With the dark days of Winter behind us, it’s time to start setting up fun spring activities for toddlers and big kids, too! Spring has so many interesting themes we can use – here are some of the best ideas for sensory activities, arts and crafts, and free printables!
Spring Sensory and Fine Motor Activities
Magic Cloud Dough Recipe
DIY Candy shares an easy and quick 2 ingredient recipe for Magical Cloud Dough! This recipe is easy for your kids to help you assemble and will be sure to keep them busy and entertained with it’s fun texture. Keep it fun and fresh for Spring by choosing your favorite spring colors.
Bug Playdough Kid Craft
Ruffles and Rainboots shares this fun Bug Playdough Kid Craft where you can make “mud” and fossils with plastic bugs and playdough. Perfect for your bug loving toddlers this Spring!
Spring Playdough Mat
Spring Playdough Mats by Rock Your Homeschool are a fun way to implement sensory AND fine motor skills. Your kids will love making fun spring shapes, like flowers and bugs, with these free playdough mats as guides.
Spring Sensory Bin Ideas
Easter, Garden, & Build a Nest Sensory Bins
Mama of Minis shares 3 Fun Spring Sensory Bins for Toddlers and Preschoolers in this post. The different Spring themes – Easter, gardening, and building a bird’s nest – will keep your toddlers busy and engaged and provide a great way for them to experience different sensory textures.
Cut the Grass – Easy Spring Fine Motor Fun
Spring Flower Garden Sensory Bin
Mommy Evolution shares a fun Spring Flower Garden Sensory Play idea using water beads (with great suggestions for alternatives if you don’t feel comfortable with your kids playing with water beads!). If you have a toddler who loves gardening or flowers, they will love this fun sensory play idea.
Birds Nest Sensory Bin
Taming Little Monsters gives us a mess-free idea for a Beautiful Birds Nest Sensory Bin for Spring! Your kids will love these cute little chicks and this is a great way to make use of all those Easter eggs that float around our homes in the Springtime!
Spring Arts and Crafts for Toddlers – Nature Themed
Rainbow Nature Weaving Craft
If you live in an area that has different flowers and plants that are available to pick, this Rainbow Nature Weaving activity by Fox Farmhouse is such a fun Spring activity to get your kids engaged with nature! Encourage them to pick as many different colors of the rainbow as they can. Love this fun and easy to put together activity!
DIY Pressed Flower Bracelet
Whether you have your own flowers you can press, or you buy pressed flowers for this activity, DIY Pressed Flower Bracelet is such a fun and whimsical spring activity! Fox Farm Home shares all the details you need to know to make these.
Four Seasons Spring Craft
Spring is a great time to talk about the different seasons and ways the weather and environment changes. This Four Seasons – Spring Craft by Red Ted Art would make for a great preschool activity to learn about the seasons!
Nature Butterfly Craft for Toddlers
If you’re looking for a fun craft to take on a nature walk, do in a group setting, or even just to make in your backyard, check out this Nature Butterfly Craft for Kids by The Keele Deal. With simple supplies like contact paper and cardboard, you can create a fun butterfly craft that lets kids explore and take a closer look at nature!
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Alphabet Tree
Are your toddlers obsessed with the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom book like mine is?! This Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree Activity by The Keele Deal is a must-do for me this year with my 3 year old. A great way to use up some of those alphabet stickers and also a fun literacy activity to implement to help with their letter recognition!
Painted Pasta Flower Art Activity
This Painted Pasta Flower Art Project by The Family Focus Blog is a beautiful way to use up those stale pasta noodles we all have in the back of our pantry! Plus you can make different types of flowers with different noodle shapes. What a fun way to integrate fine motor skills and creativity for your toddlers!
Rainbow Paper Plate Craft
This Adorable Rainbow Paper Plate Craft for Kids by Ruffles and Rainboots is a fun (and tasty) way to work on color recognition and learn about rainbows! While your kids might eat half of the craft supplies, they will love making this fun paper plate craft!
