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Gross Motor Activities

Gross motor activities are a great way to spend all that energy that gets built up! Find indoor and outdoor gross motor activities to do with the kids! Build the kids' gross motor skills before working with fine motor activities.

30 Ways to Play with Balloons

A while ago, Henry and I had a little Balloon Extravaganza.

Balloons are a blast! Get them out all year round!

Since then, I’ve been on the lookout for fun ways to play with balloons.

Here are 30 Ways to Play with Balloons:

Through activities, art, experiments,

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Gross Motor Activity for a Rainy Day: Walking on Pillows

I’m almost embarrassed to post this gross motor activity…. it seems too simple to warrant a post. But with that said, it was super duper fun and had George moving all morning long! And its perfect for those days you’re stuck indoors, when its

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Gross Motor Activity: Can You Move Like Baby Does?

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Huggies®.

 

Have you ever watched the movement of a baby? Its a gross motor activity itself!

Watch the poses that they do! They sure don’t move much, but what they can do

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Simple Activity: A Tape Road

To me, a tape road is a no-brainer simple activity to do.

With all boys in the house, we’re always doing ‘things that go‘. And roads are built constantly. Whether it’s from train tracks, drawing roads,

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10 Gross Motor Activities YOU can do Outside with the Kids

Thanks to Quaker® Big Chewy Granola Bars for fueling [aka sponsoring] me up to do these gross motor activities with my kids! 

We love to get active here. Gross motor activities are always a favorite, and its that time of year where

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Big Art Project for Toddlers: Ribbon Painting

Get moving and get creative at the same time with a big art project. Ribbon painting is a fun art project for toddlers to let loose and paint in a fun way.

But its also fun for preschoolers too!

It wasn’t just

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A ‘Spy Game’ Scavenger Hunt

A fun and easy way to get the kids moving. Go on a ‘spy game’ scavenger hunt.

Scavenger hunts are always a hit here. It’s an easy way I can get the boys moving without little effort on my end. And they love,