Spring blossom collage
Made simply with brown wool, scrunched up pink tissue paper and lots of glue!
Spring art ideas
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
art and craft idea for toddlers- paper plate sunflower
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…
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…
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…
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…