What you’ll need Empty soda bottles Large plastic ball Process Place the empty bottles in a triangle like bowling pins. Let your toddler roll the ball to knock them over. You may have to experiment with distance as the ball sometimes rolls down the side, so a closer distance would help with accuracy, as they…
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Bottle bowling
Balloon cricket
What you’ll need Empty paper towel roll or gift wrapping roll Balloon Process Find a big open area Take turns throwing and hitting the balloon. You can introduce numbers by keeping score of how many runs your toddler scores, draw the numbers really big an keep mentioning their score.
Hot potato
What you’ll need Potato (indoors) water balloon (outdoors) Process Ask the children to sit cross-legged in a circle with one child blindfolded in the middle. Once they’re ready, throw the potato to one of the children. The children should throw the potato to each other. The child in the middle (leader) shouts “hot,” whoever is…
Pin the tail on the donkey
What you’ll need Poster of a donkey. Blindfolds Different coloured tails for each player. Process Put the poster of the donkey on the wall. Ask the children to queue in front of the poster When a child is at the front, place the blindfold over their eyes. Spin them around four times and let them…
Beanbag race
What you’ll need Beanbags Process This one is for older toddlers, find a nice open area and draw a start and finish line. Ask the toddlers to line up at the starting line. Place a small beanbag on each toddler’s head. Let them race to the finish line whilst balancing the beanbags on their heads….
Beanbag balance
What you’ll need Beanbags Process A few toddlers get in a crawling position. Place the small, light beanbags on their backs. Tell them to start crawling. The winner is the one who keeps the beanbag on their back the longest. Give the winner a prize.



