afternoon. Yeah, right :)</p> <p>@NaturallyCathy: either. She's 9 mo. </p> <p> @yoursilverlining: thanks for all the ideas! I think my LO is a bit young for a lot of them, but hopefully others can use them. I'm going to come back to this list as she gets older. I should get some bubbles though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lets-share-activity-ideas#post-1734805 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 18:26:52 +0000 yoursilverlining 1734805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not a SAHM, but here are some fun activity ideas that LO has done at daycare:</p> <p>Stamps: use cut up sponges (cut into shapes), apples cut in half make a star shape, paper towel tubes bent into shapes like heart, circle, square and triangle. That last one is great for working on identifying shapes once they are old enough.</p> <p>Take a ball with nubs on it and squish it around &amp; roll it around in a bag with paint, then take out the ball and roll it over paper. Leaves a really beautiful print that looks a bit like snow.</p> <p>Art with things you pick up on a walk (shells, small stones, leaves, sticks, feathers, etc.). Glue onto paper to practice small hand motor skills.</p> <p>Make collages from magazines; works on small motor skills (cutting out pictures, glueing to paper). Themes like food (name types of food pictures you see, or colors, etc.)</p> <p>Grow your own plants: lima bean in a ziplock bag - put a lima bean, a paper towel and a few drops of water in a ziplock bag. Will sprout in a day or two. Grass in a little plastic cup - grass grows very quickly. </p> <p>String art: drag a piece of string through paint and then drag it across paper, roll it around paper, etc.</p> <p>Make your own playdough.</p> <p>Help make food: fruit salad is good because they call identify fruits and colors, help stir, etc. Other salads are good too for the same reason. Pizza too.</p> <p>Chasing bubbles (whether "chasing" means looking at, leaning towards, crawling towards or working on walking towards!).</p> <p>Make a mailbox out of an old box, paint it, talk about mailmen and letters and mail, then make some "letters" to put in mailbox and mail to friends/family.</p> <p>Hmmmm....that's all I can think of off the top of my head that they've done recently! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lets-share-activity-ideas#post-1734790 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 18:17:27 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 1734790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are we trying to stay indoors? Or is outside an option? How old is your LO? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lets-share-activity-ideas#post-1734772 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 18:04:44 +0000 MoonMoon 1734772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love this thread! And the first time I tried water play, the bowl was overturned within a couple of minutes!</p> <p>My lo loves taking off the lid to a big plastic canister, then putting it back on again, rinse, repeat!</p> <p>Now that it's summer, he loves sitting in the kiddie pool, sometimes entertains himself in there for 20+ minutes, with a couple of toys or pebbles. I just sit nearby to make sure he's safe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lets-share-activity-ideas#post-1734758 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 17:57:44 +0000 Zbug 1734758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@stargal: that's a great idea. My LO is only 9 mo, but I could see her liking that soon. </p> <p>@Boogs: thanks! We will have to try that. </p> <p>@skipra: I'm totally dumping some of DH's things out of our bin like that this afternoon. LO has been sick, so we are stick in the house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lets-share-activity-ideas#post-1734681 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 16:20:53 +0000 skipra 1734681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Zbug: We use one of those plastic totes that fit under the bed for water play. It's way too big to tip over and DS loves it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lets-share-activity-ideas#post-1734671 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 16:13:52 +0000 Boogs 1734671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have fun making chalk paint using water, cornstarch, and food coloring. It's a fun and easy outside project! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lets-share-activity-ideas#post-1734670 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 16:13:12 +0000 stargal 1734670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like to take oats and put them in a big bin (with a tablecloth underneath on the floor) and give him measuring cups and little shovels and let him go to town!</p> <p>What about stamps and a stamp pad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lets-share-activity-ideas#post-1734661 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 16:08:32 +0000 Zbug 1734661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This also looks cool <a href="http://www.funathomewithkids.com/2013/02/homemade-edible-paint-infant-s-started.html?m=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.funathomewithkids.com/2013/02/homemade-edible-paint-infant-s-started.html?m=1</a></p> <p>Anyone else? We need some new activities over here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lets-share-activity-ideas#post-1734151 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:14:25 +0000 Zbug 1734151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tried water play by giving dd a large bowl filled with water and a couple of bath toys. Of course, she immediately dumped the entire thing over. Fail. </p> <p>I think I'm going to make a maraca today <a href="http://makingmulticulturalmusic.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/make-some-marvelous-maracas/" rel="nofollow">http://makingmulticulturalmusic.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/make-some-marvelous-maracas/</a>. </p> <p>We may also try this baby art project. I think you could also just use ketchup and mustard inside the ziplock bag. <a href="http://www.manager-to-mom.com/2011/09/babys-first-art-project.html?m=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.manager-to-mom.com/2011/09/babys-first-art-project.html?m=1</a></p> <p>I save plastic yogurt containers, put pennies, rice or pasta inside and use electrical tape to make it stay closed. She loves banging them around (and eating them). </p> <p>What activities have you found? </p>