223 Indoor Activities for Kids & Toddlers on a Rainy Day

Rainy days with toddlers can be magical with the right activities! Whether your little one is crawling, cruising, or beginning to walk, these Montessori-aligned indoor ideas keep them happily engaged, learning, and moving. Here's a huge list, broken down by age to match your child's natural development.

Montessori education encourages children to explore their environment independently, whether outdoors or indoors, starting from the earliest months. Learn more about Montessori principles from AMI here.

Indoor Activities for 12–18 Months on a Rainy Day 👶

Rainy days are the perfect chance to nurture your 12–18 month old’s blossoming curiosity with Montessori-inspired indoor activities. At this stage, babies stuck inside, love to crawl, pull up, and explore textures and simple movements. These rainy day play ideas encourage safe discovery, sensory experiences, and joyful motor development — all right inside your cozy home!

• 1. Balloon Tap Game

  🛠 Materials: Balloon

  🎯 Instruction: Blow up a balloon and gently tap it back and forth with your toddler, keeping it in the air.

• 2. Sensory Bag Squish

  🛠 Materials: Ziplock bag, hair gel, small toys

  🎯 Instruction: Fill a bag with gel and little toys. Tape it shut and let toddler squish and move items inside.

• 3. Window Water Painting

  🛠 Materials: Paintbrush, small bowl of water

  🎯 Instruction: Let your toddler "paint" the windows with water.

• 4. Obstacle Crawl

  🛠 Materials: Cushions, chairs

  🎯 Instruction: Set up a tunnel or obstacle course for crawling under and around.

• 5. Texture Basket Exploration

  🛠 Materials: Basket, different fabrics

  🎯 Instruction: Fill a basket with rough, soft, bumpy textures for baby to explore.

• 6. Mirror Time

  🛠 Materials: Baby-safe mirror

  🎯 Instruction: Place toddler in front of the mirror to make faces and movements.

• 7. Blanket Pull Ride

  🛠 Materials: Blanket

  🎯 Instruction: Pull your toddlers gently around the room on a soft blanket to entertain them.

• 8. Stack Soft Blocks

  🛠 Materials: Soft stacking blocks

  🎯 Instruction: Stack and knock down soft blocks. This is great for developing fine motor skills.

• 9. Pop-Up Tunnel Fun

  🛠 Materials: Pop-up tunnel (optional)

  🎯 Instruction: Encourage crawling through a tunnel for gross motor practice.

• 10. Ball Rolling

  🛠 Materials: Soft ball

  🎯 Instruction: Sit facing each other and gently roll a ball back and forth.

• 11. Water Play at Sink

  🛠 Materials: Sink, measuring cups

  🎯 Instruction: Let toddler pour and splash using small cups at the sink (supervised).

• 12. Tower Knockdown

  🛠 Materials: Wooden blocks

  🎯 Instruction: Build a simple tower and let your toddler joyfully knock it down!


• 13. Sock Ball Toss

  🛠 Materials: Rolled-up socks

  🎯 Instruction: Toss soft sock balls into a laundry basket together.

• 14. Dance Party

  🛠 Materials: Music player

  🎯 Instruction: Play favorite songs and dance freely with your toddler.

• 15. Tunnel Chase

  🛠 Materials: Tunnel or hallway

  🎯 Instruction: Call your toddler through the tunnel as you pop out different ends.

• 16. Flashlight Exploration

  🛠 Materials: Flashlight

  🎯 Instruction: Darken the room slightly and let toddler chase the light beam.

• 17. Touch and Guess Game

  🛠 Materials: Cloth bag, objects

  🎯 Instruction: Hide familiar objects in a bag and let toddler reach and guess.

• 18. Crawl Over Bumpy Pillows

  🛠 Materials: Pillows

  🎯 Instruction: Stack pillows unevenly and encourage crawling over them.

• 19. Stacking Cups

  🛠 Materials: Plastic cups

  🎯 Instruction: Show toddler how to stack and nest cups together.

• 20. Bean Bag Toss

  🛠 Materials: Bean bags, basket

  🎯 Instruction: Toss beanbags into a laundry basket or taped square target.

• 21. Pretend Car Wash

  🛠 Materials: Washcloth, toy cars

  🎯 Instruction: Pretend to wash toy cars with a damp cloth together.

• 22. Sock Puppet Show

  🛠 Materials: Old socks, markers

  🎯 Instruction: Decorate socks and make funny puppet shows for your toddler.

• 23. Container Hide-and-Seek

  🛠 Materials: Empty boxes, toys

  🎯 Instruction: Hide toys under boxes and let toddler find them.

• 24. Big Box Crawl

  🛠 Materials: Large cardboard box

  🎯 Instruction: Let toddler crawl through, in, and around a big box "tunnel."

• 25. Bubble Wrap Popping

  🛠 Materials: Bubble wrap

  🎯 Instruction: Supervised popping fun by stepping or pressing on bubble wrap sheets.

