Fun Summer Craft Ideas For Toddlers and Preschoolers

Here are several very fun and easy crafts to keep your toddler or preschooler engaged during the summer. They will love to gift these to mom and grandma!

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Sand Box Painting

You don’t need a real sandbox for this sand-painting craft and it will give your kids hours of fun this summer.

You will need

• Sandbox or large plastic tubs or dishpans filled halfway with sand (fill one pan for each child to avoid squabbles).
• Spray bottles filled with water (You can pick these up for a $1 at any Dollar store
• Food coloring
• Small plastic sand shovels (Also available at your local Dollar store).

Directions

1. Add 20 or more drops of food coloring to spray bottles to make colored water. Seat children in front of their sand-filled tub, or together in the sand box, and give them several bottles of colored water. As they spray, the sand will change color, creating a beautiful painting. If the kids want to ‘paint’ a new picture, direct them to mix under the top layer with their shovels.
2. Safety note: Most commercially sold play sand is actually powder from quarried quartz – a substance declared by OSHA to cause lung disease. You can purchase safe sand from companies like SafeSand.com.

Butterflies

When your kids tire of chasing butterflies in the backyard, they can make some of their own to display inside.

What you need:

• Round coffee filters
• Spray bottle
• Watercolor paints and brushes
• Black pipe cleaners

Directions

1. Spray water on to the coffee filters until they are wet enough to lay flat. Give your children the brushes and watercolors and let them paint ‘til their hearts’ content. The colors will run and blur, creating a beautiful pastel effect.
2. Dry the filters/butterflies in a shady spot. Once completely dry, gather up the filter in the middle and use your pipe cleaner to create a body. Spread the wings and fly!

Kool-Aid Painting

Did you know that using Kool-Aid for summer crafts is 100 percent safe for kids?

What you need

• Several packets of sugar-free Kool-Aid
• White construction paper
• Scotch tape
• Ice cubes

Directions:

1. Tape a large sheet of construction paper to the table or floor.
2. Sprinkle the paper with Kool-Aid and hand each child a cube of ice. Instruct them to move the ice over the Kool-Aid powder, turning it to liquid. Keep “painting” until the ice is fully melted to make a sweet-smelling, watercolor masterpiece.
3. Let dry and take home to mom or send to Grandma!

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