Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Horses and push-pull 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 "horse" theme:

  • Handprint horse
  • Hay, carrots, yarn collage
  • Horseshoe stamping
  • Galloping/horse sounds
  • Horse color painting
  • Collage horses with different paper
  • Painting with hay
  • Plastic horse prints

Here are their ideas on doing toddler art around a "push-pull" theme:

  • Sewing - big needle and thread, lace
  • Anything with wheels through paint/dye
  • Crust cutters through paint/dye/glue (pull)
  • Rolling pin painting
  • Create your own rope with ribbons/string and then tie it to your favorite toy and pull it
  • Lacing
  • Weaving paper
  • Beading

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