20+ Block Activities for Kids that No One Knows!

As a mother, I understand the delight and fascination that my kid discovers while playing with blocks🆎.

I have personally experienced the magic that a simple set of blocks can weave into my kid’s world. These blocks are not just a timeless and reliable source of entertainment but also a powerful aid in fostering the learning and development of my kid🤓. 

Blocks not only help my kid in building towers; they also help nurture creativity, fine motor skills, and a sense of achievement. 

Amazing Block Activities for Kids

If you are looking for fun and exciting activities to keep your child’s hands and minds engaged and foster a sense of learning, you have come to the right post🙌.

I have made a list of a few engaging and interesting activities with blocks for kids that have been tried and tested in my home with my kids. These activities will entertain your kids and contribute to their overall development.

Build a Dream City 

If your kid loves building different structures, it’s a treat to watch them do that. You can let your child’s imagination run wild as they create their cityscape 🏙️ using blocks. 

Seeing them build different imaginative structures like skyscrapers and parks might astonish you as well. 

This activity can encourage your kid to be creative and nurture spatial awareness.

Pro tips: I always join in for fun and ask my kids about the stories behind each building.

Colorful building challenge

You can upgrade your young one’s block building to a colorful challenge with this activity. Collaborate a burst of color into block play by assigning different colors to specific challenges.

For example, building a red tower, a blue castle, or a green bridge. Assigning specific colors to various structures not only makes the activity visually enticing but also helps introduce basic color recognition skills to your young one.

Count and build towers 

You can introduce counting and building seamlessly to your child in the count and build towers 🗼activity. You can give the challenge of creating various towers with a specific number of blocks🔢. 

This activity can transform a simple activity into a mathematical adventure. Each completed tower represents a monument of achievement for your kid. 

You can make it a collaborative effort by counting aloud together, reinforcing the concept of counting while fostering a sense of teamwork.

Alphabet block hunt 

You can let your kid wear their detective 🕵️hats and shoes and bring them to the world of hunting alphabets. This activity can transform a usual and boring playtime activity into an exciting and fun educational game. 

As your child searches the house for the hidden alphabet blocks, their joy upon discovery is not just a celebration of finding an object but also an achievement in early learning. 

Pro tips: I try making it a fun game by setting a timer and seeing how many letters blocks my child can find within a specific time, encouraging them to be fast and agile. 

Memory game with blocks

Memory games are known for improving cognitive skills when they collaborate with blocks; these can become a delightful and engaging challenge for your toddler🤗.

You can place a few blocks on a tray, let your young one observe, study, and remember them, then cover the block with a cloth and ask them to recall the patterns and orders.

You can slowly increase the number of blocks and difficulty of the game to challenge your child’s memory power as they become more confident🙌.

Block Balance challenge

You can transform your kid’s boring block play into a balancing and fine motor skills adventure.

You can challenge your child to line up the blocks in ways that create a proper and straight structure, which requires patience and focus and can help to promote fine motor skills and the ability to balance, as these skills are necessary for a child’s development and progress.

Block printing art 

You can let your kid become artistic with block printing art. Your kid can turn blocks into artistic tools by dipping them in paints and creating unique prints on paper.

This messy and delightful activity can turn magical by allowing your kid to explore different textures and colors. 

The resulting artwork is a collection of beautiful displays of your kid’s imagination.

Pro tips: I cover the area with old newspapers 📰, magazines, or an old sheet to make cleanup an easy task.

Build a-Bridge challenge

You can introduce your child to an activity like building a bridge 🌉, which can help in transforming simple block stacking by introducing basic engineering 👷 principles. You can discuss the importance of balance and support as they build their masterpiece.

As your kid designs and builds bridges, they are not just building structures but also developing an ability to balance, stability, and basics of engineering concepts. You can involve yourself in this activity by sharing stories of real-life bridges, sparking curiosity about the world around them. 

Sensory block bin

You can let your kid engage in a sensory adventure with this exciting and engaging activity. You can create a sensory experience by filling the bin with a variety of blocks like smooth, textured, soft, and hard. 

You can do this by introducing blocks of varying structures and textures; you are stimulating their sense of touch 🖐️and providing an opportunity for rich vocabulary development. 

DIY Block puzzles

You can transform a simple block activity into this personalized challenge for your young one. You can turn your ordinary blocks into puzzle pieces 🧩 by drawing or sticking images on the blocks. 

Mix up the blocks and let your kid assemble the puzzle. The process involved in solving these puzzles not only improves problem-solving ability 🧠but also encourages them to be independent thinkers. 

Pro tips: I introduce themes that match my kid’s interests, which include animals, birds🐣, or his favorite characters and cartoons. This selection adds an extra layer of engagement and excitement to the problem-solving experience.

