Crafts

Simple and Fun Shape Crafts for Toddlers

October 25, 2023 By Terri Thompson

I’ve always loved learning with arts and crafts and so have my girls. We’ve made so many fun craft projects over the years.

These fun shape crafts for toddlers are all great ways to create while you learn and explore shapes.

And, if you love doing crafts with your toddlers, check out all of our fun and Simple Crafts for Toddlers here.

Learn all about shapes with these fun and easy shape crafts for toddlers. Have fun creating and learning about circles, squares, and triangles.

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Fun Shape Crafts for Toddlers

The crafts are easy and emphasize process over product. They’re all a fun way to help your toddlers get familiar with simple shapes.

Learn about circles, squares, triangles, and other shapes with these fun crafts.

Shape Crafts for Toddlers

Learn all about shapes with these fun and easy shape crafts for toddlers. Have fun creating and learning about circles, squares, and triangles.

Shape Collage

Make fun collages by gluing paper shapes with this fun toddler art activity.

Square Monsters

Turn a square into a silly monster with this fun craft.

Easy Toddler Circle Painting

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Use cardboard tubes to stamp circles with this fun art project.

Circle Art Process Painting

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Create circles of many sizes with this fun process art activity.

Sponge Stamped Triangle Collage

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Learn about triangles with this fun sponge painting activity.

Simple Circle Craft for Toddlers

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This fun circle craft that uses Fruit Loops is also a great fine motor activity.

Fall Tree Math Craft

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Create a fall tree out of triangles with this fun tree craft activity.

Easy Shape Painting for Toddlers

Get creative with some big artwork when you try this fun toddler art project.

Toddler Square Art Activity

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Make pretty art with squares with this fun activity.

Painting Shapes - Easy Toddler Painting Activity

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Paint different shapes with this simple shape art activity.

Shapes Sorting Suncatcher

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Practice sorting when you create this pretty shape suncatcher craft.

Contact Paper Shape Art

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Learn about your shapes and create beautiful artwork with this fun process art activity.

Which of these fun shape crafts for toddlers are you going to try?

My Recommended Shape Resources

It’s so much fun to learn shapes through play. You can play these fun outside games or try one of these great shape toys for toddlers. Here are a few more playful ways to learn shapes.

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Paper Plate Tambourine Kids Craft

May 15, 2022 By Terri Thompson

Do you remember some of the fun crafts you did as a kid? I do. I’ve always loved craft projects.

Let’s go on a trip down memory lane and do some of those fun classic craft projects with our own kids. Doesn’t that sound like fun?

This paper plate tambourine craft is a fun choice. It’s easy to make and you can make music with them after you’re done.

Make your own musical instrument with this fun classic kids craft, Paper Plate Tambourine. It's fun for preschoolers to make and play their own instrument.

Let’s grab some craft supplies and get ready to have some fun!

Supplies needed for your tambourine craft

Paper plate (2 per tambourine)
Paint
Dried beans
Stapler
Hole punch
Ribbon

How to make a paper plate tambourine

The first thing you want to do is decorate your paper plates. You’ll need to decorate two plates for each tambourine. Decorate the bottoms of your plates, since that will be the side facing outward.

My girls chose paint because they love every excuse that can get to throw on their smocks and start painting.

You could also use crayons, markers, stickers, or even glitter glue to decorate your plates.

Once your paint is dry, flip one of the plates over and add a handful of dried beans.

If you don’t have any dried beans, or do not want to use a food product, you can add beads or small pebbles.

Take your second plate and line it up over your other plate. Both of the bottom sides will be facing outward.

Use your stapler and staple along the edge all around your tambourine.

Leave enough room in between your staples to punch a hole. We put one hole between all the staples.

Cut small pieces of ribbon and tie them in each hole. We used curly ribbon from our gift wrapping supplies and found it worked really well.

Now it’s time to play with your paper plate tambourine.

Shake it.

Rattle it.

Drum it.

Or, hide behind it.

It also works quite well if you hold it under your chin and beat it like a drum!

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My recommended craft supplies for this paper plate tambourine

You only need a few simple supplies to make these paper plate tambourines. And, the best part, is that you can use these supplies over and over again with other craft projects. Here are some craft supplies I recommend:

Butterfly Paper Plate Wreath Craft

May 3, 2022 By Terri Thompson

B is for balloon, bear, and boat. And also, B is for butterfly.

We’re going to have fun with the letter B and also with butterflies with this fun craft, a Butterfly Paper Plate Wreath.

With this craft, we’ll combine a couple of different classic crafts to form one pretty wreath. It’s so much fun to make!

Let’s get started.

Create a pretty butterfly paper plate wreath with simple supplies. This is perfect for a preschool springtime unit or letter B unit.

Disclosure: CraftProjectIdeas.com provided some of the supplies we used in this project (fuzzy craft sticks and watercolors). All ideas are our own. There are Amazon Affiliate and other affiliate links in this article which means, at no additional cost to you, we could receive compensation for our recommendations. You can read our full disclosure policy on our Disclosure Page for more details.

Supplies Needed

Paper plate
Light blue craft paint
Scissors
1 coffee filter for each butterfly
Watercolors (We love this set from CraftProjectIdeas.com for its bright, vibrant colors.)
1 fuzzy craft stick (pipe cleaner) for each butterfly
Stapler (or tape)

How to make your Butterfly Paper Plate Wreath

Before beginning, cut out the middle of your paper plate. Depending on the age of your child, this part may best be done by an adult. Save the middle for a future craft project.

Use your light blue craft paint to paint your paper plate wreath. If you don’t want blue, use whatever color you want. We used blue to mimic the color of the sky.