• 26. Musical Instrument Jam

  🛠 Materials: Drums, shakers, xylophone

  🎯 Instruction: Let toddler make noise freely with safe instruments.

• 27. Plastic Cup Bowling

  🛠 Materials: Plastic cups, soft ball

  🎯 Instruction: Stack cups and roll a ball to knock them down.

• 28. Soft Object Sorting

  🛠 Materials: Soft toys, two baskets

  🎯 Instruction: Help toddler sort toys by type (animals vs balls, for example).

• 29. Scarf Pull

  🛠 Materials: Scarves, tissue box

  🎯 Instruction: Stuff scarves into a box and let toddler pull them out one by one.

• 30. High-Five Train

  🛠 Materials: None

  🎯 Instruction: March around the room giving high-fives to stuffed animals placed on furniture.

• 31. Follow the Light

  🛠 Materials: Flashlight

  🎯 Instruction: Move a flashlight beam and encourage toddler to crawl after it.

• 32. Sock Pull Tug

  🛠 Materials: Long sock or scarf

  🎯 Instruction: Tug gently back and forth on a sock for fun strength practice.

• 33. Tissue Paper Crunch

  🛠 Materials: Tissue paper sheets

  🎯 Instruction: Let toddler crinkle, tear, and crunch colorful tissue paper.

• 34. Tunnel Toy Rescue

  🛠 Materials: Tunnel, toys

  🎯 Instruction: Hide toys inside a crawl tunnel and send toddler inside to find them.

• 35. Book Basket Time

  🛠 Materials: Small basket of board books

  🎯 Instruction: Let toddler choose a book and explore turning pages independently.

• 36. Stacking Rings

  🛠 Materials: Stacking ring toy

  🎯 Instruction: Demonstrate stacking and let toddler practice freely.

• 37. Hand Washing Play

  🛠 Materials: Sink, mild soap

  🎯 Instruction: Practice fun handwashing with warm water splashing and bubbles.

• 38. Sit and Spin

  🛠 Materials: Toddler spinning toy (optional)

  🎯 Instruction: Supervise spinning games that teach balance gently.

• 39. Push and Pull Toys

  🛠 Materials: Push wagon or pull toy

  🎯 Instruction: Encourage movement across rooms pulling or pushing a toy.

• 40. Sensory Bottle Exploration

  🛠 Materials: Plastic bottle, glitter, water

  🎯 Instruction: Create sensory bottles and let toddler shake, roll, and explore.

• 41. Indoor Hopscotch

  🛠 Materials: Painter’s tape

  🎯 Instruction: Create a safe tape hopscotch board to walk and jump on.

• 42. Matching Game

  🛠 Materials: Picture cards or objects

  🎯 Instruction: Match pairs of cards or objects together with your toddler’s help.

• 43. Big Soft Blocks Building

  🛠 Materials: Soft stacking blocks

  🎯 Instruction: Build towers and encourage knocking down for gross motor practice.

• 44. Cotton Ball Blow Race

  🛠 Materials: Cotton balls, straws

  🎯 Instruction: Gently blow cotton balls across the table with straws.

• 45. Shape Sorting Fun

  🛠 Materials: Shape sorter toy

  🎯 Instruction: Explore shapes by matching blocks to sorter holes with guidance.

Activities for Toddlers 18–24 Months 👶

Looking for the best indoor activities for your 18–24 month old on a rainy day? Toddlers this age are learning to walk, climb, sort, and pretend. These Montessori-based rainy day activities support gross motor skills, early independence, and playful problem-solving — offering endless fun while nurturing natural development indoors.

• 46. Push the Laundry Basket

  🛠 Materials: Empty laundry basket

  🎯 Instruction: Let toddler push an empty laundry basket around the house like a truck!

• 47. Indoor Maze Walk

  🛠 Materials: Painter's tape

  🎯 Instruction: Create a simple maze on the floor with tape for your child to follow walking.

• 48. Animal Sound Imitation

  🛠 Materials: None

  🎯 Instruction: Make animal sounds and let toddler imitate you — moo, baa, quack!

• 49. Blanket Fort Reading Time

  🛠 Materials: Blankets, chairs, pillows

  🎯 Instruction: Build a cozy fort and bring a few story books inside to read together.


• 50. Simple Color Sorting

  🛠 Materials: Colored cups and matching balls or toys

  🎯 Instruction: Sort by color into matching cups with toddler's help.

• 51. Toddler Bowling

  🛠 Materials: Plastic bottles, soft ball

  🎯 Instruction: Set up empty bottles and roll the ball to knock them down.

• 52. Pom-Pom Transfer Game

  🛠 Materials: Pom-poms, muffin tin

  🎯 Instruction: Use hands or spoons to move pom-poms into muffin tin slots.

