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Easy Art Projects For 1-Year-Old

Toddlers have a natural curiosity and interest in performing activities that suit their curiosity. They love to recognize items, colors, and shapes they see around them. Keeping that in mind and that they love to spend time with their parents too, here are some activities to try with your toddlers that bring them lots of delight and help introduce them to early concepts of drawing.

The activities will be a lot of fun, that will bring lots of enjoyment and excitement to you and your little ones. Do try these activities these are extraordinary ones. Keep your learning spirit alive with our curated list of Easy Art Projects For 1-Year-Old  like pancake painting, painting from frozen smoothie, handprint and footprint lobsters, paper plate painting, cookie cutter, wall art, chalk printing, preschool easter chick craft, christmas wrapping paper, toddler pictionary, yogurt painting, mess-free art activities, painting using edible paints, bubble bathtub paint, sticky table art and scented shaving cream.

Easy Art Projects For 1-Year-Old

Easy Art Projects For 1-Year-Old

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Pancake painting

Easy Art Projects For 1-Year-Old Pancake painting

Image Source/Tutorial: Kids Activities Blog

An exciting breakfast activity to start the day with fun. Kids will paint pancakes, using edible colors. What you need is syrup, food coloring, and unused paintbrushes. The activity is suitable for kids below and above 1 year of age. The next time you make pancakes try out this activity.

Painting From Frozen Smoothie

Easy Art Projects For 1-Year-Old Painting From Frozen Smoothie

Image Source/Tutorial: Learn Play Imagine

Yes, this activity is chilling and best suited for hot summers. Kids will have lots of fun when they paint from the cold and chilling colored smoothies. Shaving cream, paint colors, and ice were mixed in the blender to obtain these satisfying smoothies. Kids can use their fingers, straws, and paintbrushes to paint. The activity invites parents as well as toddlers to have lots of fun and enjoyment.

Handprint and Footprint Lobsters

 Easy Art Projects For 1-Year-Old Handprint and Footprint Lobsters

Image Source/Tutorial: Kids Activities Blog

The activity gives an opportunity for kids to use both hands and feet into drawing a lobster. This is a nice activity when you are on a beach among them. Toddlers like to observe crawly creatures and they sure will also like to do this activity. Just dip their toes into the paint(non-toxic) and print them onto paper. Make out the face and arms and have fun.

Paper Plate Painting

 Easy Art Projects For 1-Year-Old Paper Plate Painting

Image Source/Tutorial: Learn With Play At Home

A super learning activity for toddlers of age 6 months to 3 years. Making use of paper plates, paint brushes, and non-toxic erasable paints we let them draw whatever they imagine. Just squirt a couple of different colors on the plates you will use. They will use a brush, move around the plate, and try to spread the paint around the plate. No worries about the mess, as paints are erasable. Kids will develop fine motor skills, hand and eye coordination, and quick hand movements. Try out this exciting and anticipating activity and find yourself enjoying it with the toddler.

Cookie Cutter Printing Activity

Easy Art Projects For 1-Year-Old Cookie Cutter Printing Activity

Image Source/Tutorial: Learn Play Imagine

This activity is a little messy but will end in excitement and fun. Making use of cookie cutters kids print them on paper. Use a large sheet of paper, a variety of cookie cutters, and paints. Squirt paint around the perimeter of the sheet, and place cookie cutters at the corners of the sheet. Now let kids try their ways of printing. See after a while, they will start painting with their hands, inventing new designs on the sheet. The activity is suitable for 1 to 3 years old.

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Wall Art Painting

Easy Art Projects For 1-Year-Old Wall Art Painting

Image Source/Tutorial: Beauty Through Imperfection

This activity lets kids create as much mess as they want. Using photo paper, stick foam letters on them, then hand over the paper to kids to finger paint the entire paper. They will use all sorts of techniques to perfect the design they are making. After they are done, remove the foam letters, and here you have a wall art ready to be hung. Have fun!

Preschool Easter Chick Craft

 Easy Art Projects For 1-Year-Old Preschool Easter Chick Craft

Image Source/Tutorial: Kids Activities Blog

This craft makes wonderful handprints of your toddlers so that you can keep them as a memory. Toddlers would love to display their handmade chicks in bright colors. This is a simple and easy spring craft so have fun with your child.

