Toddler Art Class: Printing Circles

There are so many things that make a circle....

Art Project: Printing Circles
Supplies:
cardboard tubes
lids (from milk jugs, drink bottles, canning jars, etc, etc)
marker caps (from dried out markers--save the caps! use the cores to make liquid watercolors !)
paint
paper plates
(other ideas for circles:  plastic easter eggs, empty & washed medicine bottles?, film canisters if you have a stash of those still leftover.... look around your supply cupboard and I'm guessing you'll find some circles.)

Book:
   Press here / Tullet, Herve

Music to make art by:  

Turn turn turn [sound recording] / Zanes, Dan

Craft Lab: Melting Crayons

Colored wax + heat = fun and easy art opportunities!

Today's project:  Melting Crayons
Supplies:
crayons (both broken and whole will work)
hair dryer
embossing gun (optional)
art canvases or unfinished wood objects
painter's tape (optional)

Toddler Art Class: Playdough Monsters

Stuff to stick into sticky stuff is surprisingly entertaining!

Art Project: Playdough Monsters (inspired by The Artful Parent)
Supplies:
play dough (I made my own (recipe below), but commercial play dough works fine)
wiggle eyes
feathers
any other odds & ends you have on hand -- buttons, sequins, pipe cleaners, straws...

Book: 
  Go away, big green monster! / Emberley, Ed

Music to make art by: 
  When I get little [sound recording] / Dog on Fleas

Toddler Art Class: Oil Pastels

Just a little bit different than a crayon, oil pastels are a fun foray into "fancy" art supplies.

Art Project:  Creating with Cray-Pas
Supplies:
cray-pas
black construction paper
(optional:  Crayola construction paper crayons)

Book:
  Harold and the purple crayon / Johnson, Crockett

My crayons talk / Hubbard, Patricia

Music to make art by:  
Good morning my love songs to bond you and your baby / [sound recording] : Vered