Category: 1.5-2 Years
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Pipe Cleaner Pokes
I made this busy activity for Riley for our road trip vacation to Las Vegas. We were going to be on the road for 9+ hours and though we were breaking it up into 2 days and making stops along the way, I knew I needed something to keep both boys busy (other than 9…
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Paper Plate Snowman
I absolutely love these snowmen. I love anything that involves the hands of my kiddos, and they love it to – Riley especially, he loves having his hands traced. He’d be happy doing that all day long. Seriously. Paper Plate Snowman Paper Plate Black, orange, and scarf colored construction paper (let your child pick!) Googly eyes Crayons…
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Simple Catapult
A few days after the Christmas craziness Brad and the boys created a simple catapult that created hours of endless fun. When I say simple – I mean simple. We took some of the wooden spoons from the kitchen and laid them on the edge of the table with a small ball in the scoop…
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Name writing with bingo dobbers
When your young child is learning how to write their name small pencils are not the best option to start with. Their small hands lack the fine motor control to manipulate the tiny pencil. Fat pencils, markers and the fat crayons are good for helping them grip and have better control. One medium I love…
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Footprint Reindeer
Landon announced this morning that he wanted to do a reindeer project. I really didn’t have anything in mind on the spot other than a footprint reindeer where you do painted footprints and hand prints (very similar to the end result of this project and a great messy variation), but Riley was awake and I…
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Paper Plate Santa {2 different ways!}
Paper Plate Santa Paper Plate Red Construction Paper White Glue Cotton Balls Googly eyes (for version 2) Version 1: Cut the center of the paper plate out so you are left with a circle made from the rim of the plate. Cut a hat shape (I just free-handed it) out of red construction paper. Spread…
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Corn Art
We’ve been doing (and will be doing more) harvest and fall type art and craft projects with the fall season on us. We’ve done a ton of pumpkin crafts and now that corn is in full harvest we’ve been talking about and doing some corn projects. Corn Art Corn husk picture in black and white…
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Painting with Corn
We had a great sensory and art experience using corn to paint. This is a great fall time activity as corn is fully in season. We started by talking about how corn grows and how to shuck corn. Shucking corn provides many different sensory experiences as well as a life skill lesson. The different textures…
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Toilet Paper Tube Painting
Process is much more important than product when children are exploring art. The discoveries they make on their own along the way as well have much more of an impact developmentally than if you direct and model process for them. Painting with “non standard” objects is a great way for children to learn about the…
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Tape-Resist Pumpkin Painting
This is a fun and quick pumpkin craft! Tape-Resist Pumpkin Painting Large piece of white construction paper Painters tape Orange paint Draw and outline of a pumpkin on your white construction paper. I just “free” handed a pumpkin. Using painters tape cut different shapes to make the face of your jack-o-lantern. Landon insisted on wanting…