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The Kid's Place Archive

Activities for 3-5 Year Olds

  1. Bake Cookies
  2. Blow Bubbles
  3. Play Hopscotch
  4. Make Snow Angels
  5. Do Chores Together
  6. Do the Hokey Pokey
  7. Take Pictures - Give your Child a Disposable Camera
  8. Have a Tea Party
  9. Make Cards for Loved Ones
  10. Play Tag
  11. Bean Bag Toss
  12. Drop Clothspins in a Milk Jug
  13. Look thru a Magnefying Glass
  14. Have a Puppet Show
  15. Play with Play Dough
  16. Fly a Kite
  17. Play Duck Duck Goose
  18. Play Dress Up
  19. Make a Mobile from Items Collected Outside
  20. Play with Squirt Bottles
  21. Play Simon Says
  22. Sing a Song
  23. Play a Kazoo
  24. Call Grandma
  25. Make Sock Puppets
  26. Record & Listen to Your Own Voice
  27. Make Pipe Cleaner Jewelry
  28. Make a City in the Sandbox
  29. Play Go Fish!
  30. Play Pick up Sticks
  31. Play Marbles
  32. Play a Learning CD-Rom Game
  33. Go on a Smell Hunt
  34. Pick Berries at a Farm
  35. Do Somersaults
  36. Play Musical Chairs
  37. Go to the Library
  38. Help Dad Wash the Car
  39. Play Hide & Seek
  40. Collect Rocks in a Basket
  41. Go for a Walk
  42. Piggy Back Ride
  43. Read a Book
  44. String Large Beads on a Shoelace
  45. Walk on a Balance Beam (2X4)
  46. Draw on the Sidewalk with Chalk
  47. Make a Domino Chain
  48. Have a Picnic
  49. Visit an Elderly Neighbor
  50. Count Jelly Beans
  51. Hang Spoons on Your Nose
  52. Build a Popsicle Stick Fort
  53. Go on a Scavenger Hunt
  54. Make Paint Blot Pictures
  55. Sprout a Potato
  56. Play Red Rover
  57. Make Crayon Rubbings*
  58. Make Bubbles with a Six Pack Ring
  59. Finger Paint
  60. Do an Electonic Puzzle
  61. Learn Sign Language
  62. Make a Brown Bag Mask or Costume
  63. Make Bird Treats
  64. Make a Weaved Paper Basket
  65. Play Vetrinarian with Stuffed Animals
  66. Have a Slumber Party and Decorate Pillows
  67. Make your own Book
  68. Play Hot Potato
  69. Make Paper Hats
  70. Make Flubber
  71. Decorate & Eat a Sandwich
  72. Mirror Each Others Actions
  73. Go on a Shape or Color Hunt
  74. Guess How Many Beans are in a Jar, then Count
  75. Learn Your Address & Phone Number
  76. Observe an Ant Farm
  77. Make Butter*
  78. Play with Silly Putty and Comics
  79. Play Kick the Can
  80. Go Trick or Treating at a Retirement Center*
  81. Make Leaf Pressings
  82. Have a Chalkboard Story
  83. Decorate a T-shirt
  84. Do Yoga
  85. Read a Map
  86. Make Mud Pies*
  87. Tour a Fire Station
  88. Build a Cardboard Playhouse
  89. Do the Hokey Pokey
  90. Kiss a Mirroir with Lipstick
  91. Make a Megaphone out of a Paper Towl Tube
  92. Dance to Music
  93. Paint Rocks
  94. Make a Shoebox Train for Toys
  95. Make a Tin Cup Telephone
  96. Play wiht a Sponge, Water and Bucket*
  97. Play Blanket Tug of War
  98. Go fishing with a Yardstick, String and Bucket
  99. Bang on Pots and Pans
  100. Read a Book
  101. Stack Tupperware
  102. Play with a Sheer Scarf
  103. Sit n' Spin
  104. Play Chase
  105. Make a Cardboard and Magazine Picture Puzzle
  106. Make Finger Puppets out of Stickers
  107. Make Plaster Hand Prints
  108. Paint a Picture
  109. Make a Snow Globe
  110. Look for Animal Tracks
  111. Make Paper Plate Masks
  112. Learn about the Day You were Born
  113. Make an Edible Necklace
  114. Make Snow Ice Cream
  115. Make an Indoor Obastacle Course
  116. Make a Cushion Fort
  117. Take a Bubble Bath
  118. Dress up a Stuffed Animal
  119. Paint on Snow with Food Coloring/Water in a Squirt Bottle**
  120. Play with a Sheet of Stickers
  121. Recycle Transfer Comics with Crayons
  122. Play in a Puddle
  123. Make Pudding
  124. Jump on a Pile of Pillows
  125. Make Goop
  126. Make a Book
  127. Look at the Stars
  128. Make a Rainbow with a Prism
  129. Learn Numbers with a Deck of Cards
  130. Bird Watch
  131. Make a Cardboard Box Car
  132. Make a Felt Story Board
  133. Do Finger Rhymes
  134. Go on a Bug Hunt
  135. Make a Bracelet
  136. Brush Someone's Teeth - Mom :)
  137. Drum on a Coffe Can
  138. Go to the Park
  139. Try to Catch Someon's Shadow
  140. Play Paperwad Basketball
  141. Play Dress Up
  142. Make Fingerprint Drawings
  143. Write with Dry Erase Markers on a Mirroir
  144. Learn to Read a Map
  145. Make Cardboard Lace Cards with Yarn
  146. Make a Cardboard and Magazine Puzzle
Goop

1 c White School Glue
1c Liquid Starch
2-3 Drops of Food Coloring

Mix together to form a ball. Keep in a covered container when not being used. Food coloring can stain so be careful. For Children Ages 3 and Up

DAD'S PROJECT!
Build a
Toy Box
Treehouse
Sandbox
Dog House
Child's Table & Chairs
Loft Bed
Rocking Horse
Puppet Stage
Pinewood Derby Car
Teddy Bear Book Ends
Toy Guitar
Child's Computer Table
Block Wagon

*Some Activities Require Adult Supervision.
**Contributed by Emilia