Creating an Art Experience with Your Toddler

Art is fun. Figuring out new ways to create art is even better. Creating art in new ways with your 4 year old is the best.

Certain projects from Mother Goose Time (our monthly preschool kit) stand out more than others for various reasons. This particular project was one of my favorites because of the time Bella and I got to spend together. Sometimes when my other daughter takes a nap, I use that time to do something special with my older daughter. This is time we can really sit one-on-one and focus on being together. I saved this project specifically to do alone with Bella because I knew should would really enjoy taking her time.

For this fun project, we learned about Cherry Trees and were asked to create a Cherry Tree of our own with some unique items! This project comes from our October Box, "Orchard Harvest".

As usual, Mother Goose Time included the items for the project (even a bag of popcorn)!

We read and learned about the symbolism of Cherry Blossoms and the Japanese tradition of hanami. These are things I didn't even know, and never thought of teaching my toddler (another reason why I truly love this curriculum). 

We chose to do this project outside because it was a beautiful day and it's Bella's favorite place to be. She excitedly gathered sticks from around the yard to use as branches for our trees.

Next, we popped our popcorn! It's one of our favorite snacks so we were both pretty excited for this part.

When our popcorn was done we headed outside to create our trees. We used paint and glue from home to complete the project.

Bella really loves art and painting, so she slowly concentrated on painting her grass first. She took her time and used awesome control and focus to create the picture she envisioned. The inspiration photos from Mother Goose Time are awesome because they help inspire the kids to create something similar, but always unique.

Today was special because since Trinity was asleep, I was able to paint and do the project with Bella. It was awesome to see how we chose to create our pictures differently. I love seeing the way Bella's mind thinks differently from mine. She is far more creative!

Next, Bella began to glue on her "branches" and even painted on some additional branches of her own.

Lastly, we added on our "cherry blossoms" and even ate some along the way. Okay, we ate a lot of them!

I loved seeing our completed projects and spending some time together. Bella had fun and was really proud of her tree. If this is something you would like to do with your toddler, please check out Mother Goose Time on their website here to find out all the information on their amazing monthly preschool kits!

After months of being a paying customer, I was given this month's box for free in return for my honest experiences and feedback!