Art Ideas For The Very Young Child...

Producing an art project will boosts your child's self-esteem which helps the child become a more confident individual.  In addition, it is a great way to spend some quality time with your child.  Listed below are some terrific links to great art/craft ideas.

• Color in a Bag  --  A few spoonfuls of colored gelatin sealed in a plastic bag -- what could be more squeezably fun? It's a great first experience of color blending.

• Drawing Dough -- A cross between paint and dough, this delightful concoction is fun to squeeze out into puffy, colorful designs.

• Dotty-for-dots Stamping -- With a giant make-it-yourself stamp pad and an array of circular printables, your little one can turn plain paper into a delirium of dots.

• Erasable Clipboard --  Create a mobile chalkboard that's just right for a long car ride.

• Glueless Collages -- Clear Con-Tact paper stands in for glue, offering all the fascination of adhesiveness -- with none of the mess.

• My First Monoprints --  In printing, mono means "one of a kind," which is a perfect description of this easy introduction to color mixing, texture, and spontaneity.

• Eyedropper Painting  -- Your child can create a masterpiece using an eyedropper.

• Ice Cube Painting --  Enjoy creating art work using ice cubes.

• Soap Bubble Prints -- Make marbleized prints by blowing bubbles with a drinking straw.

• Found-Object Collage -- This collage project is a great way to create a simple but appealing keepsake from a collection of everyday things

• Create an Outdoor Art Studio -- Use your clothesline to create a work or art.  In lieu of brushes and paper, your child uses pump bottles filled with homemade spray paints and cloth canvas.