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Day 21/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Firstly, blessed Christmas ❤💚!! I hope everyone had a love-filled day yesterday and had plenty of cuddles with loved ones. Continuing on our toddler art series, this is another invitation to create a second layer of art over a pre-existing artwork like in day 19. Back in June, the toddler […]

Day 20/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to make a collage with coloured shapes on a black piece of paper. As you can clearly see, there were actually 4 colours and shapes that were offered for this particular invitation. My toddler chose only the green triangles initially and when they were used up, she began using […]

Day 19/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations So if you are following this toddler art series and think this looks a bit familiar, you’re right! Remember the invitation to explore shades of blue paint using cotton wool balls pegged onto clothespins from day 15? Well today I offered the toddler different shades of blue again from a […]

Day 18/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to create a watercolour resist painting using oil pastels. I brought out the good stuff today aka Micador’s 36 disc watercolour palette as the toddler was going to handmake a birthday gift for someone very special turning 60 tomorrow. For the invitation, I drew the chinese character that represents grandma […]

Day 17/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to paint on paper towels with pipettes and food dye in primary colours. This is seriously one of my favourite ways to do process art, to explore colour mixing using primary colours, to sneak in fine-motor practice etc. It’s also SO. MUCH. FUN 🤗. And the results are ALWAYS […]

Day 16/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to draw on paper with different types of markers. A very simple one today, perhaps too simple and might not have been very engaging in the least. To switch things up a little and make it a little bit different to the usual, I used an A4 sized yellow […]

Day 15/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to paint and play around with shades of blue (my toddler’s favourite colour) using cotton wool balls pegged onto wooden pegs. As with ALL other kinds of painting for my toddler, this quickly became finger painting and making handprints 😏. But finger painting aside, I’m glad she noticed the […]

Day 14/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to create transient art with a platter of colourful loose parts. When I set it up for my 23mo, the invitation was exactly like in the first picture. However the toddler specifically requested playdough when she saw the loose parts so you’ll see the addition of playdough in subsequent […]

Day 13/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Ok technically this wasn’t an invitation. This was a specific request by the toddler no less! We were out grocery shopping this afternoon and when we came home, I asked her what did she want to do after I put her baby sister down for a nap and she said […]

Day 12/31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to paint with earth water colours today. They are actually poster colours according to Zart Art where I bought it from years ago, but they work like water colours. This method of painting is so easy to set up, pack up, and not much mess 👌🏼. It’s the first time I’ve […]

Day 11/31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to make a picture with hand drawn grid paper and some of the paint chip samples that I’ve collected over the years from my trips to Bunnings 🙊. This was another invitation to create so that the toddler could use glue again seeing that she’s still obsessed with squeezing the […]

Day 10/31 days of #toddlerartinvitations  When it was reeeeally hot a couple of days ago, I decided to freeze a couple of massive ice blocks in preparation for a perfect cooling down invitation to create on the next hot day we had and that day was today. It went up to 37-38 deg and I was […]

Day 9/31 days of #toddlerartinvitations. This is an accidental invitation to create art with coloured rice on our tuff tray. Sometime last week, I dyed rice in a couple of Christmassy colours, intending to join in with Amy @playfullittlelearners’ #playfullittlechristmas challenge a few days ago. Unfortunately we didn’t make it then. But today when hubs got called in […]

Day 8/31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to create a mess-free cling wrap painting. Ok I have to confess, while this is done by my toddler, it was done when she was only 8mo. It was sooo hot in Perth today as well as the past few days. Our house traps heat and it really felt like […]

Day 7/31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to create on a recycled cardboard roll with markers and dot stickers. Today was a really busy day, in the sense that there was not much opportunity for the toddler and I to both be home at the same time. Daddy brought the toddler swimming in the morning and when […]

Day 6/31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to create with washi tape. I’ve offered this invitation to my toddler a couple of times this year and it’s usually very well-received. This morning she wasn’t so keen so I thought I’d have a ‘failed invitation’ story to share instead. Nevertheless, I decided not to pack it away and […]

Day 5/31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to create on a canvas with black glue. This black glue is simply made by mixing white PVA glue with black paint. When I saw how much my toddler enjoyed squeezing that bottle of white glue for our Day 2 activity, I decided to come up with an activity for […]

Day 4/31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to create with glittery PLAYDOUGH and different loose parts which we did yesterday morning. My 23mo doesn’t have the fine motor skills yet to actually roll or form things by herself using the playdough. But I discovered that if I present the playdough to her in different ways, it prompts […]

Day 3/31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to experiment drawing on black paper using a variety of white implements. It’s really just the normal kind of drawing, but with a slight twist, an opposite version of it. For the initial provocation, I used the book “Pantone: Colours“. The idea came about because yesterday morning, the toddler attempted […]

Day 2/31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to make a collage with tissue paper, coloured matchsticks, sequins and googly eyes. The toddler was so fascinated with the different sized and different coloured googly eyes and attempted to sort them small “minum” and big 😆. I on the other hand loved the fact that the colour of the […]