You can never have too many friends! So print out the flower friend sheet and let your toddler help to color it in. Then use a marker to put a face (eyes, nose, mouth) on the circle to make your very own flower friend. You can make several and give them names and send them
Felt Shape Flowers Make a bouquet of flowers for that special someone! You’ll need a whole bunch of felt pieces of different colors. Cut out circles, squares, and triangles of different sizes. Have a pile of big shapes, a pile of medium size shapes and a pile of small size shapes. Be sure to cut
Last Minute Holiday Napkin Rings! The big meal is just around the corner. Time to make some fancy holiday napkin rings! You’ll need the cardboard paper towel tube and another small plastic container ( photo shows a cottage cheese container) and some felt. Cut up the felt into small triangle pieces about 1/4 to 1/2
Holiday Tree! Here’s a fun activity that you and your toddler can do in the holiday spirit! You’ll need about 3 empty plastic-modeling-clay containers (Ex. play dough containers) stacked inside each other. Then take some green construction paper and with some fancy pattern scissors, cut out strips of paper. If your toddler is handy enough,
GREEN PAINTING So we are really going green here and decided that the end of a Romaine Lettuce heart is the perfect fit for those toddler hands! When you get to the end of that Romaine heart, cut off the end and let your little one use some paint to make some great paintings. You’ll
STOMP PAINTING Time to let your toddlers get dirty! Get some old socks and put them on your toddler’s feet. ( By the way, the best place to do this activity is outside!) Then you’ll need a big piece of paper. Tape the paper to the driveway and put some paint drops all over it.
ART DRAWING POSTCARDS Set up some paper, crayons, and markers on the craft table and let your toddler go wild! Then after she is done with all of her creations cut up some of the scribbles and glue them to some cardstock the size of a postcard. Put some contact paper over it and then
Painting Surprise! You’ll be surprised with the product of this activity. Get a paper plate and put some different color paint blobs on it. Then let your toddler paint on some paper with the paint using, her fingers or a paintbrush. Paint a few sheets and send them to relatives or friends to brighten their
Water Bottle Paintbrush! Have some fun painting with this big bulky paintbrush. Take an empty water bottle with the cap still on and peel off the label. Then cut a strip of a dish sponge and wrap it over the top and secure it with a rubber band. Then put some of your favorite non-toxic
Cereal Box Shrek Puppet! Turn that cereal box into a puppet of your favorite character…Shrek! (or any other green guy or monster!). All you need is a cereal box, some scissors, and some construction paper to glue on the box. Take some green construction paper and cut it to match the size/shape of
Musical Coloring! This activity is a spin off of “musical chairs”. Have some fun coloring and listening to music give your toddler, yourself and any other kids a sheet of paper and start the music. Let them all color with a crayon and then when the music stops tell them to stop coloring. Then rotate
Rainbow CD Cases Toddlers seem to always get their hands on things that aren’t really for them, but they look so interesting! So let them play with some of your old cd cases. You’ll need 6 empty plastic cd cases and construction paper with colors of the rainbow. Cut each color into a square that’s
Roller Painting It’s always fun to find new ways for a toddler to paint! Here’s one way that your toddler can have some fun and make a great piece of art all at the same time. Take an empty cylindrical wipes container and peel off the label. Then take a dish sponge and cut about
Drawing Textures Use your crafty scissors and cut up some construction paper in pieces or strips. Then put them all under a piece of white paper and let your toddler rub a large crayon sideways over the paper. You’ll see all the different edges of the paper underneath appear. Then take about 5 or 6
Toothpaste Box Drumsticks Let your toddler make some noise and get into the rhythm! Take a couple of empty toothpaste boxes and fill one with a couple of plastic toddler spoons and the other with some dried beans or coins. Then tape them shut on both ends so that they won’t open. Give them to
Paint on Felt! It might sound crazy, but toddlers love different, crazy things! Take a piece of felt, white with sparkles is great, and let your toddler paint on it! Use some washable kid paints and go crazy! Let her use her hands and feel the paint and the felt with her fingers. When she’s
Fun card! Make a fun card for someone. Cut out some small pieces with fun scissors and then let your toddler glue them to a piece of paper. Then ask her what she wants to tell the person she’s going to send it to and write the words on the small pieces of paper that
Sponge Block painting Here’s a fun way to paint with your toddler. (You can do it also!) Take some kid paints and a normal dishwashing sponge and wet it a little. Then let your toddler paint one side of the sponge. After she is done, have her pick it up and put the sponge, paint-side
Car Drawing! Take some of those small toy cars around the house and use them to draw! Tape a marker to the front or back and then let your little one push the car around on some paper to make a drawing. You can even make one for yourself and have races! Or draw a
Cards designed by Kids!! Have some fun making a bunch of cards to have in stock for those times when you need a card or note to send to someone. Take a piece of black construction paper and fold it in half for your card. Then take a bunch of different colored papers and
Ice Painting – Find some of those “Paint with water” activity books for this activity. (Or you can use some washable markers on paper.) Take it with you to a restaurant and while you are waiting for the food, let your little one use a piece of ice to move around the sheet and paint.
