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Cork Print Tree Craft for Toddlers

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When my kids were little (toddlers and preschoolers) we did a lot of craft projects.

We always kept them simple because they certainly weren’t capable of pretty Pinterest crafts when they were that little.

This fun cork print tree craft was a favorite from our list of simple crafts for toddlers. It’s simple, creative, and fun. My girls loved this project!

This cork print tree craft for toddlers and preschoolers is a fun printmaking project that is simple to do. Make a pretty green tree or an autumn tree.

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Supplies Needed:

Cork from a wine bottle
Green washable paint
Brown construction paper
Black marker

Note: Use yellow, orange, and red paint instead of the green paint if you’d like to create a colorful autumn tree.

This cork print tree craft for toddlers and preschoolers is a fun printmaking project that is simple to do. Make a pretty green tree or an autumn tree.

Set up your tree craft

This project does require a little bit of adult-helper prep.

First, you’ll want to draw a simple tree shape on the brown construction paper with your black marker. You just want to draw a simple trunk and a few branches. As you can see below, you don’t need many drawing skills to draw your tree.

Next, find a flat container for your paint. I usually save a few lids from plastic containers, such as a cream cheese or sour cream container. Clean them up and you can reuse them over and over again for painting projects.

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How to make your Cork Print Tree craft

Pour a little bit of green paint onto your plastic lid. Provide a blank tree and a wine cork.

You’ll want to show your child how to dip their cork in the paint and then stamp the leaves on the tree.

Don’t worry about perfection. One of my kids dipped and stamped and the other just rolled her cork around. Both trees turned out great!

This cork print tree craft for toddlers and preschoolers is a fun printmaking project that is simple to do. Make a pretty green tree or an autumn tree.

Let your kids use their cork stamps as much as they want. Their tree may be full of leaves or have just a few leaves. Maybe all the leaves are on the ground!

You can turn this into a fun fall craft if you switch the colors of paint and use red, yellow, or orange instead.

This fun cork print tree craft is a fun and easy craft for toddlers and preschoolers. It lets them explore paint and printmaking in an age-appropriate way.

This cork print tree craft for toddlers and preschoolers is a fun printmaking project that is simple to do. Make a pretty green tree or an autumn tree.

If you enjoyed this cork print tree craft, the photos are perfect for sharing on Facebook or Pinterest.

You may also like one of these toddler crafts:

Leaf Shape Collage for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Simple Umbrella Craft for Kids

Cloud Craft for Toddlers

Simple Fingerprint Flowers at Homeschool Preschool

Do more with your toddler!

It’s so beneficial to have fun activities to do with your toddler. My friend Jamie from Hands On As We Grow has got a great free 7-Day Toddler Activity Challenge. You’ll have fun and make memories with these age-appropriate and simple activities. They’re the best! You can follow this link to sign up for the FREE 7-Day Toddler Challenge.

Simple Crafts for Toddlers

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We’ve always loved arts and crafts at our house, even when my girls were toddlers.

But, sometimes it’s hard to find crafts for toddlers that are simple and age appropriate. So many cute crafts are much better suited to older kids.

Luckily, I’ve got some great ideas for you. The crafts you’ll find below are all well suited to toddlers. They get to be creative, have fun, and learn, learn, learn.

And, once you’re done making crafts, try one of these fun activities for toddlers to spend more quality time together.

Get creative with your little ones with one of these fun and simple arts and crafts for toddlers. These are all doable and very fun.

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Arts and Crafts for Toddlers

Cardboard Roll Stamping – a simple printmaking project that is perfectly suited to toddler hands.

Fun Window Art – a simple and mess-free way to keep toddlers busy with a temporary art project

Simple Suncatchers – make a colorful art project to decorate your windows with this mess-free idea

Painted Suncatchers – try this unexpected combination of paint and contact paper to make a pretty suncatcher

Easy Mask Making Activity – let your toddler get creative with a simple art invitation. It takes just a few minutes to make the mask templates and then your toddler can decorate it on their own.

Get creative with your little ones with one of these fun and simple arts and crafts for toddlers. These are all doable and very fun.

Simple Cloud Craft – make a few puffy clouds with this simple craft

Apple Stamping – one of our favorite crafts and the perfect craft for fall

Painting On Wet Paper – a fun sensory art experience that has beautiful results

Easy Umbrella Craft – fun for a rainy day or any day. These umbrellas are an adorable window decoration

Cork Print Tree Craft – corks are a fun tool to create these cute trees

Painting on Snow – take advantage of a snowfall for this fun and temporary art project

Leaf Shape Collage for Toddlers and Preschoolers – exercise your fine motor skills to make this pretty leaf craft

Process over Product

One important thing to keep in mind when making crafts for toddlers is that the process is more important than the product.