• 53. Cardboard Ramp Racing

  🛠 Materials: Cardboard, toy cars

  🎯 Instruction: Prop up a ramp and race toy cars down with your toddler.

• 54. Indoor Ball Kick

  🛠 Materials: Soft ball

  🎯 Instruction: Practice kicking a ball slowly across a soft surface indoors.

• 55. Sticker Collage

  🛠 Materials: Stickers, construction paper

  🎯 Instruction: Peel and stick stickers freely onto paper to make a colorful collage.

• 56. Animal Toy Rescue

  🛠 Materials: Tape, toys

  🎯 Instruction: Tape toys lightly to a tray and have toddler "rescue" them by pulling them off.

• 57. Shape Stamping

  🛠 Materials: Foam shapes, washable paint, paper

  🎯 Instruction: Dip shapes into paint and stamp onto paper.

• 58. Rainbow Rice Sensory Bin

  🛠 Materials: Colored rice, bin, cups

  🎯 Instruction: Let toddler scoop, pour, and explore rainbow rice in a sensory bin.

• 59. Body Part Song

  🛠 Materials: None

  🎯 Instruction: Sing songs like "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" while touching each part.

• 60. Pom-Pom Drop Tube

  🛠 Materials: Paper towel tube, pom-poms

  🎯 Instruction: Tape a tube to the wall and drop pom-poms through it for toddler amazement!

• 61. Dance Freeze Game

  🛠 Materials: Music player

  🎯 Instruction: Play music and freeze when the music stops!

• 62. Shoe Sorting

  🛠 Materials: Family shoes

  🎯 Instruction: Sort shoes into pairs together with your toddler.

• 63. Paint with Water

  🛠 Materials: Paintbrush, bowl of water

  🎯 Instruction: Paint sidewalks or construction paper with water only for easy no-mess art.

• 64. Crayon Scribble Art

  🛠 Materials: Chunky toddler crayons, large paper

  🎯 Instruction: Let toddler scribble freely and proudly display their artwork.

• 65. Teddy Bear Picnic

  🛠 Materials: Teddy bear, blanket, play food

  🎯 Instruction: Host a pretend picnic indoors for teddy and friends.

• 66. Container Fill and Dump

  🛠 Materials: Plastic containers, small toys

  🎯 Instruction: Fill and dump containers repeatedly — toddlers love this!

• 67. Soft Toy Parade

  🛠 Materials: Soft toys

  🎯 Instruction: Line up toys and march around with them singing a parade song.

• 68. Roll a Ball Between Chairs

  🛠 Materials: Ball, two chairs

  🎯 Instruction: Create a mini tunnel with chairs and roll a ball back and forth underneath.

• 69. Stacking Plastic Bowls

  🛠 Materials: Plastic mixing bowls

  🎯 Instruction: Stack them by size or just experiment with tipping and stacking.

• 70. Book Treasure Hunt

  🛠 Materials: Favorite story books

  🎯 Instruction: Hide a few favorite books around the house and go on a “hunt.”

• 71. Paper Tearing Station

  🛠 Materials: Old magazines or colored paper

  🎯 Instruction: Let toddler tear paper and feel different textures.

• 72. Ball Rolling Races

  🛠 Materials: Two soft balls

  🎯 Instruction: Roll balls down a gentle incline and see which goes farther.

• 73. Color Hunt

  🛠 Materials: None

  🎯 Instruction: Name a color and help toddler find something in the room that matches.

• 74. Singing Parade

  🛠 Materials: Music player (optional)

  🎯 Instruction: March around the house singing songs loudly and proudly!

• 75. Shape Tape Maze

  🛠 Materials: Painter's tape

  🎯 Instruction: Tape shapes onto the floor and encourage toddler to walk along them.

• 76. Clothespin Drop

  🛠 Materials: Clothespins, bucket

  🎯 Instruction: Drop clothespins into a bucket for a fun fine motor game.

• 77. Soft Animal Rescue

  🛠 Materials: Stuffed animals, laundry basket, scarves

  🎯 Instruction: Cover animals lightly with scarves and help toddler rescue them!

• 78. March and Clap Game

  🛠 Materials: None

  🎯 Instruction: March around clapping different rhythms to imitate simple musical beats.

• 79. Paper Plate Ring Toss

  🛠 Materials: Paper plates, paper towel tube

  🎯 Instruction: Cut out rings and toss them onto the upright tube.

• 80. Color Mixing in Bags

  🛠 Materials: Ziplock bags, primary color paints

  🎯 Instruction: Seal paints in bags and let toddler squish colors together.

• 81. Tower Stacking Race

  🛠 Materials: Wooden blocks

  🎯 Instruction: Race to build the tallest tower before it topples!

• 82. Hide and Seek with Toys

  🛠 Materials: Toys

  🎯 Instruction: Hide a few toys and help your toddler find them one by one.

• 83. Dance with Scarves

  🛠 Materials: Lightweight scarves

  🎯 Instruction: Wave scarves in the air while dancing to music.

