Topic: Animals and nature Archives - Art & Craft for Babies

Painted ladybird stones

My youngest made these at school (he's aged 5). They used acrylic paints and then were varnished. They can then go outside to decorate your…

Potato print ladybird

A great way to use up old potatoes from the back of the cupboard!

Paper plate jelly fish

Lots of jelly fish around at the moment. Try making this jelly fish from half a paper plate, some brightly coloured strips of paper and…

Spring blossom collage

Made simply with brown wool, scrunched up pink tissue paper and lots of glue!

Spring flower hand print picture

These hand print paintings look lovely on display. We added a little glitter to the paint to give that extra sparkle.

Spring and summer nature collages

Use leaves, petals, twigs, grass, what ever you can find, to make a beautiful nature collage. Dandelion seeds give a lovely effect when glued onto…

Feather animal collage- create spring animals

This is Sam's feather animal collage. Very young children will enjoy just sticking the feathers down with PVA glue, and an adult can add details to…

Paper plate sheep

I was going to do this with cotton wool, but I found some old wool and polystyrene bits that I thought would work well. The…

Blossom printing picture

I painted the branches and the children printed the pink blossom. Simply created by the underneath of a plastic drinks bottle dipped in pink paint

Fish collage

Just photocopied a picture of a fish (kindly drawn by my husband) and decorated with fish scales and green tissue paper seaweed.

Paper plate dinosaur- model making with young children

One for slightly older toddlers as it is a little fiddly, but the painting and decorating of the body could be done by anyone. ROAR!!!!

Handprint dinosaur painting

I just prepared a dinosaur template made out of thick card. The children drew round using felt pen, then used handprints to make stegosaurus dinosaur (Rowan…

Caterpillar paper collage

Just paper circles used to make a spring caterpillar picture. If you look closely, you can just about see the caterpillar's face drawn on.

Easter bunny ears

Just a strip of card, bunny ears stapled on, then decorated. I like the pinky coloured tissue paper in the middle. Very cute, and well…

Elmer the Elephant plastic milk carton collage

Another lovely idea brought home from nursery. They used coloured squares of tissue paper and googly eyes, all stuck on an old milk carton.

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Painted ladybird stones

Potato print ladybird

Paper plate jelly fish

Spring blossom collage

Spring flower hand print picture

Spring and summer nature collages

Feather animal collage- create spring animals

Paper plate sheep

Blossom printing picture

Fish collage

Paper plate dinosaur- model making with young children

Handprint dinosaur painting

Caterpillar paper collage

Easter bunny ears

Elmer the Elephant plastic milk carton collage

Paper plate snake- easy animal collage

Handprint flying bug calendars

Finger print sheep

Handprint caterpillars- painting with babies

Easy to make high energy bird feeder