Your crafts will not be Pinterest worthy and that’s ok. Your toddler will have fun, learn a lot, and be able to take ownership of their craft. That’s what’s important.

Let them get messy and experiment. The experience is what matters. And, you know what, the result is going to be absolutely beautiful because they did it all themselves!

Recommended Art Supplies for Toddlers

Paint brushes that are perfect for little hands

Paint cups to cut back on the mess

Our favorite washable paint

An easel that is just right for toddlers

Get creative with your little ones with one of these fun and simple arts and crafts for toddlers. These are all doable and very fun.

Do more with your toddler!

It’s so beneficial to have fun activities to do with your toddler. My friend Jamie from Hands On As We Grow has got a great free 7-Day Toddler Activity Challenge. You’ll have fun and make memories with these age-appropriate and simple activities. They’re the best! You can follow this link to sign up for the FREE 7-Day Toddler Challenge.

You may also enjoy one of these fun toddler activities:

Backyard Color Match Movement Game for Toddlers

Fun Shape Toys for Toddlers

Let’s Go On a Listening Walk

Taste Safe Finger Paint for Babies and Toddlers at Rainy Day Mum

Spider Web Wreath Halloween Craft for Kids

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I’ve got to give most of the credit for these Halloween wreaths to my 7-year-old. She’s got some great ideas.

I had a much different wreath in mind and only got as far as the first step before she took over and made the perfect spider web wreath.

I love it when the kids take over. They’re ideas are always so much better than my own!

And because my daughter called the shots, the craft not only turned out cute, but it was also a fun process for her.

Grab a paper plate and some yarn to weave your own web with this fun and spooky Spider Web Wreath Halloween craft for kids.

This Halloween spider web wreath is fun to make and appropriate for preschoolers as well as elementary-aged kids.

It’s easy to adapt to differing skill levels and is open to a child’s individual creativity.

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Supplies Needed

Paper plate
Scissors
Orange paint
Orange yarn
Clear tape
Plastic spider rings

How to make a Spider Web Wreath

Start by cutting the middle out of your paper plate.

If you’re working with young kids, you may want to do this step ahead of time, since you’ll need sharp scissors to do this task.

Flip your paper plate so that the bottom side is facing up and then paint the entire wreath orange.

If you don’t want an orange wreath, another fun option would be to paint your paper plate black and use orange yarn for your spider web.

Let the paint dry.

Once your wreath is dry, cut a long length of orange yarn (several feet!). It needs to be long enough to wrap around the plate many times for your spider web.

Tape one end of the yarn to the back of your wreath with clear tape.

Grab a paper plate and some yarn to weave your own web with this fun and spooky Spider Web Wreath kids Halloween craft this October.

Start wrapping the yarn around the wreath in all different directions. Go back and forth, sideways, diagonally, and around and around.

Keep wrapping until you reach the end of your yarn piece.

Secure the other end of the yarn to the back of your wreath with tape.

Finally, you can add your spider to your spider web wreath. (Or do like we did and add many spiders!)

We found that using small pieces of yarn to tie our spider rings to the web worked best. Add as many spiders as you want. We had a few busy, busy spider webs!

Note: This post was originally published on October 17, 2014. Updated and  republished on October 4, 2018.

Grab a paper plate and some yarn to weave your own web with this fun and spooky Spider Web Wreath Halloween craft for kids.

You may also like one of these fun Halloween crafts for kids:

Cardboard Tube Spider for Halloween

Black Cat Paper Plate Mask

Candy Corn Paper Plate Sculpture

DIY Spider Ring at Fantastic Fun and Learning

Find the supplies you’ll need

This fun wreath project only needs a few easy to find supplies. Here’s some great options for you:

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Leaf Shape Collage for Toddlers and Preschoolers

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Is it feeling like fall where you are?

Fall is a great time to explore leaves. Add this leaf shape collage for toddlers and preschoolers to your autumn leaf theme.

It’s perfect for working on fine motor skills and learning shapes.

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Leaf Shape Collage for Toddlers and Preschoolers

This leaf activity can easily be modified to different ages and abilities.

For toddlers, you’ll want to prep everything ahead of time. They’ll be simply adding shapes to their contact paper leaves.

You can allow preschoolers to complete more of the steps on their own. Let them trace the leaves or cut out the paper shapes.

Materials Needed for the Leaf Shape Collage

Contact paper (find this near the shelf liners in the kitchen department)

Leaves (can use real, artificial, or printed on paper)

White paper (for tracing leaves)

Writing utensil (for tracing leaves)

Colored paper (can be printer paper, construction paper, scrapbook paper, recycled paper, etc.)

