19 Things to do with your Toddler!

I thought I would do a really fun and helpful post for all you moms of 12-18 month olds or any age in between! This is a list of all the activities we do (with pictures)! I've gotten some ideas off of other blogs and pinterest and some I came up with on my own. Also, some are just obvious, but still need to be mentioned. Enjoy!

1. Paint with water

2. Blow Bubbles  (HERE are the best bubbles!)

3. Dance!

4. Play with sprinkles! (No she did not eat them, haha)

5. Play with Christmas lights

6. Color in a box with crayons

7. Play with dry rice and beans

8. Go outside 

9. Pull all the DVDs out of the cabinet 

10. Dye dry rice different colors with Koolaid!

(mix Koolaid with a little water and pour over rice in a zip lock bag and shake till all of the rice is colored, put on wax paper for a night to dry!)

 11. Pom Pom balls through a hole in a shoe box

12. Pull all the books off the shelf and then put them back

13. Make and play with a "squishy!"

(hair gel from the Dollar Tree mixed with blue food coloring and glitter in a large freezer bag)

14. READ!

15. Play dress up

16. Do puzzles 

17. Play in the sink! 

18. Play with water beads!


(HERE is where to get them...)

19. Make your own play dough and play with it!

(1 cup flour, 1/4 cup salt, 2 tablespoons Cream of TarTar (found with the spices), 1 packet of Koolaid, 1 cup warm water, and 2 table spoons of vegetable oil. Cook in a small pot for 3-5 minutes on medium stirring continuously. Put on the counter to cool then play! Keep it in the frigerator to last for weeks!)




More to come! Hope these will inspire you :)

Tutorial: Felt Flower Clip

I make this felt flower clip often because it is SO easy and so cute!

What you will need:

- felt of the color of your choice

- scissors

-a cup or something with a round bottom to trace

- a pen/sharpie 

-something to bare down on (like a book, desk)

- needle and thread (any color, you won't be able to see it)

-glue gun

-clips (you can get them at Hobby Lobby)

Okay to start trace out six circles on your felt using your pen and the bottom of a cup (or whatever you have found)

It will look like this when you are done tracing:

Then cut out all of the six circles

One of these circles is the bottom of the flower. 

Next take a circle and fold it in half and then in half again

Next sew this circle onto your bottom circle only sewing the very middle, like so:

Then do this again three times with three more circles, fold in half, fold in half again, then sew to the middle

Then take the last circle and fold just like the others and sew into the middle of the whole flower.
Its easier to do this if you go ahead and put your needle through it to keep it together and then sew to the bottom like so:

Then you will have your flower finished!

Next you need to hot glue the clip to the bottom of the flower

And Vuala! Your felt flower clip is ready to be worn :)

 

 

And this is Harper wearing one I made :)

Bow Holder For Harper

Okay This has nothing to do with BLW, but sometimes I can be a little crafty (haha) and I'd love to share some of that stuff on this blog too!

My most recent creation is a bow holder for Harper's many bows! It only cost me about $2.00!

Alright so what you will need is

-Empty Frame
-Ribbon
-Hot Glue Gun
-Scissors


(The ribbon I got at Hobby Lobby, they have a "ribbon scrap" bag for $1.99! Search for it, it's worth it! Also, I got the frame from my sister therefore it was free!)


1. Cover the outside of the frame with ribbon/fabric using the hot glue (or you can paint it)

2. Use different sized ribbons and hot glue them across the frame to the back. Place them wherever you want! You can also do them longways instead of sideways

3. Use some more ribbon to make a bow for the top and hot glue it on!

4. Put your bows on!


And that's it! So simple and cheap. I've seen these things for sale for $20 and they are half the size of the one I made


Hope you enjoyed my tutorial! :)