I'll start: a tray of water, a few cups and a sponge on the balcony. 40 minutes. Forty. Cost nothing.
Throw your best low-cost ideas at me. Winter is coming and we're in a flat.
Cheap things that have kept your toddler busy for ages
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Frozen toys in ice. Put small plastic animals in a tub of water, freeze overnight, give them a pot of warm water, a spoon and a squeezy bottle. Rescue mission. Very popular in our house.
A big cardboard box. That's it. Rocket, house, car, cat hotel. Ours lasted two weeks before it collapsed.
Masking tape roads on the floor for toy cars. Peels off easily. My 3 year old will drive cars around for half an hour.
Posting things. An old tissue box and some lollipop sticks, or coins into a money box under supervision. Endless fun at 18 months.
sticker books from the pound shop. the reusable ones. mine sticks and unsticks for ages on the train
painters tape stuck all over a window for them to peel off. weirdly satisfying for them, cost me nothing
These are brilliant, especially the frozen animals. Doing that tomorrow.
Not indoors, but a scavenger hunt in the park. Find something red, something soft, a stick longer than your arm. Free and wears them out.
A whisk and a bowl of bubbly water. Mine was obsessed.
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