Toddler Abstract Art!! – Here’s a nice activity for your toddler to create some fine abstract art and put it out for display. You’ll need some foam board, and some construction paper. Cut a rectangle out of the foam board about 15 inches by 7 inches. Then cut on one side, not all the way
Toddler digital art! Here’s a great computer activity for your toddler to become familiar with colors and using the mouse. Go to the site below and then press F11 on your keyboard to go full screen. Then move your mouse all over the screen and click to change the color. If you leave the mouse
It isn’t easy being GREEN! Print out the sheet of Frog stuff! Get some construction paper and create a frog land picture! Have your toddler look at the frog photo to the right. Talk about the frog’s color, webbed feet, and that he often lives near a pond and lily pads. Also add that he
Colorful Play Dough Sun Catchers! Brighten your wintry day with some fun sun catchers made with play dough. All you’ll need is some contact paper and some play dough of different colors. Now, cut a small piece of contact paper about 8 inches by 4 inches fold it in half lengthwise to make a crease.
Toddler Puzzle! Take a photo of your toddler and cut it up so that you have 5 pieces (head, 2 arms and 2 legs). (You can use just a regular photo, or print out a full page digital photo to make a bigger puzzle.) Then sit with your toddler and start with the head. The
Toddler Handprint Luggage Tags! Time to make some great luggage tags for that special person. If you have a scanner, scan one of your toddler’s hands. Then print it out and write with a marker over it ” This bag belongs to my _____. HANDS OFF!” You can always just take a picture of your
The Amazing Toddler Toy! Your toddler will absolutely love this toddler toy. There are so many things to do with it and your toddler will surely try them all. All you need to make it is some ribbon, beans, and a few small plastic containers with tight lids, like play-dough containers. Let your toddler put
A Calendar Collage! Save those old desk calendars (calendar- a-day) or buy one on sale! Then rip out the days and cut out the pictures to let your toddler glue them to a big piece of cardboard or a box or anything else you want to decorate. Talk about the objects, images, colors, and numbers
It’s the meTot (iPod-look-alike) Fun! Join in on the craze and get your toddler singing some songs. Print out the sheet with the meTot to the right. Then tape it to the wall or some cardboard and talk with your toddler about the different colors, shapes, and pictures. Have her put her finger on the
Lotsa Toddler Love! Valentine’s Day is coming up so here’s a great activity for your toddler to create a special gift or decoration. Take some foam board and cut a square piece about 4 inches by 4 inches. Then let your toddler put some foam heart shaped stickers all over it. (Save two stickers for
Gift Bag Makeover! Stock up before you start going to all those birthday parties! If you need a simple colorful non-holiday gift bag then let your toddler help out. Recycle one of those gift bags you received that’s out of season and let your toddler decorate it with paper pieces to make a fun gift
Colorful Handprint notes! Use those finger paints to make some fun toddler thank you notes. ( Just in time to thank all those great relatives for those great holiday presents!) Take some paper or card stock and some finger paints. Clear off a table and cover with newspaper. Then take a few different colors of
Toddler Mosaic! Let your toddlers create a masterpiece with some felt! Cut up some pieces of felt into triangular pieces of all different sizes (about 1-3 inches in length). Then take an artist canvas (photo shows a 16″x20″ stretched canvas) or piece of poster board and let her glue them on! It is a great
Craft: Fancy Princess Tiara
It’s Princess Time! First of all, I’m not going to say who ate all the Hershey’s Kisses to make this, but they were yummy. lol. So start with a cereal box, I used one turned inside out, but you don’t necessarily have to. On one side draw out the front of the tiara in just
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