Toddler Art Projects
Activities for toddlers that focus on the process of creating the art, rather than the outcome. Try new materials and treat it as an exploration, or even a sensory activity.
Activities for toddlers that focus on the process of creating the art, rather than the outcome. Try new materials and treat it as an exploration, or even a sensory activity.
- Paint in a baggy with an object.
- Make very simple edible paint with yogurt.
- Trace your toddler and have them draw themselves a self-portrait!
- Paint with a box, some objects and shake it up.
- Use a material they love. Sand. Doodle with some glue and play!
- Make prints! A toilet tube makes and awesome stamped heart.
- Mix up colors (with no mess!) with this simple setup from Mama Smiles.
- Paint with trucks and other vehicles.
- Use stickers for art. Simple yet easily forgotten about! (from Rainy Day Mum)
- Set up an entire table for scribbles! (from Creative Playhouse)
- Colored rice art. (from Let Kids Create)
- Put paint in a squeeze bottle! It makes it so much fun. And anyone can do it! (from My Buddies and I)
- Just get dirty and have a blast with it. Make some mud and paint away! (from The Chocolate Muffin Tree)
- Make art in the bathtub! Create an entire art station in the tub from Growing a Jeweled Rose
- Make a mixed media collage. Using anything you have in the cupboards! Hand some glue over to your toddler and let them go nuts! (from Let the Children Play)
- Or do the above mentioned mixed media collage with the previously mentioned contact paper on the window! Lovely recycled art idea from The Imagination Tree.
- Allow your toddler to explore whatever it is that you give them.
- Don’t do an activity with an intentional plan, it never works out with this age range.
- Expect a toddler to be interested, leave it out for them to come back to later, or even the next day.
- Plan for them to put it in their mouth if you have a mouther.