Mother and father themed toddler art experiences

On March 7 I did a presentation at the Pierce County AEYC As a Teacher Grows Conference about creating art experiences for toddlers ages 1-3 years old.  (I mostly talked about what I wrote in my book, Artsy Toddler Storytimes.)  My presentation ended with an activity to get the educators thinking.  

Here are their ideas on doing toddler art around a "mothers" theme:

• Are you my mother animal chart
• Pop bottle flower stamping
• Handprints with poem
• Planted flowers
• Flower pots
• Cards - glue, stickers, stamps
• Pottery plates
• Picture frame with picture
• Scrapbook pages - "my year" book for mom
• Painting portraits of their mothers
• Handprint flowers 
• Pop up cards
• Flower colage
• Paint sponge flowers

Here are their ideas on doing toddler art around a "fathers" theme:

• Portrait with yarn
• Art books filled with child's art
• Foot print/hand print
• Handkerchief art
• Collage on letters for DAD
• Send recipe home for dad and child to make
• Paper weight
• Mosaic art - concrete with items in it
• Picture frame - kids in hat and tie
• Illustrate book about dad
• Coupon book
• Car painting
• Bug collection
• Golf ball painting
• Create a card with photos of dad or uncle or brothers and share a favorite thing to do with the guys