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3 Easy Ways to Paint with Toddlers

by Angela Thayer 8 Comments

It’s Toddler Tuesday!! Today I’m sharing 3 easy ways to paint with toddlers. Most toddlers love to be messy or to create a mess. These activities are perfect for them because they get to be creative and slightly messy, but it’s very easy clean-up. Painting with Toddlers

A mess-free way to paint is to put paint in a gallon-sized ziploc bag, tape it to a window and let them squish the paint around. Painting in Bags Wes liked this! He could mix colors together, use his finger to make designs and  it was a fun sensory activity. Look at those eyes of discovery…

Window Painting for Toddlers

He was pretty focused on the blue tape and wanted to pull it down the whole time, so next time I’ll try clear tape. 🙂

The next way is using finger paint. To jazz it up, we made stripes with tape in honor of Cat in the Hat for Dr. Seuss week. It was easy to make stripes, but you could be fancy and make a neat design. Then have your toddler use finger paint and paint over the whole paper. Let the paint dry, then pull the tape off. I made the stripes long enough to stick to the tablecloth so it wouldn’t slide around.

Finger Painting for Toddlers

Red Finger Paint for Toddlers You could make your own fingerpaint or buy a 4-pack for $1 at the Dollar Tree.

Yellow Finger Paint for Toddlers

stripes Here is the final product. The tape I used pulled up the paper a little bit, so I would suggest using not very strong tape.

Finger Painting Stripes for Toddlers The next way to paint is a favorite for my kiddos. They love using Paint Dab Markers. These are easy to use and don’t make a huge mess.

Paint Dab Markers

“Look, mom–there’s a dot!” Paint Dabbers for Toddlers My oldest loves these and enjoys making dots on alphabet sheets.

Put Met in the Zoo with Paint Dabbers

So there you have it- 3 easy ways to paint with toddlers! Clean up is very easy if you have a tablecloth on the table or ground. You just wipe it up and wash their hands. I’d say the not so easy part is taking pictures of toddlers painting!

Happy Day to you all!

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  1. Maren T. says

    November 10, 2017 at 12:51 pm

    Thanks!! Love your website! 🙂 Typed, “Paint with Toddlers” and found your website. Fun to find it on google. 🙂

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    • Angela Thayer says

      November 10, 2017 at 8:53 pm

      Aww thanks, Maren! So fun to hear from you! 🙂

      Reply
  2. sarah says

    March 1, 2013 at 3:07 am

    These are great ideas! Definitely takes a little planning and prep but worth it to give them a fun experience.

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    • Teaching Mama says

      March 1, 2013 at 2:11 pm

      Yes for sure. Wish someone could prep everything for me! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Kathryn Thayer says

    February 27, 2013 at 4:22 am

    Angela! What fabulous ideas…I especially love the ziploc on the window method & the taped papers to ultimately give a striped paint-look. The Guys’ photos showed how much fun it was…and a whole lot of learning was going on!

    Love it…Love you:)

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    • Teaching Mama says

      February 27, 2013 at 2:02 pm

      Thank you 🙂 It was fun! And you know Wes…he was so fixated on trying to pull the blue tape off so we’ll have to use clear tape next time! Love you!

      Reply
  4. Erin @ DIY On the Cheap says

    February 26, 2013 at 10:11 pm

    Great ideas! Thanks for sharing. I’ll have to try these with my boys – they would love it.

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    • Teaching Mama says

      February 27, 2013 at 2:01 pm

      Thank you!! Of course I love all your ideas, too!

      Reply
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