The Best Activities for 3-Year-Olds

Are you looking for activities for your 3-year-old? Well, we got you covered. Check out our list of the best articles for 3-year-olds.

  • Do a scavenger hunt
  • Play with a cardboard box
  • Make some homemade play dough.
  • Have a dance party.
  • Play with the hose
  • Write a letter to a grandparent
  • Build a tower or structure.
  • Wash the windows.
  • Do a puzzle.
  • Give their toys a bath.
  • Build a fort, then take a nap.
  • Make fruit kebabs. Choose one new fruit they haven’t tried yet.
  • Finger painting with water on cardboard.
  • Cut junk mail with scissors.
  • Foil Puzzle Presents.
  • Melt ice with warm water and an eye dropper or turkey baster.
  • See how much water a diaper can hold.
  • Use an eye dropper or pull-up with colored water to decorate a diaper.
  • Play restaurant.
  • Fill the sink with water and give them some large beads to put in the water.
  • Fill the sink with water and add pom poms.
  • Fill the sink with water and bubbles and add a few non-bath toys.
  • Build a pillow and blanket fort.
  • Take a bath with plastic balls.
  • Build a Book Rainbow.
  • Play dress-up with your shoes.
  • Read a book.
  • Play dress with daddy’s old ties.
  • Teach them how to play with rocks, paper, and scissors.
  • Draw on the stairs.
  • Play in the bathtub in a swimsuit with toys.
  • Look at your child’s baby book.
  • Paint a coloring book with watercolors.
  • Have a toga party.
  • Bake muffins together.
  • Make fruit kebabs and eat them.
  • Snuggle on the floor.
  • Play hide and go seek.
  • Have a tickle fight.
  • Have a pretend wedding.
  • Paint with a potato masher.
  • Paint Lego.
  • Wash paint off Lego or Megabloks.
  • Take a magnifying glass and look for bugs.
  • Play with balloons.
  • Make faces on a plate with their snack.
  • Play pretend telephone.
  • Eat lunch on the floor picnic style.
  • Make a funny face.
  • Put puzzles in a bin, and then have your 3-year-old search for pieces and put them together.
  • Play pretend firefighters.
  • Build a tower using tissue boxes.
  • Take the mattress off their crib and use it as a tumbling mat.
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