Art with Toddlers, Autumn, Nature Play, Paint Play

Wet on Wet Watercolor and Leaf Rubbing

If you find this content useful, please consider helping keep this site ad free by making a contribution. This process based project for 2+ year olds is the perfect layered, multi day artwork for slow, cozy autumn days. It is a combination of traditional wet on wet watercolor painting and leaf rubbing. Through this engaging… Continue reading Wet on Wet Watercolor and Leaf Rubbing

Art with Toddlers, Collage Play, Color Play, Paint Play, Printmaking Play, Valentine’s Day

Watercolor Print Valentine’s Day Postcards

If you find this content useful, please consider helping me keep the site ad free by making a contribution. We make Valentine’s Day post cards to send to friends and family each year. This year, we enjoyed exploring a new process in this multi day layered artwork: watercolor printing! Your 2-6 year old artists will… Continue reading Watercolor Print Valentine’s Day Postcards

Art with Toddlers, Color Play, Organization and Resources, Paint Play

Focusing Color Choices with Little Artists

If you find this content useful, please consider helping me keep the site ad free by making a contribution. Do you focus color choices with your kids or students? I do, and I think it’s a fantastic tool both at home and in a classroom setting, especially for 1-4 year olds. A little artist selecting… Continue reading Focusing Color Choices with Little Artists

Art with Toddlers, Color Play

Fizzy Oobleck

If you find this content useful, please consider helping me keep the site ad free by making a contribution. I happened upon this lovely, squishy, slimy recipe while trying to create a recipe for something else. It will grow, and grow, and grow as the citric acid reacts with the other ingredients. And when the… Continue reading Fizzy Oobleck

Art with Babies, Art with Toddlers, Organization and Resources

Encouraging Layered Artworks with Little Artists

If you find this content useful, please consider helping me keep the site ad free by making a contribution. Encouraging layered artworks for littles is a great way to: Expose your little artist to a variety of materials.Save paper (especially that spendy high quality watercolor paper).Facilitate the creation of a more “finished” looking product at… Continue reading Encouraging Layered Artworks with Little Artists