• 84. Laundry Basket Boat

  🛠 Materials: Laundry basket, blanket

  🎯 Instruction: Sit toddler in a laundry basket “boat” and pull gently across a carpet.

• 85. Animal Footprint Stamps

  🛠 Materials: Animal figurines, washable paint, paper

  🎯 Instruction: Dip feet of plastic animals in paint and stamp on paper.

• 86. Mini Obstacle Course

  🛠 Materials: Cushions, chairs, tunnels

  🎯 Instruction: Crawl over and under obstacles across the room!

• 87. Copycat Dance Moves

  🛠 Materials: None

  🎯 Instruction: Toddler watches you dance silly moves and tries to copy!

• 88. Pompom Spoon Transfer

  🛠 Materials: Pom-poms, spoon, cups

  🎯 Instruction: Move pom-poms from bowl to bowl using a spoon for motor control.

• 89. Bubble Wrap Dance

  🛠 Materials: Bubble wrap sheet

  🎯 Instruction: Dance and stomp on bubble wrap sheets for sound and texture fun!

• 90. Indoor Balloon Volleyball

  🛠 Materials: Balloon

  🎯 Instruction: Tap a balloon back and forth gently across the room.

ndoor Activities for Toddlers 2-Year-Olds 👶

Two-year-olds are bursting with energy, and rainy days call for creative indoor activities that match their big movements and big imaginations! These Montessori-friendly ideas encourage active play, language development, and simple creative expression, keeping your 2-year-old joyfully busy and learning all day inside.

At 2 years old, sensory-rich movement activities are essential for building cognitive and physical coordination. According to Zero to Three, these early experiences shape how toddlers learn about their world and develop critical skills for life.

• 91. Build a Cardboard Box City

  🛠 Materials: Cardboard boxes, markers

  🎯 Instruction: Stack and decorate boxes to create "buildings" for pretend play.

• 92. Color Match Sock Game

  🛠 Materials: Colored socks

  🎯 Instruction: Mix socks and help your toddler find matching pairs by color.

• 93. Shadow Puppet Show

  🛠 Materials: Flashlight, wall

  🎯 Instruction: Make simple hand shadows against the wall for toddler giggles.

• 94. Paper Cup Towers

  🛠 Materials: Paper cups

  🎯 Instruction: Build towers using paper cups and knock them down.

• 95. Sticky Wall Art

  🛠 Materials: Contact paper, tape, lightweight objects

  🎯 Instruction: Tape contact paper sticky-side out and let toddler stick objects to it.

• 96. DIY Rainstick

  🛠 Materials: Paper towel tube, foil, rice, tape

  🎯 Instruction: Fill a tube with rice and foil spirals to create a rainstick sound.

• 97. Balloon Foot Tap

  🛠 Materials: Balloon

  🎯 Instruction: Try tapping the balloon only with your feet!

• 98. Bean Scooping Station

  🛠 Materials: Dried beans, spoons, bowls

  🎯 Instruction: Scoop and pour dried beans for fine motor practice (supervised).

• 99. Animal Parade Game

  🛠 Materials: Toy animals

  🎯 Instruction: Line up animals and march them through a pretend parade across the house.

• 100. Tape Jump Challenge

  🛠 Materials: Painter's tape

  🎯 Instruction: Create short tape lines to hop over across the floor.

• 101. Laundry Basket Basketball

  🛠 Materials: Soft balls, laundry basket

  🎯 Instruction: Toss balls into the laundry basket like a basketball hoop!

• 102. Giant Coloring Paper

  🛠 Materials: Butcher paper, crayons

  🎯 Instruction: Tape a giant piece of paper to the floor and color freely together.

• 103. Pretend Play Grocery Store

  🛠 Materials: Play food, bags, boxes

  🎯 Instruction: Set up a pretend store where toddler "shops" and checks out items.

• 104. Indoor Train Track Building

  🛠 Materials: Wooden train set or blocks

  🎯 Instruction: Build a simple train track on the floor and push trains around!

• 105. Pouring Practice Station

  🛠 Materials: Small pitchers, water, trays

  🎯 Instruction: Set up pouring activities with small pitchers over a towel.

• 106. Sticker Line Art

  🛠 Materials: Stickers, paper

  🎯 Instruction: Make lines or paths across paper using lots of stickers.

• 107. Window Crayon Fun

  🛠 Materials: Window-safe crayons

  🎯 Instruction: Let toddler draw freely on windows with washable crayons.

• 108. Block Sorting Game

  🛠 Materials: Wooden blocks of different colors

  🎯 Instruction: Sort blocks into color groups together.

• 109. Build a Cozy Indoor Tent

  🛠 Materials: Blankets, pillows, chairs

  🎯 Instruction: Create a cozy tent hideout for reading and pretend play.

