Great craft ideas for toddlers

I have a toddler who loves to create. She's daily asking me for paper, crayons, play-doh, paint, chalk, glitter, and glue. But sometimes, she can get bored with drawing within the lines of a coloring books or pressing cookie cutters into play-doh. What's a parent to do? We can only be so creative on our own.

Thankfully, there are a lot of resources and ideas out there on the internet; all they usually take are a printer and some basic art supplies. The following are some of our favorites:

kinderart - specifically the preschool/littles stuff

ideas for toddler crafts - simple ideas, but they do the trick

activities for toddlers - includes recipes for some craft supplies

dover printables - samples from their coloring books

coloring pages - Bible printables

coloring book fun - my favorite site for tons of printables

making leaf prints - a great fall idea

(and here’s a good leaf printable for various fall-themed crafts)

tons of toilet paper roll craft ideas - great for the animal-loving toddler!

jan brett - very cute printables and activities

toddler activities - lots of ideas

alphabet activities - for those getting the hang of basic writing

preschool lessons & activities - creative learning ideas

preschool activities - I haven’t explored this site much, but it looks good

We use these resources about once a week. Hopefully they'll generate some good ideas for you as well!