Scooping items floating in water: this activity can be done with any item that floats, and can be changed around themes, holidays, or to increase difficulty. Children work on motor skills, but can also start incorporating color matching or sorting as time
SUMMER THEME Puffy Ice cream- glue and shaving cream. Also, leave paint white and paint on black ghost shapes for Halloween. Remove eye and mouth holes with q-tip or black paper ovals will stick to glue/shave cream mixture
Little Cloud - Cotton ball fine motor activity. Could be "clouds" or "snow" -- fun for babies to play in, and for toddlers to practice fine motor skills.
"Paintsicles" Frozen paint cubes for creative fun. From Learn with Play at Home. My kids have never played with paint because I can't stand the idea of the terrible mess!
DIY Popsicle Memory Game This one works for me on so many levels. a DIY Popsicle Memory Game which LOOKS good enough to eat! I have very fond recollections as a child sitting down an and playing adhoc memory games…