Christmas Wrapping Paper

Easy Art Projects For 1-Year-Old Christmas Wrapping Paper

Image Source/Tutorial: Beauty Through Imperfection

A useful craft to make wrapping papers with your toddler’s hand and feet prints. Make use of a large roll of craft paper, and place your child on the paper with hands and feet painted. Let them create prints of all sorts. Now you have got wrapping to make use of on Christmas or other occasions.

Toddler Pictionary

 Easy Art Projects For 1-Year-Old Toddler Pictionary

Image Source/Tutorial: Simple Home Blessing

Kids like it when they see objects being made, when they observe different objects their curiosity increases making them more imaginative and creative. This activity is about using that imagination for doing productive and useful crafts. First, draw an object and show it to your child while drawing, then ask them what to draw, and then let them draw it. They will try to show off their super skills while making something.

Yogurt Painting Activity

Easy Art Projects For 1-Year-Old Yogurt Painting Activity

Image Source/Tutorial:  I Can Teach My Child

Meant for toddlers below 1 year of age, the activity makes use of yogurt in place of paints. So suitable that if eat it then too fine, and if they don’t then also. The child will enjoy using his/her fingers to spread the yogurt, moreover will like the taste of it too. Make your little ones enjoy their activity while you watch them play.

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Mess-free art activities

Easy Art Projects For 1-Year-Old Mess-free art activities

Image Source/Tutorial: Mama Smiles 

This activity is beneficial for you if you don’t want the mess to clean. Toddlers will explore finger painting, and will spend a good time. Make use of zip lock bags, fill them with some colorful paint, and stick them on the table or floor from all sides using tape. Kids can use their fingers to draw any shape they want, and they will be fascinated.

Painting Using Edible Paints

Easy Art Projects For 1-Year-Old Painting Using Edible Paints

Image Source/Tutorial: Learn Play Imagine

Wanna make your toddlers paint, but every time they put paints in their mouths? Make use of edible paints, these are chilled and colorful. Toddlers of age 1 or below will have lots of fun while painting from them. Elder kids can also use the paints to create designs of various types that could be used as a memory for the future. Have fun with your kids.

Bubble Bathtub Paint

Easy Art Projects For 1-Year-Old Bubble Bathtub Paint

Image Source/Tutorial: Simple Fun For Kids

This activity is so fun, and exciting that will let toddlers use their skills to paint. The soap solution, corn starch, and paint will create a superb bubbly paint color that could be placed on a pallet and start the activity. Let the child paint the whole bathtub and live a colorful life. Don’t worry about cleaning, the paint will go off in a single rinse.

Sticky Table Art for Toddlers

Easy Art Projects For 1-Year-Old Sticky Table Art for Toddlers

Image Source/Tutorial: Learn Play Imagine

It’s a fun and simple activity to let little kids invent their art by their imagination. As they will use different objects, they will learn the geometry, size, and engineering of how to link each object into something useful. Make use of their imaginative power and invent something new.

Scented Shaving Cream Activity

Easy Art Projects For 1-Year-Old Scented Shaving Cream

Image Source/Tutorial: Simple Fun For Kids

Toddlers love to splash on the water while making a mess, they like it when they roll over the water and splash using their hands. A fun activity to let toddlers enjoy themselves a lot. Make use of the water table filled with the scented shaving cream mixture. The scent and colors will delight the day.

Chalk Painting

Easy Art Projects For 1-Year-Old Chalk Painting

Image Source/Tutorial: Learn Play Imagine

Quickly make chalk paints and color the sidewalks with the help of your child. Chalk painting is almost like spray painting, and kids will create lots of amazing never seen pictures that will be a fun memory when they grow up. Squeeze bottles will make the best device to do this activity, Have fun.

That was all, thank you for reading up till the end, hope you tried some of these activities and created unforgettable memories with your child. If you liked the activities mentioned and want to try more, do not hesitate to visit the next link, you would be delighted to explore the unexplored.

Comment down below the most unforgettable and astonishing activity that you tried with your child. Do visit again,

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