im a toddler teacher (1 year olds) and every year we make gifts for the parents…
this year i want to do something new but i cant think of anything
it must be something the children can contribute to (coloring, painting)
and it must be pretty simple, even something like a card
Get some solid colored non-breakable plates, one for each child. Have them remove a shoe and paint the bottom of their foot light brown and step in the middle. Wash the feet off. Then one hand at a time paint it in a dark brown and stamp on each side of the foot at the toe end to make antlers. Let the paint dry and attach wiggle eyes with hot glue and a red pom pom for the nose. You can put each child’s name and the date on the back with a sharpie marker.
Another idea that is really cute is get some styrofoam balls at a craft store and some ice cream cone cups at the grocery. Let the kids paint their foam ball in ice cream colors. Let them dry and poke in the top a little hole to put a drop of glue and poke a ribbon in to hang. Put glue around the top of the ice cream cone and let them put their ‘icecream’ on top. They have an ornament.
Take each child’s picture and print it out. Get some inexpensive paint it yourself frames at a craft store and let the kids paint them. Put each child’s photo in their frame when they are dry.
Get some do it yourself canvas aprons at a craft store ($2-3 each). One for each child. Use Christmas stampers and paint to let them stamp on the aprons. Use fabric paint though so when washed it won’t come out!
You could also get some canvas (you can buy it inexpensively at different places in packages of 3 in 8×11 for not much money. Put the child’s name at the top (width wise) and have them put paint on their hands and do their hand prints. You can punch holes in the top and tie a pink or blue ribbon (depending if it is a boy or girl) at the top. It will be a nice keepsake for parents. You could also do handprints in plaster of paris poured into small size plastic plates to set it in. That is also inexpensive and makes a nice keepsake. Just keep some buckets of warm soapy water on hand to have them wash their hands right away when they make their print.
December 17th, 2009 at 9:29 am
A green hand print on a card and glitter to make a christmas tree.
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December 17th, 2009 at 9:56 am
I would say something with the child hand
Hand prints on a card or t-shirt or poster board
picture fame out of sticks you can get at a craft store
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December 17th, 2009 at 10:40 am
My daughter is 3 but here is an idea from her preschool class that I think you could use for toddlers: Cut out gingerbread man shapes from that foamy paper you put stickers on. Have the kids decorate them with stickers or markers, then take pictures of each child’s face and put them on the face of their gingerbread man. Punch a small hole in the very top to thread ribbon through, and you’ll have an adorable ornament for their parents. As a parent, I love it when they do crafts with the child’s picture on them!
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December 17th, 2009 at 11:04 am
Get some solid colored non-breakable plates, one for each child. Have them remove a shoe and paint the bottom of their foot light brown and step in the middle. Wash the feet off. Then one hand at a time paint it in a dark brown and stamp on each side of the foot at the toe end to make antlers. Let the paint dry and attach wiggle eyes with hot glue and a red pom pom for the nose. You can put each child’s name and the date on the back with a sharpie marker.
Another idea that is really cute is get some styrofoam balls at a craft store and some ice cream cone cups at the grocery. Let the kids paint their foam ball in ice cream colors. Let them dry and poke in the top a little hole to put a drop of glue and poke a ribbon in to hang. Put glue around the top of the ice cream cone and let them put their ‘icecream’ on top. They have an ornament.
Take each child’s picture and print it out. Get some inexpensive paint it yourself frames at a craft store and let the kids paint them. Put each child’s photo in their frame when they are dry.
Get some do it yourself canvas aprons at a craft store ($2-3 each). One for each child. Use Christmas stampers and paint to let them stamp on the aprons. Use fabric paint though so when washed it won’t come out!
You could also get some canvas (you can buy it inexpensively at different places in packages of 3 in 8×11 for not much money. Put the child’s name at the top (width wise) and have them put paint on their hands and do their hand prints. You can punch holes in the top and tie a pink or blue ribbon (depending if it is a boy or girl) at the top. It will be a nice keepsake for parents. You could also do handprints in plaster of paris poured into small size plastic plates to set it in. That is also inexpensive and makes a nice keepsake. Just keep some buckets of warm soapy water on hand to have them wash their hands right away when they make their print.
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December 17th, 2009 at 11:10 am
Try http://www.toddler-net.com/Games_art_crafts.html for ideas. Things like hand printing and potato stamps are easy enough for a 1 yo to do. There are also many cards ideas and some ornaments (you will probably have to do the most of it by they can help).
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http://www.toddler-net.com/
December 17th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Do the Ornaments you make with dough go ahead and bake them and then if you decide to have more than 1 option let them pick and paint and use glitter or even crayons or if you wanted to you could just choose for them and etch there names on it before you put it in the oven so you know each child has one
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