Allowing toddlers to be included in craft time is very important. It helps them to develop great fine motor skills, gives them sensory skills, and starts off creativity at a young age.
Crafts also give parents quality time with their toddler. The crafts can be easy, fun, and inexpensive. This is very important because they thrive when having a parents’ attention. It isn’t how much time you spend it is how you spend the time.
Here are some great craft ideas to try for Valentine’s Day
1. Cut out a heart and let them paint their handprint on it.
2. Print out a heart template and let them put stickers on it.
3. Use a pom pom with a clothespin and paint on a heart, or let them create their own design.
We had a lot of fun with all of the kids doing these crafts, but it was really great to see the baby painting and having fun. Even though he is a toddler he is able to do easy crafts…that’s how he learns. Toddlers love to be included. Not excluded because it is too much work. As I have more children the valuable lesson is cleanup is not more important than the time spent with them.
How do you have fun with your toddlers?
Cheers,
Michelle
These are darling!
Thank you!!