Through Art Activities, toddlers  learn: Self Expression - Creativity - Media Types - Color - Language - Small motor skills - and more...
Paint Supplies and Paint Ideas for Toddler Art Activities:

Kinds of Paints
  • Tempra - Powdered or Premixed
  • Fingerpaint
  • Homemade paints:  Add flour/water, dish soap, mud, paste, shaving cream, etc.
  • Watercolors

What can you add to paints to give texture?
  • Soap Flakes
  • Sawdust
  • Cornmeal
  • Cornstarch
  • Flour
  • Sand
  • Liquid Soap

What about adding 'smell' to your paints?
  • Extracts such as: peppermint or vanilla
  • Spices such as: cinnamon or cloves
  • Lemon juice

What kinds of things are good for Toddlers to Paint With?
  • rolling pins
  • paint rollers
  • empty deodorant bottles
  • corn cobs
  • preschool paint brushes
  • scrub brushes
  • sponge
  • toothbrush

What things are good for making 'prints' or 'stamping'?
  • spools
  • corks
  • cookie cutters
  • checkers
  • paper cups
  • potatoes
  • seeds
  • toy blocks

What can toddlers Paint On?
  • wood
  • paper
  • placemats made of plastic
  • plates
  • shower curtain
  • fabric
  • cookie sheets


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