• 110. Shoe Box Ramp Fun

  🛠 Materials: Shoe box lid, small balls or cars

  🎯 Instruction: Prop the lid up and roll balls or cars down for racing fun!

• 111. Indoor Nature Hunt

  🛠 Materials: Basket, nature objects (leaves, rocks)

  🎯 Instruction: Hide natural objects around the house for a mini indoor scavenger hunt.

• 112. Play Dough Shape Building

  🛠 Materials: Play dough

  🎯 Instruction: Roll and squish play dough to form simple shapes like circles and stars.

• 113. Tunnel Crawl Adventure

  🛠 Materials: Play tunnel or chairs and blankets

  🎯 Instruction: Crawl through tunnels you create together!

• 114. Toddler Yoga Time

  🛠 Materials: Yoga mat (optional)

  🎯 Instruction: Stretch and pose gently with your toddler copying simple movements.

• 115. Soft Toy Toss Game

  🛠 Materials: Soft toys, laundry basket

  🎯 Instruction: Toss soft toys into a basket from a few feet away.

• 116. Cup Stacking Competition

  🛠 Materials: Plastic cups

  🎯 Instruction: Race to stack and unstack cups quickly!

• 117. Cotton Ball Spoon Race

  🛠 Materials: Cotton balls, spoon, two bowls

  🎯 Instruction: Scoop cotton balls from one bowl to another using only a spoon.

• 118. Indoor Hurdle Crawl

  🛠 Materials: Cushions, painter's tape

  🎯 Instruction: Create a course with low "hurdles" for crawling or stepping over.

• 119. Matching Socks Relay

  🛠 Materials: Pile of socks

  🎯 Instruction: Find matching socks and race them back to a basket.

• 120. DIY Sensory Path

  🛠 Materials: Towels, bubble wrap, soft mats

  🎯 Instruction: Create a sensory walking path through the house.

• 121. Wash Toy Animals

  🛠 Materials: Toy animals, soapy water bin

  🎯 Instruction: Pretend to give animals a bubble bath!

• 122. Button Sorting Game

  🛠 Materials: Buttons, muffin tin

  🎯 Instruction: Sort colorful buttons into muffin tin cups (supervised).

• 123. Ball Balancing Game

  🛠 Materials: Spoon, ball

  🎯 Instruction: Balance a ball on a spoon while walking across the room.

• 124. Indoor Picnic

  🛠 Materials: Blanket, snacks, play food

  🎯 Instruction: Set up a pretend picnic inside with your toddler's stuffed animals too!

• 125. Large Puzzle Time

  🛠 Materials: Chunky puzzles

  🎯 Instruction: Build puzzles together with big easy pieces perfect for little hands.

• 126. Cardboard Ramp Races

  🛠 Materials: Large cardboard, toy cars

  🎯 Instruction: Race toy cars down a long ramp and see which wins.

• 127. Paper Snowball Fight

  🛠 Materials: Crumpled paper balls

  🎯 Instruction: Throw "snowballs" at each other indoors for silly gross motor fun!

• 128. Pom-Pom Color Toss

  🛠 Materials: Colored pom-poms, matching colored bowls

  🎯 Instruction: Toss pom-poms into matching colored bowls.

• 129. Indoor Target Practice

  🛠 Materials: Tape target on wall, soft balls

  🎯 Instruction: Throw soft balls aiming at the taped target circles.

• 130. "Follow the Leader" Game

  🛠 Materials: None

  🎯 Instruction: March, jump, clap — and your toddler copies every move!

• 131. Indoor Bubble Party

  🛠 Materials: Bubble wand, bubble solution

  🎯 Instruction: Blow bubbles and let your toddler pop as many as they can!

• 132. Magnetic Board Play

  🛠 Materials: Magnetic board and magnets

  🎯 Instruction: Stick magnets onto a board to make fun pictures or patterns.

• 133. Pom-Pom Sorting with Tongs

  🛠 Materials: Child-safe tongs, pom-poms

  🎯 Instruction: Practice transferring pom-poms using tongs for extra fine motor practice.

• 134. "Red Light, Green Light"

  🛠 Materials: None

  🎯 Instruction: Call out “Green light!” to run, and “Red light!” to freeze indoors.

• 135. Car Ramp Track

  🛠 Materials: Books and cardboard

  🎯 Instruction: Build ramps across books and race cars down the tracks.

• 136. Muffin Tin Counting

  🛠 Materials: Muffin tin, small toys

  🎯 Instruction: Place one item into each cup and count together.

• 137. Echo Game

  🛠 Materials: None

  🎯 Instruction: Say short words and let your toddler "echo" them back!

• 138. Indoor Color Hop

  🛠 Materials: Colored paper squares

  🎯 Instruction: Hop onto the color you name — like "blue!" or "yellow!"

• 139. Spoon Drumming

  🛠 Materials: Wooden spoons, pots or pans

  🎯 Instruction: Bang spoons gently on pots to create drumming beats together!

