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If
you enjoy being creative why not try some of these easy preschool
crafts with your toddler at home? All of these ideas are pretty
simple and use only basic materials that you probably have around the
house. Most toddlers love doing craft activities so why not try
one of these preschool crafts? Now don't expect masterpieces -
just enjoy the experience.
Wiggles Puppets
These puppets are easy to make, especially if your child
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is a fan of The Wiggles. All we did was photocopy a page
from a Wiggles book. Get your preschooler to colour in the
figures and then you cut them out. Your toddler will be able to
help glue on a popsicle stick to the back of the puppet and googly
eyes. Then you will both be able to put on a puppet show and
sing your favourite song!
This
is a basic and easy puppet that can be used with any design.
Hairy
Eggs
Preschool crafts are easy to do at home with your toddler. It is
fun and educational for toddlers to plant, water and watch plants
grow. Have fun creating and growing these hairy eggs.
You will need a few eggs, cotton wool, alfalfa or quick-growing
seeds and felt tipped pens or paint (preferably water proof).
1. Hard boil your eggs, carefully cut the top off the egg and
remove the egg from shell.
2. Decorate the shells with faces
3. Fill the empty shell with cotton wool
4. Sprinkle seeds on top of cotton wool and moisten well
5. Cover with a small amount of moistened cotton wool and put in egg
cups near the window moisten cotton wool daily
My mistake was using non waterproof pens (as you can see from the
photos).
Sponge Painting
Preschool crafts can get boring if you just give your preschooler
paper and paint. Why not use a household cleaning sponge cut
into shapes to create different shapes on the paper. It is easy
to cut out shapes with a sponge, cover the sponge in paint and place
it on paper.
Basic
Screen Printing
This preschool craft is great fun especially as children love to smear
paint. Use
a sheet of plastic (like a table cloth) or a large sheet of paper and
fasten it to the table. Let your toddler have fun covering a large
area of the plastic with paint and their fingers.
Then, using the wrong
end of a paint brush or a blunt pencil let your toddler draw a design
on the painted surface. Get a second piece of paper and lay it on top
of the design, carefully press down and then lift off and you have a
screen print!
It takes a bit of
practise to work out the best amount of paint to have on the plastic -
to much and the screen print smudges all over the design, to little
and the paint does not transfer. As long as you all enjoy yourself in
the process it doesn't really matter what the end product looks like!
Bark
Painting
Preschool crafts can utilise items in the natural environment.
Kids love to find large bits of bark, leaves and rocks on the ground.
Why not bring them home and paint them! It makes a change from
painting on paper all the time.
Hand and Foot Prints
When you are stuck for an activity to do with your toddler, hand and
foot prints are always fun. For fun feet painting you can spread
out a long sheet of paper on the grass. Spread paint on a tray
at one end of the paper. It is your toddlers job to stand in the
paint tray, ensure there is enough paint on his or her feet and then
walk or run across the paper! It may also be a good idea to
pre-prepare a bucket with water and soap to wash the paint off.
Hand
and foot painting is an excellent preschool craft idea for all ages.
If you do the first when your child is a newborn and then repeat the
activity every 6 months or so, you will then have a nice record of
your child's growth.
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Ideas?
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you want more ideas for preschool crafts at home with your toddler?
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imagination at
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If
you have not done jelly painting with your baby or toddler yet
have a look at our
jelly painting activity and have fun doing it!.
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