1. Fill a baby
pool with water and watch your toddler splash around
2. Run a
sprinkler or water hose in the backyard
3. Set up a
water exploration table filled with interesting household items
Instead of buying a water table, just make your own out of a plastic storage tub. Include sponges, measuring cups and spoons, ladles, whisks, tongs, bath toys, cups, funnels, buckets, colanders, etc. |
4. Have a toy
car/bike wash
5. Jump in
puddles and make footprints
6. Run and play in
fountains
7. Visit a
splash park/water park
Here, we are at a splash park that is geared towards young children. This one costs $5 to get in, but there are many other nearby fountains (free of charge) that we also like to visit. |
8. Blow bubbles
and try to pop them
9. Water plants
in a garden
10. Rescue iceberg toys
11. Have a group of toddlers do a wet
sponge pass (over their heads and under legs)
12. Play wet sponge tag
13. Have a squirting contest with bathtub toys
(or use empty and cleaned out ketchup/mustard bottles)
When I was squirting him with the fish, Ryan was screaming with excitement and saying “Mommy, I get you!” |
14. Play a guessing game (sink or float) with everyday
objects
15. Set up a Slip n Slide
16. Make
rainbow water using different containers and food coloring, and then mix some of the colors together to create new colors
17. Paint a
fence, wall, or sidewalk with water
Ryan took this job very seriously. Lucky kept sniffing around his bucket, and he said, “Go away, Wucky!” (Poor Lucky.) |
18. Create a homemade water wall, as seen on familylicious.com
19. Practice
throwing water balloons into a mini basketball hoop or playing catch with them (be careful to throw away the popped balloons
immediately)
20. Write the ABC’s with sidewalk chalk, then call out a
letter or letter sound and have your toddler spray it with water
~ Ryan absolutely loves water and being outside. We are having so much fun this summer! ~
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