While you are waiting for your wreath to dry, flatten your coffee filters. Use watercolors to paint a design on each coffee filter.

Paint a bulls-eye design (like we did above), splotches, stripes, squiggles, a solid color, or any design you desire. Get creative. Have fun!

Paint as many coffee filters as you want butterflies. We used two coffee filters per wreath, so that we could have two butterflies on our wreath.

Let your coffee filters dry completely.

Once your coffee filters are dry, it’s time to turn them into butterflies.

Take a fuzzy craft stick and bend it in half.

Gather your coffee filter in the middle and spread out the two sides (your wings).

Slip the middle of your coffee filter into your bent craft stick. Twist your craft stick both above and below your coffee filter to hold your butterfly’s shape.

Bend the two ends of your craft sticks a little so that they look like antenna.

Finally, it’s time to attach your butterflies to your wreath.

I found it easiest to use a stapler. All it took was one staple next to the craft stick to hold the butterfly in place. You could also use tape to attach your butterflies. Unfortunately, glue does not work well in this situation.

Once your butterflies are attached, your B is for Butterfly Wreath is ready to be hung up! Such a pretty kid-made decoration!

Create a pretty paper plate butterfly wreath with simple supplies. This is perfect for a preschool springtime unit or letter B unit.

My recommended craft supplies

This butterfly wreath is easy to make with a few craft supplies. Many of these you probably already have on hand. If not, keep a few in the craft cabinet so you can do more crafts with your kids.

Beautiful Daffodil Crafts for Kids

April 27, 2022 By Terri Thompson

I always feel so hopeful when I first see signs of spring flowers. Don’t you?

It won’t be long until all those colorful spring flowers bloom.

Even if you still have awhile before the flowers bloom, these daffodil crafts will brighten up your home.

Daffodil crafts for kids

You’ll find a wide variety of daffodil crafts in this list below.

There are ideas for kids of all ages. You can make a fun 3-D crafts, or a beautiful card to send to a friends.

Whether you use a paper plate or some recycled materials, let’s grab our supplies and get started creating.

Daffodil Crafts for Kids

Your kids will love to welcome spring with these beautiful daffodil crafts.

Beautiful daffodil pinwheels :: St David's Day craft

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Have fun playing with this beautiful daffodil pinwheel that you make yourself.

Paper Plate Daffodils

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Turn paper plates into a bouquet of daffodils.

Potato Stamped 3D Daffodil Craft

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Use potato stamps to create this pretty daffodil craft.

3d Pop Up Daffodil Card - Red Ted Art's Blog

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Make a pop-up daffodil card to send you to your friends.

Create a Spring Daffodil Picture

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Cut and glue to make a pretty daffodil picture.

Pop Up Daffodils

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Turn paper plates and cupcake liners into gorgeous pop-up daffodils.

Daffodil Thumb Print Salt Dough Keepsake

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Make pretty salt dough daffodil keepsakes.

Spring Art Project for Toddlers and Preschoolers

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Paint pretty daffodils with this simple art invitation.

DIY Daffodil Clay Pots or Candle Holders 14

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Create a gorgeous clay daffodil candle holder.

Spring Daffodil Craft

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Make this beautiful 3-D daffodil craft.

Cupcake Liner Daffodil Art

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Turn cupcake holders into a simple daffodil craft.

Spring crafts :: beautiful daffodil bunting

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Decorate with a beautiful daffodil bunting you made yourself.

Panda Reading Pointer Craft

April 25, 2022 By Terri Thompson

A reading pointer is a great tool for beginning readers. It helps them track the words on a page and trains the eyes to follow along.

You can grab any sort of reading pointer, but if you’ve got a kid that loves animals, they’re going to definitely love this fun panda reading pointer.

Use a craft stick to make this simple panda reading pointer for kids. It's a fun tool for beginning readers and animal lovers!

Also, CraftProjectIdeas.com sent me some of the supplies used on this project. All ideas are my own.

Supplies needed for your panda reading pointer

Jumbo craft stick
White craft paint
Black craft paint
Black felt
Glue
Small googly eyes

How to make your panda bear reading pointer

First, paint the entire front and back of your craft stick with white paint. Allow it to dry completely.

While your paint is drying, cut two small circles from your black felt to use as your ears.

Once your white paint is dry, add your details with the black craft paint. Add two ovals for the eyes and a small circles underneath for the nose. Draw your simple mouth details. Finally, add two half circles under your face for your paws. Let all your black paint dry.

If you need something to do while your waiting for paint to dry, read a great book about pandas! Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas by Natasha Yim is a fun choice. It’s a Chinese American retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

After your paint is dry, glue your felt ears to the back of the top of your craft stick.

Attach your googly eyes on your eye ovals. I found that using self-sticking googly eyes made this step really easy!

Once your glue is dry, your reading pointer is ready to use! Let this cute panda help your child practice reading.

Make this simple panda bear reading pointer for your beginning readers.

Yield: 1 Reading Pointer

Panda Reading Pointer

Make this simple panda reading pointer out of a craft stick. It's a great tool for your beginning reader.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Active Time 15 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Difficulty Easy

Estimated Cost Under $5 (depending on the supplies you already have on hand)

Materials

Tools

Instructions

Paint your entire craft stick with the white paint. Let dry.
While your paint dries, cut two small circles out of your black felt for your panda's ears.
Once the paint is dry, add details with your black paint. Add two ovals for your eyes and a small circle for the nose. Add a simple mouth and two half circles for your paws. Let dry.
Once your black paint is dry. Glue your two ears to the back of the craft stick at the top.
Add your two small eyes to the black ovals.

Notes

If you don't have any black felt you can use craft foam or black card stock instead.

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