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Interesting, fun and cheap toddler games & activities to keep both of you amused.

The following are great activities and games you and your toddler can do together. These games and activities are fun and cheap, and most importantly essential to your child’s physical and mental development.

• Make an obstacle course in your living room out of cushions and furniture and have ‘you’ and your kid run through them.
  
  
• Toddlers also enjoy having a secret club or fort so help then make one in their room out of blankets and pillows.
  
  
• Act out a story from a book. This game will particularly interest the child if it is their favorite story. If possible, include impromptu props and costumes in this activity.
  
  
• Make a fort or a playhouse out of big cardboard boxes and let your toddler play ‘House’ or ‘Mummy and Daddy’.
  
• A messy but fun crafting activity is finger painting. Allow your child to use as many colors as they like and encourage them to be creative! Reward them by pinning the art up on the refrigerator.
  
  
• Play horsy with your toddler and give them a piggy back ride around the house.
  
  
• Teach your child how to count by using a deck of cards.
  
  
• Teach your toddler how to make a tin cup or paper cup telephone. Help them make it and ensure that there are no sharp edges. Then play with it as if it were a real phone!
  
  
• Read a book together. Picture books are better because you can then encourage your toddler to point out items mentioned in the book such as animal or fruits and so on.
  
  
• Dancing or singing to your toddler’s favorite TV show or song is another fun activity to do with your toddler that encourages growth.
  

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