• 140. Hide and Seek Simplified

  🛠 Materials: None

  🎯 Instruction: Hide in very obvious places and giggle while your toddler finds you!

Fun Play Activities for Kids 2.5-Year-Olds at Home 👶

At 2.5 years old, toddlers love bigger challenges, imaginative games, and building projects. Rainy day indoor activities for this age can support focus, independence, and creative thinking. These Montessori-aligned ideas are perfect for helping your 2.5-year-old explore, move, and create with confidence inside the home.

• 141. Jumping over Pillows

  🛠 Materials: Pillows or cushions

  🎯 Instruction: Line up pillows and encourage toddler to jump or step over them.

• 142. Shape Hopscotch

  🛠 Materials: Painter’s tape

  🎯 Instruction: Tape different shapes on the floor and call out shapes to hop onto.

• 143. Indoor Soccer

  🛠 Materials: Soft ball, tape goals on walls

  🎯 Instruction: Kick a soft ball back and forth aiming into goals taped to walls.

• 144. Toddler Fashion Show

  🛠 Materials: Old hats, scarves, costumes

  🎯 Instruction: Dress up in silly outfits and strut down a pretend runway.

• 145. Animal Sound Freeze Dance

  🛠 Materials: Music player

  🎯 Instruction: Dance and when the music stops, act like an animal you name!

• 146. Alphabet Stomp

  🛠 Materials: Paper letters taped on floor

  🎯 Instruction: Call out letters and stomp on the correct one.

• 147. Rainbow Collage Craft

  🛠 Materials: Colored paper scraps, glue stick

  🎯 Instruction: Make a rainbow collage by gluing colored scraps to a big paper sheet.

• 148. Storybook Yoga

  🛠 Materials: Favorite story books

  🎯 Instruction: Act out simple movements that match the story’s scenes.

• 149. Build a Tower Taller Than You

  🛠 Materials: Wooden blocks

  🎯 Instruction: Challenge your toddler to stack a tower as tall as they are!

• 150. Indoor Shape Hunt

  🛠 Materials: None

  🎯 Instruction: Call out shapes (circle, square, triangle) to find around the house.

• 151. Paper Chain Decorating

  🛠 Materials: Strips of paper, glue stick

  🎯 Instruction: Create long paper chains to decorate doorways.

• 152. Pom-Pom Ice Cream Cones

  🛠 Materials: Paper cones, pom-poms

  🎯 Instruction: Scoop pom-poms onto paper cones for pretend ice cream fun!

• 153. Shape Sorting Race

  🛠 Materials: Shape sorter toys

  🎯 Instruction: Race to match shapes into correct holes as fast as you can.

• 154. Cardboard Animal Barn

  🛠 Materials: Cardboard box, toy animals

  🎯 Instruction: Cut a box into a barn and let toddler put animals inside.

• 155. Painter’s Tape Race Track

  🛠 Materials: Painter’s tape, toy cars

  🎯 Instruction: Create winding tape roads across the floor for racing cars.

• 156. Giant Paper Handprint Art

  🛠 Materials: Butcher paper, paint

  🎯 Instruction: Make big colorful handprints across a huge paper canvas.

• 157. Beanbag Toss Target Game

  🛠 Materials: Beanbags, taped target on floor

  🎯 Instruction: Toss beanbags onto a target taped to the ground.

• 158. Window Cling Play

  🛠 Materials: Reusable window clings

  🎯 Instruction: Stick and move window clings around on glass surfaces.

• 159. Cotton Ball Color Sorting

  🛠 Materials: Colored cotton balls, matching cups

  🎯 Instruction: Sort cotton balls into matching colored cups.

• 160. Animal Charades

  🛠 Materials: None

  🎯 Instruction: Act out different animals and guess which one it is!

• 161. Tissue Paper Collage

  🛠 Materials: Tissue paper scraps, glue stick, paper

  🎯 Instruction: Tear tissue paper and glue onto a large sheet to create colorful collages.

• 162. Jumping Color Circles

  🛠 Materials: Colored construction paper

  🎯 Instruction: Tape paper circles to the floor and call out which color to jump onto.

• 163. Soft Toy Bowling

  🛠 Materials: Plastic cups, soft toy

  🎯 Instruction: Stack cups and knock them down by tossing a soft toy.

• 164. Build a Stuffed Animal Tower

  🛠 Materials: Stuffed animals

  🎯 Instruction: Try stacking stuffed animals into the tallest tower possible!

• 165. Water Transfer Game

  🛠 Materials: Cups, water, turkey baster or sponge

  🎯 Instruction: Move water from one cup to another using a turkey baster or sponge.

• 166. Tape Shape Jump Game

  🛠 Materials: Painter’s tape

  🎯 Instruction: Make tape shapes and jump into the correct one when you call it out.

• 167. Build a Mega Block Castle

  🛠 Materials: Building blocks

  🎯 Instruction: Build the biggest "castle" possible from blocks together.

