Toddler Craft Ideas

[Meenah]

Any suggestions for a toddler craft idea I can do with Oliver (2 1/2) as a Christmas gift he can make for Amy & Geno? I really want to "help" him make something for them.

[SuzySunshine]

Finger painting?

I'm planning on using A's paintings to wrap the IL's gifts.

[MrsK]

BabyK loves feet painting. They do it at day care. They put paint on his feet, let him squish it between his toes and stomp on a paper. They also make cute pictures with fingerprints, handprints, and footprints.

[Vanquisher]

They sell kits at Michaels for keepsake crafts. He can help make a stone for a walking path with his handprints or footprints. He could color on a mug or a plate.


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[Vanquisher]

http://www.milestonesproducts.com/Ma...KitsIndex.html

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[Michele]

Stickers! And glue. I cut out a Christmas tree shape and glued it to another paper and let them decorate it with stickers. I figure it's good for their fine motor skills to peel the backing off of stickers. And they just like sticking them.

I also cut up pictures from magazines and give them glue sticks and let then make collages.

D doesn't like to get his hands dirty so finger painting has been a fail. Maybe I'll try again now that K is old enough.

Target has mini crafts that were really easy for the boys to do. I found them on an endcap. There were penguin doorknob hangers, reindeer ornaments, stuff to put pictures in. It was all just sticker-type assembly. I helped peel the backings from the small pieces and guided them with appropriate placement ("where are your eyes? So where do the penguins eyes go? What about scarves?" Etc). It looks homemade bc they aren't perfect but it's obviously a kit. It'd at least be a good cheap practice for following directions/making something cohesive.

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[Michele]

Oh and they love to paint with paint brushes! You could draw a picture and let him paint it in. He's too young to really be in the lines, but he should be starting to be able to concentrate his paint in certain areas. Instead of just scribbling.


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[houseelf]

Get a plain cloth apron or tote bag and press his hand prints on it with fabric paint. Mommy will love it.

[HouseofWool]

One year I made a tracing of his foot on brown felt (face) and traced both hands (antlers) on tan felt. Add 2 googley eyes and a red pompom and voila - Rudolph.

[Meenah]

Get a plain cloth apron or tote bag and press his hand prints on it with fabric paint. Mommy will love it.

We made the tote bag and she loved it! We also made one for his other grandmother.

[houseelf]

I'm glad it was a hit.

I love mine so much that I don't use it and it sits in a closet.

[Meenah]

Amy has declared it their Library Tote Bag!!!