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It’s been a while since I set up #toddlerartinvitations for my girls so this afternoon while they were playing out in the yard, I set up a simple invitation to paint with rice cereal paints and old makeup brushes (thanks to my SIL who did a massive cleanup of her things recently 😆✌🏼). Click here to see […]

So yesterday post afternoon naps for both girls, we were out in our yard playing for the whole afternoon til just before dinner. Miss 2 asked to do some painting so I simply set up an easy primary colours painting invitation for her on a paper plate so I could keep my eye on bubs […]

Day 29/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to paint on wooden blocks with watercolours. A few months back, I scored two sets of natural coloured Jenga type blocks for $3 from a flea market. One set was in pristine condition so I kept it aside for the toddler to use in construction play. The other set […]

Day 25/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Hello friends!! Blessed New Year!! We took a few days off from doing the toddler art invitations because my firstborn turned 2 on New Year’s Day and we were busy with party prep before and on the actual day, and while my mum is here visiting for the birthday and […]

Day 23/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to paint on the sidewalk with homemade chalk paint. I’ve wanted to try this recipe forever and I’m so glad we finally did today. This is now hands down my favourite process art activity!! I had SO MUCH FUN, let alone my toddler. Click here for the videos of […]

Day 22/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to paint on an upright easel outdoors. We haven’t gone outside to play in weeks as it’s just been too hot, so when there was a slight cool change today with a beautiful breeze, we quickly took the opportunity to play in our yard, perfect day for it too […]

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 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 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 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 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 […]

My 23mo toddler really really loves to create and experiment with art supplies. She loves to paint, draw with chalk, pastels and markers, use sticky tape, glue etc. Just the other day I heard a loud banging sound in our back room and I found her hammering a piece of large sidewalk chalk with a […]

“What Is She Making?” I sent these couple of pictures from today’s sensory play with Miss 15mo to my family and my dad’s first question was “What is this? Is it modern art?” I sighed inwardly and wondered what to reply. To be honest, I get that a lot, from what I do with Miss […]