Shadow Play with Blocks

This activity adds a flavor of magic to block play. You can combine light 💡 with blocks to create shadows on a wall. Let your child experiment with different block arrangements, exploring the fascinating world of shadows. 

By creating shadows on a wall 🧱 with blocks, your child will understand light and shadow, which can help to transform a simple activity into an engaging and exciting exploration of physics. 

You can encourage your kid to tell shadow stories or make shadow animals for added fun. This activity not only improves their storytelling skills but adds a layer of imaginative play to the activity.

Emotional block faces

You can turn an ordinary block into an expressive character. Draw expressive faces 🙂 on blocks and ask your toddler to create characters with distinct emotions😉.

As your child creates various characters with distinctive emotions, they are not just playing but also delving into the sphere of emotional intelligence. 

Use this activity as an opportunity to discuss emotions openly. This activity fosters emotional intelligence and strengthens your connection through shared conversation.

Story Cubes Adventures

You can turn the usual storytelling activity into an imaginative and interactive experience for your kid. Create story cubes by sticking pictures on different sides of large blocks.

Roll the blocks, and encourage your young one to tell a story, including the images that land face up. Through this activity, kids are not just creating stories but are improving their narrative skills.

Pro tips: I capture these instant stories on video 📸or photos🎞️, creating a beautiful collection of memories. 

Alphabet learning

You can engage your kind in an engaging journey of alphabet 🔤 learning. Use a set of alphabet stickers ranging from A to Z and stick these stickers onto each block, crafting simple blocks into vibrant, lettered wonders. 

You can challenge your learner to construct an interesting pyramid, making sure that these blocks are arranged in proper alphabetical order from A to Z. This activity improves their knowledge of the alphabet and develops sequencing skills.

Block-making 

You can engage your little one with a block-making adventure using everyday materials such as egg cartons and small cardboard packaging boxes📦. Start by bringing together these recyclables with paper, glue, scissors, and colorful paint to add creativity to this exciting activity. 

Encourage your child to explore their artistic side by covering each box in paper and coloring them with paints, and with no time; they can make a colorful block on their own. This activity can help in improving your kid’s understanding of geometry and discover the concept of repurposing ♻️.

Tower knockdown challenge

You can add an interesting twist to block construction with this activity. The challenge can be a delightful mix of skill and play.

You can hand your little sportsman with soft balls 🏀 or stuffed toys 🧸 and transform their block tower into targets. This activity promotes hand-eye coordination and introduces an element of excitement and anticipation as your child brings down the towering structure.

Pro tips: I increase the difficulty of the challenge by placing the items at various distances or increasing the number of blocks in the tower, adding layers of difficulty and excitement to the challenge.

Build-a-zoo adventure

You can introduce your kids to a Build-a-zoo adventure. Motivate them to use their imagination and creativity to brick a small building for their favorite animals 🐅using a wide variety of colorful blocks. 

This engaging activity encourages artistic expression and works as a wonderful introduction to animal habitats.

Mystery box building

You can bring in creativity and curiosity with this exciting activity. You can place a variety of blocks inside a mysterious container 🫙 and bring in your child to reach out to them without looking at them. 

By feeling these cues, they will improve tactile clues, and then by using their findings, they will be able to build something unique and imaginative.

This sensory-rich activity encourages explorations and adds a light of creativity to your little enthusiast.

Block Olympics

You can turn block play into an exciting, spirited, and energetic activity. You can organize challenges for your kid, from block-lining races to ball throws. These mini-Olympic activities combine physical movements with imaginative play, offering a combination of various playtime experiences. 

You can collaborate with other mothers in your neighborhood and organize a fun playdate 👪 with these games included in them, which can make for a fun game session and can add a sense of friendly competition and achievement in your kid.

Musical Block Parade

You can introduce your kid to tunes and rhythm with the Musical Block Parade 🎵 by turning blocks into musical instruments🎹. You can arrange a parade line and let your young one march to the beat of their block drum or shake a block maraca. 

Through this activity, you introduce your kid to the concept of beat and provide a platform for their creative expression. You can encourage your kid to involve a few movements and dance🕺 around during the parade, making it a full-body sensory experience. 

Pro tip: I capture these musical celebrations by recording a lively parade video, creating a cherished keepsake.

conclusion

These block activities can become a connecting bridge for learning, collaboration, creativity, imagination, and emotional development 🤝🙌. Each activity is a stepping stone in our child’s journey of exploration and overall growth 🙂.

These activities, as a whole, have brought fun, laughter, and joy into my home, and I hope they do the same to yours as well. 

Now, I would like to hear from you. What are some of your favorite block activities for your kid, and how have these suggestions helped incorporate fun activities in your kid’s play and learning? Comment your opinions below 👇. Let us continue the conversation and share the joy of learning together 🫶🙌.