Arts and Crafts

Using a precut wood shape, your child can create a message clip as a gift for a favorite adult.

Your child can make these nifty, easy bracelets out of beads, nail polish, and fishing line.

Instead of fish shapes, you can cut out holiday shapes such as hearts or shamrocks for this necklace.

Spin art is a little messy, but it's a fun painting activity for older toddlers.

This art project results in a pouch that can hold all of your toddler's interesting discoveries.

Help your child make this paper bag kite, then let her decorate it as she likes.

This combination art and nature activity calls for gathering natural objects from the great outdoors.

Teach your preschooler how to put paint on paper drop by drop, to make a picture.

Make some dough with this easy recipe, then let your child shape it into small figures or shapes. With just a few more steps, you'll have new refrigerator magnets!

Help your child make a memory box, where she can store her special mementos and childhood treasures.

Your child can make a puffy fork flower with a little bit of yarn and some patience.

This personalized T-shirt can feature an imprint of your toddler's feet, an iron-on photograph, and a special message written in fabric paint.

For this colorful toddler painting activity, you can use feathers from the craft store, or bird feathers you find outside.

If you are looking for a toddler painting activity that won't make a mess, try this bag!

Use your child's artwork and some empty coffee cans to create some decorative and useful canisters.

You and your preschooler will enjoy making a plaster cast of his hands and feet.

Your preschooler can experiment with making "paint blot" art, using tempera paint and paper.

Decorate a box with your child's art and fill it with notes to praise and encourage everyone in the family.