Season: Spring Art Ideas – Art & Craft for Babies

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 black paper. When we did …

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 turn them into little animals. …

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 first picture is the example …

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

Caterpillar paper circle collage picture

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.

Finger print sheep

These were so easy to do and the children loved getting the paint all over their hands! What you need: coloured A3 paper black paper white paint googly eyes Preparation: …

Handprint caterpillars- painting with babies

Children did this in lots of different ways. Some had adult help and used their hands, like my example- kindly provided by my 2 year old. The youngest child to …

Finger painting homemade calendar

Messy, but little ones love it, and there’s no preparation! We did the finger painting first, then, when the paint was dry, we added some detail using a fine black …

Make a cotton pad sheep badge

What you need: cotton pads black card needle and white cotton wiggle eyes (or eye stickers if worried about choking hazards) safety pins glue sticks scissors Preparation: sew the safety …

Paper plate sunflower- beautiful summer collage idea

A lovely way to brighten a display, but takes a little time to prepare. What you need: paper plates orange, yellow, green and brown or black paper glue sellotape art …

Spring lamb

What you need white card – I used A4 cotton wool black marker pen glue (PVA) glue spreaders Preparation Fold the card in half, and draw and cut out the …

Sun handprint

This was very popular- and very messy! What you need paper plates (or circles of card) large paper- I used A3 yellow and orange paint paint brushes long sleeved aprons …

butterfly painting for babies and toldders

Easy painting for babies- butterfly painting

This is such an easy painting for babies and very young children. An old favourite. I remember doing butterfly paintings when I was little! Lovely to do in the spring …