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By L. Elizabeth Forry
Arts and Crafts
Arts and Crafts
By L. Elizabeth Forry
Arts and Crafts
By Sharon Greenthal
Entertainment and Activities, Arts and Crafts, Sculpting and Playdough
By Jennifer Caffelle
  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    In this art project, your toddler can either blow the paint with the straw, or use the straw as a paint brush.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    You can make a bed for your toddler's doll out of a large cardboard box.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    You and your child will have fun making this handsome spider. All you need is a bit of yarn and some googly eyes.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Arts and Crafts

    In this activity, your child can try out her storytelling ability while having fun drawing.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    Introduce your preschooler to two art media with this mixture of tempera paints and crayons.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    Cardboard, popsicle sticks, and a glue gun make an easy and decorative art project for your child.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Arts and Crafts

    Creating books with your child is fun to do, and can be as simple or as complex as you wish.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    Teach your child a drawing technique called pointillism with this art activity.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    Using glue dyed in different colors, your toddler can make a spaghetti mobile that you can hang from the ceiling.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    If you don't have time to set out paper and crayons for your toddler, try this easy method for encouraging art.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Arts and Crafts

    Make napkin rings from empty paper towel rolls -- all they need is your child's decorative touch!

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    This Halloween art project produces squarish spiders that your child will love to play with.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    In this activity, your preschooler will work with traced images of his hands and feet.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Arts and Crafts

    Preschoolers love making art with jelly beans, but they also love eating them -- so don't use glue!

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Paper Crafts

    Using an egg carton and a balloon, your child can make a papier-mâché piggy bank.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    Here are some great family-time activities using leaves. Try waxing, rubbing, and pressing them.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    Create texture with crayon rubbings by layering objects, shifting the paper, and trying other suggested options.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    This tempera paint art project is a safe alternative to projects that call for grated crayons and an iron!

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