On a lazy summer’s day, toddlers still like to keep busy. So, why not simply hand them a clean paintbrush and a pot of clean water and ask them to paint an outside wall or pathway? They can spend ages working on this very important project.

The ‘painting’ makes a dark mark on the wall or path – and magically disappears in the sun. So there’s not even any need to clean up! An alternative is to fill up an old washing-up bottle with water and let your child squirt it on the ground in patterns.