keep toddlers busy — Sensory Toddler Activities - Find fun, sensory ideas at home

Colourful Rice

A lovely, visually enticing activity which can be easily adapted for babies, toddlers and children using resources in your kitchen cupboard.

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Water Bead Play

Colourful, bouncy water beads and some cool water. A fun way to keep little hands busy and learning.

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Cooking with Water

Playing on that classic activity of banging saucepans and bowls, we just water to help our babies cool down on a hot summer afternoon.

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Sprinkling Flour

This is definitely not the cleanest activity but if you can relax into the mess there is lots of fun to be had. Plus the hoovering up afterwards can become an activity in itself.

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Ice Cream Soap Fun!

Lots of messy fun and very little time is required to set up this activity. Plus it’s nice and easy to clean up afterwards! Bonus.

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Vegetable Sensory Play

Easy activity using our toddlers sense of taste!

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Sensory

These activities are a great way for your children to explore the world around them using their senses in a fun and engaging way