Art

Sponge Painting Heart Art

Sponge printing is one of my favourite toddler activities. It’s a great way to create some lovely hearts by applying paint with sponges. The results will be quite unpredictable but that just adds more fun to it! Time needed: 10-15 minutes What you need: sponges acrylic paint white card scissors card to make the greeting cards [...]

Preschool Art with David Tutera’s 1-2-3 Paper Crafts

Make art with David Tutera's card making supplies

You know I love to recycle materials to make fun preschool projects. I also like to use materials in different ways to help encourage kids to explore new ideas. I was recently asked to take a look at the new 1-2-3 card making systems created by David Tutera which makes it super simple to create [...]

Fingerprint Art Fall Tree Craft

We love painting with our hands, but usually we make handprint art. This time we tried making a project using just fingers and thumbs. Here is a pretty fall tree you can make too by making fingerprints or thumbprints using paint. My preschooler got a little excited about painting, so after a while she started [...]

Free draw – kitty cat

Here’s a kitty cat my daughter drew when we had some free draw time. She is in a phase of everything she draws looks a little like a person with a cute happy smile. I love them! Sometimes it’s good to just pull out the markers and paper and let the kids create whatever comes [...]

Toothpick art collage

Sometimes creating art is just about using a material or two and create whatever comes to mind. Today we have a toothpick art collage using just toothpicks and imagination. You can present this project with a theme in mind or use it as free-for-all creative time. Add in extra materials, recycled magazines, popsicle sticks or [...]

Rice Art

Last year at the fair, my daughter got to try Sand Art for the first time. She really liked it and had fun making her design. So I have wanted to do that again with her and with my littlest one. However I knew if I got out a bunch of sand, I would have [...]

Wet marker salt art

Grab your washable markers, a spray bottle and some sea salt and you’ve got yourself the ingredients for a fun preschool art activity. You don’t need watercolors or painting skills to make art that looks like a painting. Your preschoolers can have fun coloring, making their own designs and then turning them into magical art [...]

Sidewalk chalk painting

Get outdoors, draw with chalk and practice painting. Sidewalk chalk is fun activity for preschoolers all by itself. The kids can draw bigger and get a little dirty. Add in some paint brushes and water and you have an art project without the worry of spilled paint. This activity is good for kids of all [...]

Color on popsicle sticks

Coloring on popsicle sticks with markers

Coloring is always a fun activity with preschoolers. To add extra fun, try coloring on different materials or with different coloring supplies. Learning to adapt to different surfaces can be fun and useful with writing and muscle strength.Today we used markers to color pictures on Popsicle sticks. Start by glueing the sticks together using a piece of [...]

Coffee Filter Painting

Sometimes the most simple ideas are the most fun ideas. Coffee filter painting is a great project your preschooler can virtually without any help at all and you can turn the colorful art pieces into other projects when the painting is all finished. If you’re preschooler can hold a marker and a paintbrush, they’re ready [...]

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