When you’re locked up inside with a toddler, things can get a little hairy, these rainy day toddler activities could be a life saver. You can use simple items around the home to have a blast with your toddler. Who said no one could have fun in the rain?
Toddler Play with Straws and Cotton Swabs
If you look in your cupboards right now, you already have everything you need for this simple toddler play idea.
Toddler Play with Tissue Paper and Pinecones
This is no mess and loads of fun.
Bring outside indoors with these wonderful flower sensory soup, a great idea when you can’t get outside.
Rain Cloud Finger Paint Art for Kids – Simple Fun for Kids
Bring the rainy clouds indoors with this fun finger painting project.
What could possibly be more fun on a rainy day than going outside and actually playing in the rain? You only live once, mom!
The Best Indoor Rainy Day Activity Ever – True Aim Education
In “Princess Diaries” style, turn your staircase into an indoor “snow hill” to “sled” down! If you don’t feel comfortable using a mattress, try substituting with gym mats or card board. This will create hours of fun!
Rainy Day Math Game – My Nearest and Dearest
Keep your kids entertained on a rainy day with this fun game while incorporating a little bit of learning at the same time. Although it does require some initial set up (cutting), practice numbers and patterns.
Rainy Day Fun – Paper Bag Houses – Inner Child Fun
Let creativity run wild and create a little town or city of houses and buildings out of paper bags.
Rainy Day Box – My Bored Toddler
Create a rainy day box full of fun activities that you only pull out when it gets too wet to play outside. Here are a few simple ideas!
Rainy Day Splatter Painting – Mama.Pappa.Bubba
A little bit of food color and rain mixed together makes for this fun and colorful painting project on a rainy day.
Rainy Day Fun: Science Experiment for Kids – A Mom With a Lesson Plan
What happens when everyday objects get wet? Take some items out into the rain and see how the rain changes them. Then have a discussion about it with your toddler.
Gross Motor Activity for a Rainy Day: Walking on Pillows – Hands on as we Grow
Pretend the floor is hot lava and hop from “island” to “island” all while developing gross motor skills.
Rainy Day Rhythm Games for Kids – Let’s Play Music
Learn even more rainy day songs, and use these rhythm packs to play different games with them as well!
Rainbow Colour Hunt – Rainy Day Activity – Red Ted Art
Pick a color and see how many items in your house you can find in that color. Then take a picture of all oft he things you find.
Rainy Day Fun: Baby and Toddler Flashlight Games – CanDo Kiddo
Take advantage of the dark skies on a rainy day to bust out the flashlights and play these fun games with your toddler.
Indoor Hopscotch – A Rainy Day Activity for Toddlers – Happy Hooligans
Just because its raining outside doesn’t mean you can’t bring the hopscotch inside!
The Umbrella Song: Rainy Day Songs – Let’s Play Music
Learn this fun song and sing it with your toddler on your next rainy day, and it will help them with learning rhythm recognition, coordinated movement, memory, and exploring the sounds of the rain.
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Planet Toddler says
This is a great list with a lot of really good ideas. I really like the “rainy day box”.
Monique says
Thanks!