Last Updated on March 15, 2025 by Sheryl Cooper
Inside: Looking for some fun toddler spring activities? Here are over 20 inviting activities that will bring nature into your home or classroom!
Spring is one of the best times to bring nature into the home or classroom.
Adding fresh flowers (or fake for something that lasts longer!) to the play-dough table or sensory bin adds a fresh, colorful element.
When searching through spring activities on the internet, I noticed that most of them focus on art elements that are a bit too complicated for young toddlers’ little hands.
These spring activities are specifically selected for toddlers, for hands-on activities that they can enjoy at their skill level.
Scroll down to find links to free printables!
20+ Super Fun Toddler Spring Activities
ART
Spring Chicks – Strengthen the hands and fingers with this fun art activity that involves squeezing watercolors.
Rainy Day Window Art – Toddlers will paint on cookie sheets with blue watercolors and press a piece of paper down on top, creating a rainy window effect. (Play, Teach, Repeat)
Egg Carton Flowers – Paint egg cartons with plenty of colorful paint to upcycle these flowers. (I Heart Arts n Crafts)
Tulip Stamps – Cut potato halves to create tulip-shaped stamps for toddlers to dip into paint. (Crafty Morning)
Painting with Flowers – Toddlers will use various flowers as their paintbrushes to create fun textures. (The Cozy Red Cottage)
Coffee Filter Umbrellas – Use coffee filters, markers, and water to create these spring umbrellas to hang in your windows. (Glued to My Crafts)
Butterfly Process Art – As a class, glue tissue paper onto a large outline of a butterfly to create a colorful wall decoration. (Stay at Home Educator)
CIRCLE TIME
5 Green Frogs – Use this printable to recite the favorite finger play during circle time.
Frog Puppet – Paint a lunch sack with golf balls and turn it into a frog puppet – free printable included!
Flower Props – Plain and numbered! (Freebie)
Butterfly Props – Make enough for each child to hold while reading butterfly books and singing butterfly songs. (Freebie)
COLORS
Flower Sorting – Turn your train table into a flower sorting station. Comes with free printable sorting pages.
MATH
Feed the Caterpillar – Roll the die and put that many pom poms into the caterpillar. (Fantastic Fun and Learning)
SENSORY
Frog Water Table – Add squeezers and strainers for some fun fine motor strengthening.
Rubber Ducks Water Play – Put together a sensory bin inspired by Eric Carle’s 10 Rubber Ducks.
Birds Nest Sensory Bin – Fill a sensory bin with birdseed and pretend birds for preschoolers to place in the little nest. (Fantastic Fun and Learning)
Bugs Sensory Bin – Dye rice green and add plastic bugs, adding little cups for toddlers to scoop. (Fun with Mama)
SCIENCE
Flower Discovery Bottles – Use real flowers to fill these beautiful discovery bottles, allowing toddlers to examine the flowers up close. (Little Bins for Little Hands)
PLAYDOUGH
Flower Playdough – Place brown playdough into small pots for toddlers to push fake flowers into. (Fun with Mama)
Playdough Invitation – Gather nature materials from outside, such as small pinecones, for toddlers to press into the playdough. (Fantastic Fun and Learning)
LITERACY
Letter Matching Flowers – Write letters onto foam flowers and clothespins for toddlers to match up together. (Learn Play Imagine)
FINE MOTOR
Spring Flower Tray – Push the stems of fake flowers into the holes of a colander.
PRINTABLES
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