Kids Art Activities: Toddler Style!

Thanks to the stormy weather, we've had a lot of indoor time lately.

We are typically on the go constantly, so I do love those rare home days where we have no plans and can just hang around the house. But when we're forced to stay home, I find myself climbing the walls by 9 am. To try and keep some sanity, I always have an arsenal of art activities that I can pull out for Stephanie when the boredom hits.

These things are perfect for two year olds. Pinterest is loaded with fun crafts to do with kids but a lot of them are just too complicated for her age group or are things that I need to help her with. And while those types of activities are wonderful and  can be very fun, our reality is that i'm often busy chasing after Joseph while Stephanie is trying to do art. Therefore, I need to have things available that she can do all by herself.

I've put together a box of supplies that I have readily available to pull out at a moments notice. And Stephanie has access to it, so she can get to work on an art project whenever the mood strikes.

The things I keep in the box include:

~Construction paper

~Glitter Glue

~Markers

~Crayons

~Stickers

~Glue sticks

~Torn paper (I take the leftover pieces of paper from projects and tear them into pieces. Hand Stephanie a bowl of them, along with a glue stick and a big piece of paper and she will make a masterpiece. We call it Torn Paper Art and it keeps her busy for a long time!) *Letting your child tear the paper him or herself can be a fun project too!

~Coloring Books

~Paintbrushes (she uses them with her glitter glue. After she squeezes globs of it onto her paper, she uses the paintbrush to swirl it around.)

~Foam shapes (she decorates them with stickers and markers. Craft stores have seasonal ones. Right now we have pumpkins, ghosts, witches hats, etc.)

~Toy catalogs and pens (she circles things that she wants to ask Santa for. That's the idea anyway. She tends to just circle everything, but she has a blast doing it!)

I find it best to pull out one or two things at a time for Stephanie to work on. If she is presented with the whole box at once she can get overwhelmed. But it's nice to have everything together and ready whenever we need something to do to help cure our "stuck in the house" blues.

Over the next several months, as Stephanie gets a little older, i'll be ready to leave her alone with things like elmers glue, pom-poms, googly eyes, etc. I'll be looking for ideas for new things, so I'd love to hear what art supplies you keep on hand for your little ones!

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