This Valentine’s Day Hot Air Balloon Craft is a sweet and easy craft idea for this lovely holiday! I adore simple, easy-to-do crafts with my kids and this is why we created this fun little hot air balloon craft! In this craft, kids will be doing a bit of fine motor skills, by wrinkling the tissue paper, which is a… Read More
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Sponge Stamped Heart Tree Craft
This Sponge Stamped Heart Tree Craft is a fun craft idea for kids of any age! Kids will love this craft! First, they get to trace their own hand for the tree trunk and of course have fun filling it in with beautiful pink and purple hearts! It’s a lovely craft idea for any day, but simply perfect for Valentine’s… Read More
Tissue Paper Heart Craft
Simple crafts are sometimes the best! And this Tissue Paper Heart Craft is simple to prep and perfect at strengthening those little fingers! We love crafts here at Toddler at Play and one thing that I try to stick to when crafting is to not overcomplicate the craft. After all, I’m working with little kids who aren’t as technical and… Read More
Valentine’s Day Doily Garland
Happy Valentine’s Day! This easy-to-make Valentine’s Day Doily Garland adds lovely decoration to any room! It’s easy to make for kids as young as toddlers to school aged and who doesn’t love painting doilies! Such a fun and unique painting activity for any kid. You’ll need just a few materials to make this garland and with an exception of doilies,… Read More
Melted Crayon Hearts
These Melted Crayon Hearts are so easy and fun to make! You’ll need just a couple of materials, plus an oven, to make these and kids will love the process! Who knew that crayons can be recycled? Well yes they can! Instead of throwing away those tiny bits of crayons, that are hard to hold anyway, use them to melt and… Read More
Celery Stamped Rose Craft
Do you have celery at home? I know, such a strange question to start with, but listen up! You can use celery ends to make amazing art! This Celery Stamped Rose Craft is super easy to prep and looks beautiful when finished. Your kids will be amazed at this unique painting craft. Painting with fun objects makes for an exciting,… Read More
Fizzing Hearts Activity
This Fizzing Hearts Activity is a fun sensory play idea AND experiment in one!
You’ll need simple materials for this activity and very little effort. And I promise kids will have a blast. Who doesn’t like to make things fizz and feel like a scientist? My kids love activities like this. They’re fun, exciting and unique. And as a matter of fact, I love them too! These Fizzing Hearts will now be my go-to activity to keep the kids busy…because they will be busy until the hearts melt!
Painting Heart Ice Cubes
This Painting Heart Ice Cubes activity is so simple to set up and the kids will love it! All you need is a heart shaped mold and a few basic craft supplies. Make the ice cubes the night before and you’ve got a super quick and easy activity done for the day. It’s an awesome activity to set-up whenever you… Read More
Paper roll heart stamps
These Paper Roll Heart Stamps are super easy to make and create the sweetest painted hearts perfect for any Valentine’s Day greeting card! My kids really enjoyed these, especially my daughter who was so diligent and creative with her colors and patterns. My son (3) did great too! He started of with a few hearts and made a collage. And… Read More
Decorate a heart: invitation to create
This simple and quick to prepare Decorate a Heart: Invitation to Create Activity allows the little ones to get creative and stay busy! All you need is a good variety of craft materials (like glitter, pom-poms, buttons, glue) and hearts made out of cardboard. It’s an easy recycled craft because you can use those extra or odd craft supplies you… Read More
Thumbprint Love Tree Valentine’s Day Craft
Are you looking for some easy toddler or preschool Valentine’s Day crafts? This Thumbprint Love Tree is perfect for little hands and so much fun! Take a look below to see how easy, inexpensive and adorable this little tree is! RELATED: Birds on a Wire Craft All activities should be supervised by an adult. This post contains affiliate links-… Read More
Salt Heart Painting
Are you ready for Valentine’s Day? I love all the crafts with hearts, pinks and reds and lot’s of LOVE, they’re so fun! Well….I have a cute, easy, inexpensive, fun, perfect for little kiddos craft idea! This Salt Heart Painting activity is beautiful and so exciting to make! All you need is some basic art supplies and salt, that’s it!… Read More