toddler painting activities

Easy, tested toddler painting activities for busy weeknights.

I still remember the first time my daughter, then 3, picked up a paintbrush and smeared blue across a canvas. It was messy, chaotic,…

The first time my son smeared blue finger paint across his face, I nearly dropped the baby wipe. It was messy, it was loud,…

I still remember the first time I sat down with my three-year-old on a crisp October afternoon, coloring leaves in shades of gold and…

I remember the first time my 2-year-old daughter grabbed a paintbrush and smeared red across the wall — it was both terrifying and thrilling.…

When my son turned two, I found myself in a messy kitchen with a smudge of paint across my face and a toddler grinning…

I still remember the first time my son asked for a Michael Jackson coloring page. It was during a quiet afternoon, the kind where…

Last October, my four-year-old son sat cross-legged on the kitchen floor, crayons in hand, coloring a spooky Halloween house with a crooked door and…

I remember the first time my daughter painted on a piece of cardboard. She was only two, and the mess was epic — paint…

I remember the first time I opened a Bible coloring book with my son at the kitchen table. He was five, and I was…

One Friday evening, my 2-year-old daughter turned our living room into a canvas of bright, chaotic splashes of color. I was both exasperated and…