Celebrate World Chocolate Day with your toddler through chocolate-themed crafts, snacks, and learning activities that support creativity and development!
World Chocolate Day, celebrated every year on July 7, is the perfect excuse to indulge in the world’s favourite sweet treat. This week offers a fun opportunity to help your toddler learn and grow through chocolate-themed activities that support early development. Whether you're whipping up some healthy chocolate snacks together, exploring textures and colours through chocolate-inspired crafts, or living out your candy land dreams with imaginative play, these five playful and educational activities will have you and your little one counting down to World Chocolate Day every year!
Here are 3 fun recipes you and your child can make together that incorporate chocolate in a fun and healthy way!
No Bake Chocolate Oat Balls:
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Chocolate Banana Bites:
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Chocolate Fruit Dip:
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These fun crafts are super simple and allow your toddler to explore their creativity with a fun chocolate theme.
Edible Chocolate Play Dough:
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Safety Note: While it’s edible, it’s still rich and sweet, supervised play is best, and it’s not intended to be eaten in large amounts.
Chocolate Bar Collage:
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Cut a “chocolate bar” shape from brown paper. Let your child decorate it by gluing on candy wrappers, drawing squares to mimic chocolate chunks or wrapping it in foil like a real candy bar.
Paper Plate Cookie:
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Let your toddler go crazy painting their plate brown. Let them experiment with different shades to make it look “baked.” Once the plate has dried, give them different sized circles of construction paper to glue however many “chocolate chips” they want to their plate.
These fun crafts are super simple and allow your toddler to explore their creativity with a fun chocolate theme.
Chocolate Colour Matching:
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Create a simple matching game using different tones of "chocolate" colours. Toddlers can match blocks to the correct shades, great for visual development.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Counting:
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Show your toddler a cookie with a number on it and help them count and place that many chips onto it. For extra fun, use tongs to build hand strength and coordination.
Encourage imaginative play with chocolate-themed activities! These fun, hands-on experiences spark creativity, storytelling and fine motor skills.
Chocolate Factory Pretend Play:
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Create Your Own Candy Land:
Give your toddler a blank sheet of paper and some crayons, markers or colored pencils, and let their imagination take over! Encourage them to design their very own candy-themed world. Ask fun, open-ended questions to spark ideas:
There are no limits, whether it's gummy bear mountains or marshmallow roads, let your child dream up their own sweet adventure. This activity promotes creativity, storytelling and fine motor skills through drawing and conversation.
Toddlers are constantly learning through their senses and world chocolate day is a perfect opportunity to introduce them to new textures and scents.
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World Chocolate Day is the perfect opportunity to add a little extra fun and sweetness to your everyday routine with your toddler. Whether you are whipping up a simple chocolate treat together, diving into imaginative chocolate-themed play, or creating a one-of-a-kind candy land filled with marshmallow roads and chocolate rivers, these easy and engaging activities are a delightful way to celebrate. They not only bring joy and laughter but also encourage creativity, bonding and playful learning. Make memories that will last long after the chocolate is gone with this unforgettable experience.
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