Day 6

Water felting fun.

Directions found here.

I did finish this off with some needle felting.

This is about the size of a ping pong ball.

Day 5 Toddler Activity

JH playing a harp with light sensors in front of the huge chess set

Go to a local children's museum! We are blessed to have the Strong National Museum of Play. We enjoyed a toddler outing with friends that also have toddlers, the kids had a blast and everyone returned home feeling good and tired. It has helped relieve a bit of the cabin fever which always happens this time of year. Our family will be getting a membership, this is a great experience for all ages.

Day 4

Instructions here.

Day 3

Gluing colored pasta. This is a fun (and messy) activity that JH really enjoys. Directions to make the colored pasta here. For this one I just added a bunch of glue to the coaster and let JH put on the pasta. Now that it is dried we keep it with his play kitchen and he loves running his hands over the textured square.

Day 2

Dried Bean Initials

I made a J using glue and let JH stick on dried beans. I used a cork coaster, but you could also use card stock. It would be fun to make the whole alphabet, and use them for learning.

Day One

For the rest of this month I will post a daily toddler activity that I do with JH. I will also post normal menu and crafting updates.

Yesterday was finger paints using big paint brushes that are easy for toddlers to manipulate.
I have rolls of art paper that are meant for an easel which we still haven't gotten. You can use the finished art to make into Valentine's by cutting hearts out of the dried painting and writing on them. Another idea is to scan the picture, or take a photograph of the art and upload it to photo printing service. You can make them into greeting cards, or even have your toddler art transferred to a mug or plate.

What do you do with all the finished artwork you children make?