I am super excited to be sharing all these brilliant winter activities for toddlers with you! It’s taken me ages to write up as I found so many great ideas but I couldn’t bear to leave any out – the good news for you though is that you get the most amazing list and loads of activities for toddlers with ideas to keep them busy all winter long!
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Winter Activities for Toddlers
Because this is such a huge list I’ve divided it into three sections, winter crafts for toddlers, winter sensory play for toddlers and easy winter activities for toddlers, as I write this there are currently 55 different winter activities for toddlers shared across the three lists but over winter I’ll probably end up adding a few more as I love sharing new ideas!
Materials and craft sets for cool winter activities
I love all of the activities in this post but I also know that I need to have everything to hand before I start an activity with my kids and even more than that, I like to have something easy up my sleeve for when they tell me they want to do more things afterwards!
If you’re the kind of mum who likes to have a few simple winter activities and crafts up their sleeves for those emergencies when you just need something to do then some of my favourites that I’ve seen are these colour in snowglobes for kids, this snowman charm bracelet kit and these snowflake suncatcher decorations.
You’ll find each of the activities listed under the pictures and they are written up in the order that they appear in the image, obviously there’s tons more than I’ve shared the images for so do make sure that you have a good look through the lists as you should be able to find enough ideas to keep the kids entertained for the whole season (fingers crossed anyway)
Want to make sure you don’t forget any of these ideas? Make sure you bookmark this page or pin the collages so you’ll have all the winter activities for toddlers you need straight to hand when you need them!
15 Winter Crafts for Toddlers
Paper plate snowflakes from Crafts on Sea
Toilet roll snowmen from Red Ted Art
Tape resist snowflakes from Mommys Bundle
Paper snowmen art from Fireflies and Mudpies
Snowflake paper plate twirler from Crafts on Sea
Giant craft stick penguins from Fireflies and Mudpies
Bubble wrap snowman craft from Crafts on Sea
Winter lantern craft from Crafts on Sea
Paper plate winter tree craft from Crafts on Sea
Hot chocolate craft from Crafts on Sea
Pom pom printed snowman from Crafts on Sea
Snowy owl craft from Crafts on Sea
Winter tree suncatchers from Crafts on Sea
Polar bear craft for toddlers from Crafts on Sea
Snowflake paper plate wreath from Crafts on Sea
Easy icicle craft from Mommys Bundle
Bubble wrap snowman from Crafts on Sea
Puffy paint snowglobe cards from Red Ted Art
Painted coffee filter snowflakes from Happy Hooligans
Paper plate polar bear craft from Crafts on Sea
Paper plate snowman garland from School Time Snippets
Yogurt pot polar bear craft from Crafts on Sea
14 Winter Sensory Play Ideas for Toddlers
Mess free snowflake sensory bag from Crafts on Sea
Winter playdough from Claire’s Little Tots
Frozen oobleck sensory play from Messy Little Monster
Frozen snow slime from Artsy Fartsy Mama
Sensory Play for ‘Katy and the Big Snow’ from What We Do All Day
Snowstorm sensory bottle from Rhythms of Play
Winter sensory bin from Mommys Bundle
Winter Play Dough Mats from Crafts on Sea
Winter slime from Schooling a Monkey
Winter sensory bag from Teach Me Mommy
Gingerbread play dough recipe from Buggy and Buddy
Homemade snow dough from Natural Beach Living
How to make homemade snow from Red Ted Art
Snowman sensory bin from Pint-Sized Treasures
Winter wonderland playdough from Messy Little Monster
26 Easy Winter Activities for Toddlers
Winter fairy wonderland small play from Rhythms of Play
Winter ice lamp from The Gingerbread House
Stained glass lanterns from Crafts on Sea
Vanilla snow ice cream from Happy Hooligans
Snowman printables pack with a snowman coloring sheet, bigger or smaller recognition and snow people-themed counting clip cards from 1-10 from Schooling a Monkey
Easy winter snowman art from Teaching Two and Three Year Olds
Easy snowball art from Teaching Two and Three Year Olds
Try out some easy winter tree painting ideas using the free printable for this activity
Create a fun sled winter art project using our free template and a water spray
Get outdoors with this free printable winter scavenger hunt
This two ingredient cloud dough makes perfect snow for small world play
Bubbling snowman activity from The Wise Owl Factory
Winter charades, free printable game from Buggy and Buddy
Snowy toy car ramp from Buggy and Buddy
Montessori inspired Gingerbread Baby activities from Natural Beach Living
How much water is in snow experiment from Edventures With Kids
Printable winter bingo from Artsy Craftsy Mama
Snowball painting from All Done Monkey
Taste safe ice paints from Messy Little Monster
Snowy day tissue paper art from Fireflies and Mudpies
Mixed medium winter paintings from Stay at Home Educator
Painting with snow from Happy Hooligans
Easy winter art with paper mittens from Teaching Two and Three Year Olds
Puffy paint melted snowman from Messy Little Monster
Frozen paints from Crafts on Sea
Playing with thin ice nature exploration from What We Do All Day
Figure skating activities from Every Star is Different
Painting with icicles from Mama Smiles
Winter treasure hunt from Brain Power Boy
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I like the idea of a mess-free snowflake sensory bag! This is such an awesome collection of crafts. Even though my kids are beyond toddler stage I think they’d love these activities. Fantastic post.
Aaaah so many amazing & fun ideas to keep the kids entertained over the Christmas holidays! Thank you.