The art and craft activities are a great way of expressing one's personality and helps in enhancing and channelizing creativity.
The same holds true for the toddlers too and the other aspect of these toddler art activities is that the toddler, apart from being creative, also gets an opportunity to enhance the motor skills.
It is a known fact that children especially the toddlers like colors and are always enthusiastic about opportunities to get their hands to some.
Toddlers tend to like the bright colors as they are visually appealing.
Toddler art activities are not just about painting and drawing but there is more to it than just that, crafts, collages, impressions are also considered to be great art and fun activities for kids.
It is important that you take an active part in these activities with your kid not just for fun but also to ensure that the kid does not put unwanted things in mouth and is safe.
Toddlers in the age group of 18-24 months have a tendency to put anything and everything they can find in their mouth and if left unsupervised they can put something in mouth which can choke them or hurt them in some manner.
The toddler art activities are an ideal way to strengthen the bond you share with your child and helps in building the confidence, self esteem and personality of your child.
The art activities you take for your child should be planned according to their age.
An 18 or 24 month old child does not have the desired motor skills or hand-eye co-ordination to fill color in shapes or drawings hence it is advisable that you give them a plain sheet of paper to just put the colors to their liking.
Give your toddler safe or natural colors like the food colors so that even if he or she licks the fingers it would not cause any harm.
If your toddler is in the age group of 24-36 months, you can give them water colors and paint brushes to draw or paint anything they like on plain sheets of papers and gradually ask them to fill in certain colors in the drawings like shapes of objects, animals etc.
Collecting random things and letting them make a collage of those items is also a great way to keep a child engaged in constructive activities.
Many parents put a sheet of paper on a table and crayons for the toddlers to play around with, this is certainly a great idea as the kid does not have to wait for an older family member to hand out these things to them and they can do whatever they feel like at any point in time.
It is also advisable that on pleasant days you take the kids out to beach or places where they can find sand or mud and let them make things using empty plastic mugs, cups or other objects, this is also a great way to let them unwind and be at their creative best.
Another great way of doing toddler art activities, especially if there are more than two toddlers at home or around, is by pasting a big chart or drawing sheet to a wall or on a table and let all the toddlers paint the sheet with the colors of their choice in unison.
This will help in developing the social and sharing skills of the toddler.
The same holds true for the toddlers too and the other aspect of these toddler art activities is that the toddler, apart from being creative, also gets an opportunity to enhance the motor skills.
It is a known fact that children especially the toddlers like colors and are always enthusiastic about opportunities to get their hands to some.
Toddlers tend to like the bright colors as they are visually appealing.
Toddler art activities are not just about painting and drawing but there is more to it than just that, crafts, collages, impressions are also considered to be great art and fun activities for kids.
It is important that you take an active part in these activities with your kid not just for fun but also to ensure that the kid does not put unwanted things in mouth and is safe.
Toddlers in the age group of 18-24 months have a tendency to put anything and everything they can find in their mouth and if left unsupervised they can put something in mouth which can choke them or hurt them in some manner.
The toddler art activities are an ideal way to strengthen the bond you share with your child and helps in building the confidence, self esteem and personality of your child.
The art activities you take for your child should be planned according to their age.
An 18 or 24 month old child does not have the desired motor skills or hand-eye co-ordination to fill color in shapes or drawings hence it is advisable that you give them a plain sheet of paper to just put the colors to their liking.
Give your toddler safe or natural colors like the food colors so that even if he or she licks the fingers it would not cause any harm.
If your toddler is in the age group of 24-36 months, you can give them water colors and paint brushes to draw or paint anything they like on plain sheets of papers and gradually ask them to fill in certain colors in the drawings like shapes of objects, animals etc.
Collecting random things and letting them make a collage of those items is also a great way to keep a child engaged in constructive activities.
Many parents put a sheet of paper on a table and crayons for the toddlers to play around with, this is certainly a great idea as the kid does not have to wait for an older family member to hand out these things to them and they can do whatever they feel like at any point in time.
It is also advisable that on pleasant days you take the kids out to beach or places where they can find sand or mud and let them make things using empty plastic mugs, cups or other objects, this is also a great way to let them unwind and be at their creative best.
Another great way of doing toddler art activities, especially if there are more than two toddlers at home or around, is by pasting a big chart or drawing sheet to a wall or on a table and let all the toddlers paint the sheet with the colors of their choice in unison.
This will help in developing the social and sharing skills of the toddler.
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