Doe your toddler love the Gruffalo? It’s such a classic book. It was published over 20 years ago and has been delighting toddlers ever since. These Gruffalo activities for toddlers are a fantastic way of having some book based fun with your child.
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Gruffalo activities for toddlers
This Gruffalo sensory bin creates a woodland scene from the book. This is a great sensory activity for your child and you could even retell the story with the parts characters in the sensory bin.
This is another fantastic sensory bin, this time using purple rice. It uses all the different scenes and descriptions from the book to create a fun sensory bin that your toddler will love.
Start introducing counting and numbers to your toddler with this fun build a Gruffalo game. All you need is some free Gruffalo printables, a dice and a pen.
Obviously, you're going to do most of the crafting here with a toddler but how cute is the finished result? You can even use it in more Gruffalo-inspired play activities or simply just storytelling with the book.
Get your toddler in the kitchen and bake these cute and simple Gruffalo cupcakes together. They're really simple to decorate and your little one will love to help and eat them afterwards (or during if they're anything like my kids).
It's never too early to start introducing pre-writing skills. This Gruffalo tool is a really cute and fun way to start.
This fun play dough set-up uses items you no doubt already have in the house to create a fun Gruffalo-themed play dough activity. Young children love play dough and will spend ages playing with it.
Make your own Gruffalo story stones together and then you can use them for storytelling or even to decorate your garden!
Explore the characters from the Gruffalo story whilst learning about shapes.
Teach toddlers about shadows with this fun Gruffalo's child activity.
If your toddler has a birthday coming up and they love the Gruffalo, it makes the perfect theme for their party. Get lots of ideas here.
Can your little one create their very own log pile house?
Outdoor Gruffalo activities
As you know we are passionate here about outdoor activities for children so I had to add some outdoor Gruffalo activities.
A woodland walk is a great place to look for the Gruffalo and even do a bit of storytelling from the book.
My kids always love looking for the Gruffalo on woodland walks. If you live in the UK, we have loads of Gruffalo trails around the country where you can enjoy a family walk that your toddler will love. Who doesn't love these huge wooden Gruffalo sculptures?
Where to next?
- Find loads of ideas for Outdoor activities for toddlers here.
- The Gruffalo is one of our favourite autumn picture books.
- If you’re ever in Blackpool, you need to check out The Gruffalo & Friends Clubhouse, Blackpool