25 Ways To Totally Wear Out Your Toddler When Stuck Inside

Winter is fast approaching and we all know how hard it can be to wear out a toddler, especially when we are stuck inside all day. Today I’m sharing 25 Ways To Totally Wear Out Your Toddler When Stuck Inside. 

25 Ways To Totally Wear Out Your Toddler When Stuck Inside

1. Put on goggles and deep-sea dive in the bathtub.
2. Laser chase – this isn’t just a game for cats!
3. Try a toddler friendly recipe using a learning tower to get your little one involved.

4. Let them help you clean. Give your little one a spray bottle, washrag, and let the toddler go to town cleaning!  

5. Blow bubbles and try to see how many they can pop before they touch the ground.

6. Play keep it up with a balloon.

7. Try these high chair activities.

8. Play the Hot Lava game where you jump from furniture to pillows to blankets and make sure you don’t touch the floor.

9. Have a dance party!

10. Bounce or throw a ball.

11. Bring an outside toy inside, something like this Galileo Strollcycle.

12. Create an indoor swing by hanging a swing off of a pull-up bar in the doorframe.

13. Play Duck, Duck, Grey Duck.

14. Try these outdoor water table inside ideas. 

15. Play Simon Says.

16. Climb up and down the stairs as many times as possible.

17. Set up an indoor scavenger hunt – here’s a free printable indoor scavenger hunt printable for toddlers.

18. Have a tickle fight.

19. Play wrestle on the floor.

20. Make an obstacle course.

21. Let your toddler help with household chores like dishes or laundry.

22. Pretend to be animals.

23. Play dress up.

24. Let them go to town emptying a Tupperware drawer or cupboard that you don’t mind having to clean up later. 

25. Jump on a kid-friendly, indoor/outdoor trampoline like the Upper Bounce Kid-Friendly trampoline.