Seasons: Summer Art Ideas – Art & Craft for Babies

Potato print ladybird

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

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 …

Make a kite- easy craft idea for children

Very easy to make. What you need: Brightly coloured thick paper or thin card tissue paper wool bits to stick on glue Preparation: cut out kite shapes cut stripes of …

Paper Bunting Collage

We made this on the last session of the year and used them to decorate the hall. What you need: sugar paper collage materials stapler and staples glue string or …

Strawberry pictures – celebrate Wimbledon!

These were really popular. I was thinking about cutting out a strawberry shape that the children could just colour, but actually they enjoyed painting the shape themselves. Even very young …

Sandcastle pictures

This was very popular, but you will need a good vacuum cleaner to hoover up that sand! What you need: play sand thick paper or thin card in a summery …

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 …

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 …