When it comes to crafting with our kids, the experience of getting creative with our littlest children is entirely different than it is with our older children who have grown a little more patience and experience over the years, even though they’re all still quite young. Crafting activities for toddlers are simply best when they’re very simple but give them some kind of awesomely tactile creative experience that will help them see something new and learn! We come from an avid crafting family, so we’ve always got our eyes peeled for new projects and DIY ideas that we haven’t tried with our little ones before but that will keep the busy and creative on a rainy afternoon.
Just in case you love the idea of catering your kids’ crafts to their young age so that they get more out of it just as much as we do, if not more, here are 15 of the very best ideas, concepts, and tutorials that we’ve come across in our search for inspiration!
1. Tips for doing crafts with little kids
Before you start, are you actually just hoping to learn more in general about the best ways to craft with little kids, because you know you want to start them out creatively very early but your current toddler is also your first? In that case, we have a feeling you might find this collection of tips, tricks, and advice from other parents featured on
2. Easy clean up tips for crafting with little kids
Are you already totally familiar with the crafting process as far as your kids are concerned in terms of the messes they’re capable of making, and now, before you gather more ideas, you’re just wondering how other parents seem to keep things a little more tidy and clean? Then perhaps you’d prefer to read this advice from
3. Tape peeling activity
For older kids, this idea from
4. DIY pom pom drop game
Does this concept of a DIY project that’s really simple for you to set up but a whole lot of fun for your toddlers to play with really appeal to you? Then we have another suggestion that will keep your little ones busy for hours! check out how
5. Cloud dough
If you’re going to craft with your little kids and start creative activities that will keep them very busy, would you rather do something a little more sensory and hands-on? Well, if you’re heard of how much older kids love kinetic sand then we think you’ll really love the way
6. Dried flower sensory “soup”
Are you actually currently trying to teach your little kids about nature at the same time as you’re practicing motor skills and simple tasks like picking things up on spoons? Then this fantastic water project from
7. “Witch’s brew” soap foam sensory bin
Maybe your kids like things better when there’s some kind of theming to it, or perhaps you’re just the kind of parent who loves bookmarking seasonal projects now so that you have them on the back burner and ready to go when that time of years comes? Either way, we’d definitely suggest taking a look at how
8. Flower printing
Speaking of teaching your kids about nature, are you actually looking for springlike and summery ways to celebrate the coming warmer seasons but with an artistic twist? In that case, we think your family might get just as much of a kick out of painting with flowers as ours did! Check out how
9. Marshmallow print paintings
Just in case you’re really interested in this concept of painting shapes with unconventional things that aren’t paint brushes but one of your little ones is allergic to flowers, here’s a craft that will introduce them to the idea of crafting with food instead! Check out how
10. Spray bottle art
In the interest if teaching your little ones about art and how much fun and different it can be, are you willing to make a bit of a mess, at least outside? Then we’d definitely suggest taking a look at how
11. Card slot drop game
Are you actually still feeling the most interested in the simple motor skills games that require a little bit of crafting on your part but that will keep your kids busy and learning control and coordination for hours? In that case, we’d definitely suggest taking a look at how
12. Stick painting
Are you still quite interested in keeping some kind of nature based element in your kids’ crafting processes because they also adore playing outside and you’d love to keep that up as long as possible, but none of the ideas we’ve shown you so far have quite caught your fancy? Then we’d absolutely suggest taking a look at how
13. Easy DIY light table
Are you still feeling pretty enthusiastic about the idea of making some kind of DIY based activity that your toddler can use over and over again and stay amused by for many hours, even if you’re technically the one making the initial pieces? Then we think you’ll get a real kick out of the way
14. Torn paper collages
Maybe your toddlers are getting a little older and slightly more patient and you feel like they’re ready for crafts that involve them putting parts together themselves, like pasting and glue based projects? Then we think you might get along quite well with something like this torn paper collage idea featured step by step on
15. Baggie painted flowers
Are you feeling quite intrigued indeed in the idea of helping your little ones make something that feels really fun and messy, but it’s also a rainy afternoon outside and you’re hesitant to get really messy inside the house? Then we think you’ll really love the way
Have you made other kinds of toddler-friendly crafts and games with your little ones before that you all enjoyed very much indeed but that you don’t see here on our list? Tell us all about what you made and how you did it or link us to photos of your finished work or fun process in the comments section!
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