DIY: gluing activities for toddlers | Lovevery
Combining glue and two-year-olds is not for the faint of heart, but hear us out 😉 Applying glue to one side of a shape and sticking it to another piece of paper may not sound like cognitive development, but it is. Between the ages of 24 and 30 months, your child may begin to be able to do this. Learning to use glue develops hand-eye coordination and fine motor planning skills. It also helps your child understand the sensory concept of stickiness.
DIY Activity: Paint Stamps
👉 Tap on the link to find out more: 🎨 Put a few different colours of non-toxic, washable paint on a tray. 🥛 Line up some Nesting Stacking Dripdrop cups on the tray beside the paint. 🖼️ Show your child how to dip the bottom of a cup into some of the paint and stamp the paper with it. 🌀 Let them repeat the process again and again with the cups and colours to create designs.
DIY Activity: Toilet Paper Roll People
Here’s a very simple DIY activity for your 2-year old. Save some toilet paper rolls, draw some simple faces on them, and cut to top vertically to create some “hair”. Your toddler could colour the rolls, add in facial features (glue on some googly eyes, glasses or a moustache too). Then your toddler can give the toilet rolls a “haircut” with child-safe scissors 💇. This is a fun fine motor craft and great for scissor practice, too. ✂️
DIY Activiy: Paper Tunnels
👉 Tap on the link to learn more: 1️⃣ Tape paper tunnels in a series for your child to explore—try straight lines, squiggles, or patterns 2️⃣ Show your child how to push different objects through and how different playthings behave differently—a rolling ball, or a zooming car 3️⃣ Narrate as you go with sounds and stories
DIY Activity Laundry Basket Spider Web
👉 Tap on the link to lern more! 1️⃣ Put your child’s favourite toys inside the laundry basket 2️⃣ Thread string through the holes and handles of the laundry basket to create a “spider web” 3️⃣ Lean the laundry basket on its side for easier access for your baby 4️⃣ Let the learning begin!
