Hands on Kids Activities for Hands on Moms.

Activities for 12 to 24 Month Olds

Toddler activities that are perfect for 18 to 24 month olds.

Please note: This is just the age that we tried these activities in our house.
These activities may be suitable for other ages. As well as not suitable for your child that is of this age. Please take into consideration the level of development that your child is at.

Check out Activities for 12-18 Month Olds and 2-2.5 Year Olds for more ideas!

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Fall Tree Art: Pulled String Painting

The boys and I had a creative morning. I grabbed some paints in fall colors [red, yellow and brown], along with some canvas paper and Paint Dab Markers we received from CraftProjectIdeas.com.

I had a really fun,

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Large Tube Gravity Experiment

While fixing up George’s new big boy room, we got new carpet for the room and ended up with this large carpet tube.

This was such a treat for the boys! And I think you could go to any carpet store and they’d

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A Clean Up Method: Blocks Transport

Does this look familiar to you? A tub of blocks, dumped out all over the floor?

This constantly happens in our house. Any tub of toys gets dumped out in its entirety. Blocks are very common to be strewn about the floor.

And this

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A Busy Play Activity: Styrofoam Destruction

 

Who knew Styrofoam packaging from a ceiling fan could provide such entertainment to two little boys?

Add some tools [real tools!] to some good old Styrofoam and let the boys have a blast destructing it.

Or is that all they’re doing?

At one point Henry

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Fine Motor Activity with Drawer Knobs & Screws

Another toddler busy play activity!

I’ve been after my husband for some nuts and bolts. I know he has a bunch somewhere [he saves absolutely everything, I'm sure he has a stash!]. I decided to take a look

Dominoes Activity

Entertained with Dominoes!

Dominoes!

I think there’s a lot of potential that could be done for activities with Dominoes, but for now, I just let the boys explore them and see what they thought of them.

Henry immediately began to make a road with them, and George

Toddler Activity: Measuring Cups & Pots

Toddler Busy Play: Measuring Cups & Pots

 

I was trying to get some bars in the oven to bake, and the boys were not getting along for the life of them the other day and I needed to separate them.

To keep George in the kitchen with me, but also