Hand. Hand. Fingers. Flowers.

Make Hand Flowers

YAY! YAY! YAY!

• Does it offer an educational experience? Yes
• What does it teach? Nature, tracing, body parts
• Is it age (i.e., 2 - 3 year old) appropriate? Yes

What You’ll Need:

• White paper
• Washable colored markers or crayons

What Your Child Will Do:

1. Trace your child’s hand (or you can make handprints with paint if you’d prefer)
2. Draw stems and leaves

Who Arted?

Art Book

YAY! YAY! YAY!

• Does it offer an educational experience? Yes
• What does it teach? Sorting, pride in his/her accomplishments
• Is it age (i.e., 2 - 3 year old) appropriate? Yes

What You’ll Need:

• Collection of art work
• Ribbon
• Hole punch

What Your Child Will Do:

1. Sort through the art work to determine the order
2. Hole punch the pages (caregiver will need to do this step)
3. Run the ribbon through the holes (caregiver will need to do this step)
4. Write a title on the book and the date or timeframe (e.g., Winter 2011)
5. Flip through it together
6. Store as a memento for your child

A is for Animal

Color Your Favorite Animals

YAY! YAY!

• Does it offer an educational experience? Yes
• What does it teach? Animals, letters
• Is it age (i.e., 2 - 3 year old) appropriate? Yes

What You’ll Need:

• Scissors
• White paper (large sheet)
• Washable colored markers or paint

Mom Prep Work:

1. Cut out large animals
2. Write the first letter of the animal's name on the cut out

What You’ll Do:

1. Color the animals in with paint, crayons, or markers

You can also cut out baby animals and match the momma & babies!

Fun By The Foot

Foot Painting

YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY!

• Does it offer an educational experience? Yes
• What does it teach? Colors, sensory, patterns, following directions, balance
• Is it age (i.e., 2 - 3 year old) appropriate? Yes

What You’ll Need:

• Long ream of thick white paper (you can tape together large pieces of paper, too)
• Washable paint
• Bucket of soapy water

Adult Prep Work:

1. Lay out the paper (I scotch taped it to our hardwood floors)
2. Squeeze out four colors of paint (two on each side)

What Your Child Will Do:

1. Rub his/her bare feet in the paint and then walk or run up and down the paper (it gets pretty slippery so you will want to hold your child or set this up near a railing)
2. Clean his/her feet in the soapy water

This is great fun on a rainy day & a nice child of pace from painting with hands!

Tip Top Art

Q-tip Art

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• Does it offer an educational experience? Yes
• What does it teach? Colors, sensory
• Is it age (i.e., 2 - 3 year old) appropriate? Yes

What You’ll Need:

• White construction paper (thick)
• Q-tips
• Washable paint

Adult Prep Work:

• Prepare the paint on separate plates

What Your Child Will Do:

1. Help your child paint with the Q-tips, using more than one color is more fun
2. S/he may also like smearing the paint on the paper with her/his hands as well

About Face

Holiday (e.g., Leprechaun/ Bunny/ Santa Claus) Face Plate

YAY!

This is a nice way to teach kids about various holidays. But it’s a little to old/advanced for toddlers.

• Does it offer an educational experience? Yes
• What does it teach? Holidays, body/facial parts
• Is it age (i.e., 2 - 3 year old) appropriate? No

What You’ll Need:

• White paper plates (non glossy)
• Multi-colored construction paper
• Scissors - mom use only
• Elmer’s glue - mom use only
• Washable colored markers

Adult Prep Work:

You pretty much need to complete this activity for your toddler as it is a little too advanced.

What Your Child Will Do:

1. Cut the features and accessories out of the construction paper
2. Paste them on the plate
3. You can also draw facial features with the markers

Spring Showers Bring Play Flowers

Flower Art

YAY! YAY!

• Does it offer an educational experience? Yes
• What does it teach? Nature, colors, seasons
• Is it age (i.e., 2 - 3 year old) appropriate? Yes

What You’ll Need:

• White paper plates (non glossy)
• Multi-colored construction paper
• Scissors - mom use only
• Elmer’s glue - mom use only
• Washable colored markers

Adult Prep Work:

• Cut petals out of the construction paper

What Your Child Will Do:

1. Let your child color the paper plate
2. When finished, glue the petals around the rim

Note: You should either glue the petals yourself or help your child glue them on the plate.

We taped these up on our wall bringing spring into our home! We also painted a yellow sun on a plate and hung it up over our flowers to help them grow!