• 168. Story Basket Game

  🛠 Materials: Basket, random objects

  🎯 Instruction: Pick objects and invent silly stories around them.

• 169. Sponge Toss Game

  🛠 Materials: Soft sponges, laundry basket

  🎯 Instruction: Toss sponges into the basket for score points.

• 170. Indoor Bug Hunt

  🛠 Materials: Toy bugs, flashlights

  🎯 Instruction: Hide toy bugs and search for them using a flashlight.

• 171. Toy Car Wash

  🛠 Materials: Toy cars, soapy water bin

  🎯 Instruction: Wash toy cars in a small tub of sudsy water.

• 172. Pom-Pom Spoon Relay

  🛠 Materials: Spoon, pom-poms, bowls

  🎯 Instruction: Carry pom-poms across the room in a spoon and drop them into a bowl.

• 173. Recycled Box Building

  🛠 Materials: Empty boxes, tape

  🎯 Instruction: Stack and tape recycled boxes into tall towers or forts!

• 174. Indoor Color Maze

  🛠 Materials: Colored tape

  🎯 Instruction: Create a maze using colored tape paths on the floor to walk through.

• 175. Shape Stamping Art

  🛠 Materials: Sponge shapes, washable paint, paper

  🎯 Instruction: Dip sponge shapes into paint and stamp onto large paper sheets.

• 176. Memory Tray Game

  🛠 Materials: Tray, random household objects

  🎯 Instruction: Let toddler study the tray, then hide one item and guess what's missing!

• 177. Build a Pretend City

  🛠 Materials: Wooden blocks, cars, animals

  🎯 Instruction: Build roads, buildings, and parks for toys to explore.

• 178. Rainbow Sorting Game

  🛠 Materials: Colored paper, colored toys

  🎯 Instruction: Match toys to matching colored paper laid out on the floor.

• 179. Tunnel Obstacle Adventure

  🛠 Materials: Chairs, blankets, pillows

  🎯 Instruction: Set up tunnels and pillow obstacles to crawl through and climb over!

• 180. Tape Roads and Towns

  🛠 Materials: Painter’s tape, toy cars

  🎯 Instruction: Make roads and little towns across the floor using tape.

• 181. Name That Sound

  🛠 Materials: Household objects (keys, spoon, paper, etc.)

  🎯 Instruction: Make different noises and have toddler guess what object made the sound.

• 182. Jumping on Shapes

  🛠 Materials: Large taped shapes on floor

  🎯 Instruction: Jump onto a shape when you call it out.

• 183. Spoon Balancing Race

  🛠 Materials: Spoon, ball or pom-pom

  🎯 Instruction: Balance a ball on a spoon and walk across the room!

• 184. Indoor Tent Campout

  🛠 Materials: Blankets, pillows, fairy lights (optional)

  🎯 Instruction: Build a cozy "camping" tent and pretend to sleep under the stars.

• 185. Tape Hopscotch with Numbers

  🛠 Materials: Painter’s tape

  🎯 Instruction: Make numbered squares with tape and hop across calling out numbers.

• 186. Rolling and Kicking Race

  🛠 Materials: Soft balls

  🎯 Instruction: Roll and then kick a ball all the way across the room.

• 187. Indoor Balloon Paddle

  🛠 Materials: Balloon, paper plate, stick

  🎯 Instruction: Make a balloon paddle and tap the balloon back and forth.

• 188. Hidden Toy Dig

  🛠 Materials: Bin of rice or beans, small toys

  🎯 Instruction: Hide toys in rice or beans and dig to find them!

• 189. Glow Stick Dance Party

  🛠 Materials: Glow sticks, darkened room

  🎯 Instruction: Crack glow sticks and have a silly glowing dance party indoors.

• 190. Walk the Line

  🛠 Materials: Painter’s tape

  🎯 Instruction: Create a winding tape line and try to walk it heel-to-toe.

Indoor Toddler Activities for 3-Year-Olds 👶

Three-year-olds are ready for bigger adventures, deeper pretend play, and early problem-solving challenges — even on rainy days! These Montessori-inspired fun indoor activities for 3-year-olds spark creativity, encourage independent thinking, and offer plenty of playful movement when outdoor play isn't possible.

• 191. Alphabet Letter Hunt

  🛠 Materials: Magnetic letters or paper letters

  🎯 Instruction: Hide letters around the room and hunt for them by name!

• 192. Pretend Bakery

  🛠 Materials: Play dough, rolling pin, cookie cutters

  🎯 Instruction: Pretend to bake cookies using play dough and cutters.

• 193. Shape Puzzle Challenge

  🛠 Materials: Shape puzzles

  🎯 Instruction: Time yourself and your toddler to see how fast you can complete a puzzle!

• 194. Build a Rainbow with Blocks

  🛠 Materials: Wooden blocks in color groups

  🎯 Instruction: Build a rainbow from blocks sorted by color.

