Toddler January Activities

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I didn't get around to making an "Activities" post for December, basically because the month was super busy and we generally just wrapped presents and baked cookies. Haha. But I wanted to be sure to post one for all the things we did in January. For the most part our activities were centered around snow, even though we didn't really have any snow in January. And we took a lot of walks without our coats on. 



Our sensory bin this month was a fun "snow" themed one. I filled it with a mixture of rice and that fake glittery snow stuff that actually gets everywhere. I also added in a few cotton balls, big glittery blue snowflakes, blue and silver pompoms in various sizes, blue aquarium rocks, some erasers in the shapes of polar bears and snowflakes, and also some fake pearl garland. Ladybug loved using an ice cube tray and tweezers to sort the items in the box, as well as pouring the rice, and just playing with all the pieces.


We also did a fun snowflake painting using a 50/50 combination of white glue and white shaving cream. We then used marshmallows to paint snowflakes. The snowflakes ended up drying puffy and 3D! Cool!

 I found some cool plastic snowflakes at the local craft store for super cheap, and Ladybug loved practicing using some tweezers to transfer them from one bowl to another. 


We did another fun painting experiment using the core of an apple to paint snow-flakes. Peanut also really enjoyed this activity. If you can't tell, painting is a big deal in our house.


We also made some snow playdough - using just a regular DIY homemade playdough recipe, we added a few drops of peppermint oil and some white glitter. The glitter didn't really show up in the photos, but it is pretty in real life! :) 
So, there you have it - those are some of the fun January/Snow themed activities we did this past month. What did you guys do?