Scissors

Masking tape or painter’s tape

How to Make a Leaf Shape Collage

Start by tracing your leaves onto white paper.

Cut out the leaves and trace them onto contact paper.

I chose to trace them onto paper first because the paper is easier to work with than the leaves.

If you are tracing multiples of the same leaf onto contact paper, it will make it easier to use a paper template.

Cut the leaf shape out of your contact paper. Remove the backing and lay the sticky side up.

Use masking tape or painter’s tape to keep the contact paper leaf from moving around.

Next, cut small shapes from your colored paper.

You can use small paper punches or hole punches. Under supervision, this is a job for an older preschooler. Teach them how to use the punch safely and correctly.

Talk to your children about the paper shapes they see. Can they name the shapes? Now is a great time to introduce any shape names they are not familiar with.

What shape does he want to use first?

My toddler is currently in love with the color yellow, so he wanted a lot of yellow shapes on his sticky leaf.

He enjoyed placing each shape onto the contact paper.

Picking up those tiny shapes is awesome fine motor practice.

Once the leaves are finished, add another layer of contact paper sticky side down.

Then, cut out your leaf shapes.

While my toddler was busy adding more and more circles to his leaf shape collage, my 4 year old worked on punching stars and created two leaves. The bottom two leaves in the picture above were created by her.

My toddler was super proud of what he created, too.

If you had fun with this activity, you can find more fun and simple crafts for toddlers here. Have fun together!

More Leaf Themed Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Leaf Name Sticky Wall – work on name recognition with a contact paper sticky wall

Go Leaf Collecting – make a bag to collect your nature finds

Learn your ABCs with this fun Leaf Hunt Alphabet Game.

Make some Leaf Man Art – take your leaf collection and create some art

Make pretty autumn leaves and learn shapes with this fun fine motor craft for toddlers and preschoolers, a simple Leaf Shape Collage.

Ghost Bookmark Halloween Craft

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We never have enough bookmarks at our house.

It’s probably because I and my daughters always have several books-in-progress going on at the same time. I know we’re not the only ones.

A lot of things can be used as bookmarks, such as scrap paper, folded Post-It Notes, or junk mail. But, I always prefer a real bookmark.

Free ones or store-bought ones both work, but I really prefer a fun homemade bookmark.

And, since Halloween is coming up, it would be fun to have a spooky bookmark to slip in between the pages. So, grab some supplies and lets make a fun Ghost Bookmark!

Mark your place in your favorite book with this simple Ghost Bookmark Halloween craft for kids. All it takes is a few simple supplies.

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Supplies Needed

White card stock

Ruler

Scissors

Black marker

Mark your place in your favorite book with this simple Ghost Bookmark Halloween craft for kids. All it takes is a few simple supplies.

How to make your Ghost Bookmark

Using your ruler, draw two parallel lines on your white card stock. Each line should be approximately 4-1/2 inches long and 1-1/2 inches apart.

Connect the two lines at the top with an arched line.

Connect the two lines at the bottom with a jagged edge.

Mark your place in your favorite book with this simple Ghost Bookmark Halloween craft for kids. All it takes is a few simple supplies.

Trace around your ghost shape with a thick, black line.

Use a thick marker or just trace over your line a few times.

Mark your place in your favorite book with this simple Ghost Bookmark Halloween craft for kids. All it takes is a few simple supplies.

Next, make your ghost face near the curved top of your bookmark.

Make it spooky or silly. Or make a variety of fun ghost bookmarks!

Finally, cut around the black edges of your ghost bookmark. Use your black marker to clean up any white edges that are left over when you’re done cutting.

Mark your place in your favorite book with this simple Ghost Bookmark Halloween craft for kids. All it takes is a few simple supplies.

Save your place in your books this Halloween season with a fun, spooky bookmark.

What book will you keep it in?

Mark your place in your favorite book with this simple Ghost Bookmark Halloween craft for kids. All it takes is a few simple supplies.

If you enjoyed this Ghost Bookmark Halloween craft for kids, the above photo is perfect for sharing on Facebook or you can save the photo below on Pinterest.

Mark your place in your favorite book with this simple Ghost Bookmark Halloween craft for kids. All it takes is a few simple supplies.

You may also like one of these fun Halloween crafts:

No-Sew Ghost Pencil Topper

Halloween Puppets from Craft Sticks

Glittery Spider Web Mask for Kids

The Cutest Ghost Crafts for Kids

Straw-Blown Ghosts at Rainy Day Mum