A simple, but fun, week of baby activities!
After sharing the four general weekly planners with my incredible newsletter subscribers, I asked if they had any suggestions for new weekly planners.
By far, everyone wants to know what to do with their one year old, so I shared a week of activities for one year olds last week.
And then there’s baby activities. Everyone wants to know what to do with their baby! Especially if they have older kids, they need to entertain the little ones while they do activities with the big kids!
Baby activities are very simple in nature. They can’t be complicated, just because of the ability of babies.
Most the time I try to include the following in each week for the activities planners:
- a gross motor activity
- a fine motor activity
- a craft
- an art project
- an outdoor activity
- an experiment or something to get them thinking
- a family activity for Sunday
Don’t have the kids activities planner? Get it here free and use it week after week.
I tried my best to include them all for baby activities, but couldn’t quite get into the crafts and experiments.
Monday: Texture Sensory Wall
What’s needed:
- pieces of colored paper
- clear contact paper
- photos, ribbons, pom poms, etc
- scissors
- tape
- a basket
Click to see how to make your own texture sensory wall for babies
Tuesday: Paint with baby food and trucks!
What’s needed:
- baby food
- paper
- trucks, cars, other toys with wheels
Click to see how we made paint for babies
Wednesday: Obstacle course for crawlers
What’s needed:
- couch cushions or pillows
- a ball or other toy to chase after
Click to see how to make an obstacle course for crawlers
Thursday: Explore baby food jars
What’s needed:
- baby food jars and lids
- small enough objects to fit in the jar (keep an eye on the baby, or make sure objects are big enough for the baby)
Click to see how to explore with baby food jars
Friday: Knock Down the Towers of Blocks
What’s needed:
- Blocks
Click to see it an activity to knock down blocks
Saturday: Explore a bag of tissue paper, wrapping paper, or newspaper
What’s needed:
- Paper bag
- tissue paper, wrapping paper, newspaper
Click to see how to explore tissue paper
Sunday: Family Day! Collect leaves in the park!
For many more baby activities, try browsing the activities we did when the kids were 6-12 months old.
Find more fun weeks of activities to plan here.
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Amanda says
Your site is fantastic, Jaime! My sisters and I all use your activities for our little ones to keep them on track and engaged. Thanks so much for providing!
Megan Ann says
Thanks, this is the information I was looking for.
Kathleen says
Hey there, Jaime! Thank you for sharing this. I have gotten some good ideas that I would not otherwise be thinking of. I have one question, though…do you have any idea about how these activities can contribute to the overall development of the kid? What age ranges are these activities ideal for?
I am asking coz I am planning to spend some time with my 1-year-old nephew during my vacation, and would appreciate some tips.
Thank you!
Michelle says
Thanks for the activity planner! Love it!
Bridgett Belsar says
Hello Jamie,
First thing : Thank You.
Appreciate your style of writing and how organized you are with your content.
Borrowing some inspiration from you :)
By the way some of these activities are into my list now for the weekend.
Regards,
Bridgett
Catherine Anderson says
Thank you for sharing this out, Jamie.
To be honest, this site is amazing!! My friend just recommends it to me and I really love your contents – tons of dedicated and insightful information regarding baby activities.
Samara says
Hi Jaime,
I recently discovered your site and I am loving it! The activities are great. I have an 8-month-old baby and I have been looking for ideas of things to do with her. I sense that I will coming back to your site pretty often : )
This is a great list of activities. We will be trying them out next week.
Thanks so much!
Ursula Tello says
I’d really appreciate some activities for babies who are only a few months