Corn Cob Flower Stamping Craft
The Soccer Mom Blog shares this fun Corn Cob Flower Stamping Craft For Kids – perfect for when those fresh corn cobs hit the supermarket! This would make a really fun craft to have on hand for a barbecue for the kids to do.
Spring Handprint Crafts for Toddlers
Sunflower Handprint Craft
This adorable Sunflower Handprint Craft by Fox Farmhome is perfect for Spring OR Fall! Fox Farmhome included a free printable in their post to help you make your handprint craft. This craft is so fun and cheery!
Butterfly Handprint Craft
This colorful Handprint Butterfly Kids Craft by The Keele Deal is the perfect spring craft that you probably already have all the supplies to make. Your toddlers (and your older kids) will love making these handprint butterflies!
Handprint Flower Craft
Handprint Flowers make such a fun Spring craft to make with your kids! The Family Focus blog shows you all the steps to make this fun craft and it uses basic craft supplies that you probably already have at home. No going to the craft store with this one!
Handprint Caterpillar Craft
If you have more than one child, this Handprint Caterpillar Craft by The Soccer Mom blog is extra fun! Each person gets their own hand added to the caterpillar body, and it’s adjustable for the number of people you want to include. (but you can easily flex this craft to just one kid, as well!).
Spring Animal Crafts for Toddlers
Spring is all about the cute animals! Check out these fun spring animal crafts that are perfect for your toddlers and bigger kids!
Plastic Spoon Bunny Craft
How cute are these Plastic Spoon Bunny Crafts by The Keele Deal?! These are so fun AND a great way to use up those plastic utensils that are floating around your panty (or am I the only one who has those?!).
Craft Stick Chicks
These minimalist Craft Stick Chicks for Easter and Spring by Red Ted Art are quick and easy to make, and your kids will love coming up with their own versions!
Paper Plate Bird Nest Craft
Another great project for using up craft supplies from other projects or simply using craft supplies you likely already have – the Paper Plate Spring Bird’s Nest Craft for Kids by Mama of Minis is sure to keep your kids busy for at least 10 minutes!
Hatching Chick Craft
I love the use of different washi tapes in this Chick Craft (with FREE Printable) by In the Bag Kids Crafts. This activity is great for helping to develop fine motor skills and your kids will love creating their own cute hatching chick.
Cut and Paste Butterfly Craft
This Butterfly Craft by The Artisan Life offers so many good things for your toddlers! Letter recognition, fine motor skills, listening skills, and handwriting practice. Go check out the free printable!
Easter Egg Maracas
How cute are these DIY Spring Themed Easter Egg Maracas! The Rainy Day Mums share all the materials you need and how to make these adorable maracas. Plus, what toddler doesn’t love an instrument or noisy toy!
Spring Coloring Pages + Free Printables for Toddlers
If you’re anything like me, you LOVE a free printable. Check out these spring activities for toddlers that include a free printable to make mom life just a little bit easier today!
Spring Themed Dot Marker Pages
Check out these Free Spring Dot Marker Pages by Two Pink Peonies! These are great for fine motor skills, pre-writing skills, and are a great low prep activity for busy days.
More Spring Themed Dot Marker Pages
You just can’t have too many of these Free Printable Spring Do-a-Dot pages. Here are some more by The Artisan Life. Print them all off and have them on hand for low mess, low prep, easy activities for your toddler to do. Plus, they’re so good for their little hands as they get ready to start writing soon!
Printable Spring Themed Coloring Pages
Check out these 11 Spring Coloring Pages by Coloring Maker. There are varying degrees of difficulty available so these are perfect for a one stop place to print spring themed coloring pages for kids of different ages. Plus they’re so cute!
Spring Themed Walking Scavenger Hunt
How beautiful is this Spring Walk Scavenger Hunt (Free Printable) by Rock Your Homeschool?! This printable is perfect for a fun nature walk or an spring hike, depending on what is available close to you. This is such a fun way to keep your kids focused and moving!
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There you have it! Tons of great (and easy!) ideas for fun activities to do with your toddler this Spring. Have you tried another activity that you, or your kids, have loved? Comment down below what has been a hit at your house so we can help each other out with keeping our kids engaged and busy this Spring!
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