Potty Training Tips: FREE Charts and Genius Ideas to Get Your Little Ones to Go!
Published:
January 24, 2016
Contributor:
Sarah Shelton
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If you are in the middle of potty training right now you may need some encouragement. My baby just turned five, so thankfully, I am out of that stage. When she and my other 3 children were potty training I wasn’t on Pinterest. We did a relaxing potty training with some rewards and reward charts, but I didn’t realize how many awesome ideas there are to help with potty training!
I wanted to share with you some great resources that I found!
FREE Potty Training Charts:
These work the best for motivated children. I had a late potty trainer and one day it finally clicked that if she filled that chart up she would get a favorite toy she had been wanting. That is when she actually began to seem to care about not going in her diaper anymore!
Disney Cars Potty Training Chart
Disney Princess Potty Training Chart
Reward Charts 4 Kids has tons of different potty charts in different themes like Frozen, Thomas the Train, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Princesses, Lego, Spiderman, Superman, and many more! They are all customizable too!
FREE Potty Training Sticker Chart from Building Our Story – I love all the details of this chart.
Frozen Potty Chart from Views from the Ville. Perfect for the Frozen Fans – this is hilarious!
Simple Potty Training Sticker Chart from Twin Cities Mom Blog
DIY Scratch Off Potty Reward Chart from Babble
DIY Potty TRAIN Chart from Do It Yourself Divas – This is amazing if you like to make crafts!
Potty Training Ideas:
I hate to say it, but bribery really does work for Potty Training! I had one daughter who was very into Disney princesses and she really wanted to go to Disney on Ice. I hung a picture of it and attached it to her potty chart as a reward for her. It really helped and she was potty trained before it came into town! Here are some fun ideas.
Make a Potty Treat Jar like this one from A Pumpkin and a Princess. Every time your tot uses the potty they get a little piece of candy. You can make it fun and give them one piece for #1, and two pieces for #2. Stick it on a high shelf in the bathroom so they can see it!
Make a Bag of Potty Prizes idea from Embellish with free printables. You could also pick a favorite toy they have been wanting and put it up on a shelf above the toilet!
Keep a basket of books that are just for potty time next to the toilet.
When my kids were potty training they always loved to “read” a book while they were waiting to go. I found a cute plastic basket from the dollar store and filled it with little board books from Chick-fil-a and some cute books from the dollar spot at Target. Those books had to stay in the basket and could not leave the bathroom. They looked forward to being able to look at them during potty time. I would always be on the lookout for new books to sneak into the basket.
Help prepare them for Potty Training with books on potty training.
There are even Potty Training Games like this one:
Let’s Potty! Potty Training Board Game!
We love these books and read them throughout our entire potty training journey:
Sarah Shelton
Sarah is a wife, daughter of the King and Mama to 4 children (two homeschool graduates) She is a an eclectic, Charlotte Mason style homeschooler that has been homeschooling for over 20 years.. She is still trying to find the balance between work and keeping a home and gardens. She can only do it by the Grace of God, coffee and green juice
