Toddlers and toddler art can get very messy as you are well aware if you involved with toddlers.

I wrote a simple toddler crafts introductory post recently explaining what toddlers are really capable of.

I really wanted to share with you a lovely website called the Artful Parent by woman named Jean who was running toddler art groups and posting about her results along with many images.

This particular post is about their last day in the art group which is really too bad that it’s the last day, but the images and the activities that are run in this art group are just so perfect for toddlers that if you work with toddlers or children a bit older, you must go check it out.

She has so many wonderful messy and sensory activities that she provides for her young charges without any concentration on just the end product itself.

A true process only environment. I would check out alot of her old posts also.

In another  post I found they did one of my favorite activities, collaging but they collaged with contact paper and used no glue. A different twist

I only hope that these children don’t end up squashed later in their schooling environments by over zealous teachers who want them to “make” something.

Or if they do “make something” maybe they’ll learn about educational arts and crafts and do it that way.

On the artful parent blog I found another link in the comments section from another blogger writing about getting creative with toddlers.

If you are looking for real arts and crafts, copycat crafts for toddlers then you are looking for trouble.

Copycat crafts are not good for anyone but for toddlers, they really won’t know what the heck is going on.

Let them just mess, and experiment and have a ball.

There is another post I did based  on the artful parent where I depict 7 activities that toddlers love.

As you see I think she has great stuff in that blog for toddlers.