Creativity Activities for Kids

28 creativity activities for toddlers and preschoolers.

• Art Supply Safari

  Try out crayons, pastels, and colored pencils and see how they feel different.

  ~10 min

• Blanket Base

  Your child builds a fort from blankets, pillows, and chairs — then hangs out inside with a book or snack.

  ~10 min

• Board Game Basics

  Learn the rules of a simple board game by playing it together step by step.

  ~10 min

• Card Game Fun

  Play a simple card game like Uno or Go Fish together.

  ~10 min

• Color Explosion

  Fill a whole page with as many colors as you can find around the house

  ~10 min

• Color Mixing Lab

  Mix two paint colors together and discover what new color appears.

  ~10 min

• Dance Party

  Put on a favorite song and dance together — no rules, just move.

  ~10 min

• Drawing Fun

  Draw simple shapes and pictures together using just a pencil and paper.

  ~10 min

• Glue & Glitter Art

  Squeeze glue into a design on paper, then sprinkle glitter on top.

  ~10 min

• Junk Genius

  Your child picks recycled materials — boxes, tubes, lids — and builds whatever they dream up.

  ~10 min

• Kitchen Band

  Grab pots, spoons, and containers and make music together.

  ~10 min

• Leaf Gallery

  Your child collects leaves, sticks, and petals outside, then arranges them into a picture on the ground.

  ~10 min

• Marker Faces

  Your child draws silly faces on their arms or hands with washable markers — happy, mad, surprised.

  ~8 min

• Painting Time

  Use a paintbrush and water-based paints to create a colorful picture.

  ~10 min

• Paper Folding

  Fold a piece of paper in half, then in half again, and see what shapes you make.

  ~10 min

• Phone Photo Walk

  Hand your little one a phone and let them take pictures of things they find interesting.

  ~10 min

• Puzzle Power

  Work on a jigsaw puzzle together, starting with the edge pieces.

  ~10 min

• Rock Paper Scissors

  Learn the hand signs and play rock-paper-scissors together.

  ~5 min

• Runway Ready

  Your child picks wild outfit combos from the closet and walks a 'fashion show' runway down the hallway.

  ~10 min

• Shape Builder

  Use toothpicks and marshmallows (or playdough) to build 3D shapes.

  ~10 min

• Simon Says

  Play Simon Says — only do the action when Simon says so!

  ~10 min

• Sketch & Shade

  Make a simple drawing and learn to shade it light and dark with a pencil.

  ~10 min

• Slinky Play

  Watch a Slinky walk down stairs and experiment with making it move.

  ~5 min

• Snip and Stick

  Your child cuts or tears pictures from old magazines and glues them into a wild collage.

  ~10 min

• Sock Show

  Your child puts socks on their hands and puts on a puppet show — voices, drama, and all.

  ~10 min

• Squish and Shape

  Your child sculpts something from playdough — an animal, a letter, a face, anything they imagine.

  ~10 min

• Stencil Tracing

  Use stencils or trace objects around the house to make shapes on paper.

  ~10 min

• Video Game Basics

  Show your little one how to hold a game controller and press buttons.

  ~10 min