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Bath balloons – A Toddler Trick for Bathtime
My toddler loves balloons but they have a limited life expectancy in her hands. This trick is a great way to get hours of fun out of a few balloons and is just as much fun in the bath, a paddling pool or even a larger pool. Aside from basic playing with your water filled balloons you can invent all kinds of games with them including balloon races, balloon basketball and even balloon tennis if you don’t mind a lot of water on the ground (or you!)
TweetStrawberry Picking – a Toddler Trick for outdoors
Strawberries are an absolute favourite in our household so we have come up with a great way of having a strawberry picking experience in your own back yard. Over the holidays we were lucky enough to actually go strawberry picking, so we have also given you some tips and ideas of mounting your own strawberry exbidition if you are lucky enough to live near a strawberry garden as there is nothing like picking and eating sun kissed fruit on a summers day.
TweetWater Painting – a Toddler Trick for outdoors
We recently discovered that painting doesn’t always have to be messy. Water painting has been an absolute favourite of one of our tricky friends Cooper who showed us how to play it. His mum reports that Cooper water paints the concrete outside, the windows, his toys and sometimes even the family dog! When visiting his grandparents over the holidays a bucket and a paint brush kept him busy for hours. It has fast become a favourite in our house too and we are encouraging the water painting in the hope it will extend to car washing in future years.
TweetShadow Puppets – a Toddler Trick for indoors
We have a lot of fun with this one; at night in bed or on a wet day with the curtains shut! You don’t have to be a particular talented hand actor or actress to have fun with this trick. I stick to the basics and the adventures of bunny, crocodile and dog are both legendary and never ending. Older toddlers will have fun making the ‘puppets’ with you and can join in the story telling and action as well.
TweetSandwich Shapes – a Toddler Trick for meal time
It is amazing how a sandwich shaped like a star or a flower or a circle tastes so much better than when it is a normal sandwich shape! At least that is what my toddler tells me. While I am blessed with a child who will pretty much eat anything we still have days when tiredness or boredom gets the better of her and I have a battle on my hands. Sandwich shapes is a quick and easy way to transform a lunch or snack time staple into something special. It makes a quick and easy party trick and can turn uneaten toast into something a lot more tempting.
TweetConstruction Site Watching – a Toddler Trick for outdoors
Although my daughter is great at entertaining herself, hours of unstructured play can get boring! We have been very lucky the last few months as the house next door to us is under renovation. My daughter is absolutely fascinated watching the the builders hammer, drill and dump dirt. We sit together on a little hill watching, listening and imitating the builders for hours. Are there any new houses or buildings under construction in your area? Got a toddler who loves trucks and diggers? I recommend you head to the nearest construction site with your toddler and settle in for some wonderful watching and then head home to try some of our toddler tricks for budding builders.
TweetZoo Visit – a Toddler Trick outing
We are very excited to be visiting the Taronga Zoo with my toddler’s best friend this week. We have been planning the visit for some time and over the past week we have had a lot of fun getting ready to get the most from the experience. If you are lucky enough to be visiting a Zoo or wildlife park here are some ideas to make the visit a whole lot more fun for even the very youngest toddler.
TweetEgg Soldiers Or Dip Dip Eggs – a Toddler Trick for meal time
Egg Soldiers were a HUGE favourite in our household growing up! My sisters and I would regularly have them for breakfast and on the odd occasion for dinner. There’s something about dipping your soldiers into the gooey yellow yoke that makes this meal so much fun! To make it even more special mum used to draw faces on our eggs and these Dip Dip eggs as they are now known became legend! This is a great meal for those toddlers who are fussy eaters and need a bit of encouragement at meal time.
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Hi I’m Lou from Sydney
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I'm a young mum with a passion for coming up with creative ideas to keep my toddler entertained that don’t cost a lot. Other mums and dads seemed to like sharing my ideas and have encouraged me to develop “Toddler Tricks” an online box of great ideas to keep toddlers entertained.
If you read my blog you will see that I also have a passion for food and with a partner who is a personal trainer we are big on getting out and about as a family. I look forward to meeting other parents through this blog and sharing ideas, stories and some funny moments.Recent tricks
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