• 195. Indoor Obstacle Race

  🛠 Materials: Cushions, chairs, tunnels

  🎯 Instruction: Set up a race path over, under, and around obstacles!

• 196. Sensory Balloon Play

  🛠 Materials: Balloons filled with different textures (rice, beans, flour)

  🎯 Instruction: Feel and squeeze balloons to guess what’s inside!

• 197. Watercolor Painting

  🛠 Materials: Watercolor paints, paper

  🎯 Instruction: Use soft strokes to paint light colorful designs.

• 198. Musical Chairs (Slow Version)

  🛠 Materials: Chairs, music

  🎯 Instruction: Walk around chairs while music plays, sit when it stops — no rushing needed!

• 199. Giant Cardboard Painting

  🛠 Materials: Cardboard, paint, brushes

  🎯 Instruction: Paint large cardboard pieces freely like murals.

• 200. "What’s Missing?" Game

  🛠 Materials: Tray of items

  🎯 Instruction: Show toddler a tray, cover it, and remove one object — can they guess what’s missing?

• 201. Color Mixing Art

  🛠 Materials: Primary paints, brushes, paper

  🎯 Instruction: Mix two colors and guess what color they create!

• 202. Toy Rescue Ice Block

  🛠 Materials: Ice block with toys frozen inside

  🎯 Instruction: Rescue toys from a big block of ice by melting and chipping gently!

• 203. Silly Dress-Up Race

  🛠 Materials: Dress-up clothes

  🎯 Instruction: Race to put on silly dress-up clothes and strike a pose!

• 204. Indoor Hide-and-Seek (Harder)

  🛠 Materials: None

  🎯 Instruction: Try hiding in more challenging places around the house.

• 205. Rebuild the Tower Challenge

  🛠 Materials: Blocks or stackable toys

  🎯 Instruction: Build a tower, knock it down, rebuild faster each time!

• 206. Story Retelling with Toys

  🛠 Materials: Personalized Story books, stuffed animals

  🎯 Instruction: Use stuffed animals to act out your favorite story.

• 207. Jump Over the Lava!

  🛠 Materials: Paper "lava" zones

  🎯 Instruction: Pretend certain spots are lava and hop safely between them!

• 208. "Simon Says" Active Version

  🛠 Materials: None

  🎯 Instruction: Add jumping, spinning, crawling to the classic "Simon Says" game.

• 209. Ice Cube Painting

  🛠 Materials: Ice cubes colored with food dye, paper

  🎯 Instruction: "Paint" across paper using colorful melting ice cubes!

• 210. Sticky Tape Rescue Game

  🛠 Materials: Small toys, masking tape

  🎯 Instruction: Tape small toys lightly to a surface and have toddler rescue them.

• 211. Muffin Tin Sorting Race

  🛠 Materials: Muffin tin, small colored toys

  🎯 Instruction: Sort objects by color into muffin cups — as fast as possible!

• 212. Build a Domino Trail

  🛠 Materials: Dominoes

  🎯 Instruction: Line up dominoes and knock them down dramatically!

• 213. Sponge Tower Building

  🛠 Materials: Soft sponges

  🎯 Instruction: Stack and balance sponges into silly tall towers.

• 214. Tallest Block Tower Contest

  🛠 Materials: Wooden blocks

  🎯 Instruction: Build the tallest block tower without it falling down!

• 215. Paper Plate Skating

  🛠 Materials: Two paper plates

  🎯 Instruction: Stand with feet on plates and "skate" around the carpet!

• 216. Animal Rescue Pretend Play

  🛠 Materials: Stuffed animals, bandages (optional)

  🎯 Instruction: Pretend stuffed animals are hurt and care for them with kindness.

• 217. Pompom Catapult

  🛠 Materials: Spoon, pompoms

  🎯 Instruction: Launch pompoms across a table using a spoon like a catapult!

• 218. Build a Marble Run

  🛠 Materials: Paper towel tubes, tape, marbles

  🎯 Instruction: Tape tubes to the wall and roll marbles through.

• 219. Story Stones

  🛠 Materials: Smooth stones, markers

  🎯 Instruction: Draw simple images and create random stories using your stones!

• 220. Giant Sorting Race

  🛠 Materials: Toys by type (animals, vehicles, etc.)

  🎯 Instruction: Race to sort everything into the correct piles!

• 221. Balloon Tennis

  🛠 Materials: Balloon, paper plates, sticks (for paddles)

  🎯 Instruction: Bat the balloon back and forth using homemade paddles!

• 222. Create a Cardboard Road Map

  🛠 Materials: Cardboard, markers, toy cars

  🎯 Instruction: Draw roads and parking lots and drive cars across them!

• 223. Rainbow Toy Sorting

  🛠 Materials: Toys of every color

  🎯 Instruction: Build a giant rainbow using colored toys sorted by color!