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Tips And Techniques Of Creativity

by: Shalu | last updated: June 19, 2009
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Tips And Techniques Of Creativity

Toddler art may begin with crayons, finger-paints, and clay, but there are countless other materials and techniques your toddler can explore. In this guide, I am going to tell you some creativity techniques for toddlers.

 
For some two-year olds, chunky crayons are still the easiest to grasp and manipulate, but many prefer the standard “thin” crayon. Tapping down the drawing paper still help to minimize frustration, but you can also use an easel.
 
If you are using a roll of newsprint for drawing paper, you can tape a large sheet of it to the kitchen table and have your toddler create a mural, which you can then hang on the bedroom wall.
 
The old nursery school standby is a favourite with toddlers who derive tactile pleasure from squishing their fingers through gooey paints. Some toddlers however resist finger painting because they dislike the messy feeling of paint on their fingers. Don’t push it.
 
Creativity, toddlers can play with clay. Squeeze it, roll it, pull it, shape it make imprints in it with various objects, nontoxic, colourful clay is great fun for toddlers. You can but it or make your own.
 
In the third year, many toddlers enjoy painting with a paintbrush and tempera paints. A brush with a thick handle is easier to hold than a slender one, and yields a bolder, more satisfying stroke. If you but large jars of paint, pour small amount of each colour in small, unbreakable containers that your toddler can dip the brush into.
 
Sponge that come in animal shape or ordinary kitchen sponges that you can cut into fanciful shapes, dipped in a bit of tempera paint and pressed onto paper, make an interesting medium that’s easy for little fingers to manage.
 
Take several strings of different widths and have your toddler dip them in paint, then drag them across a large sheet of paper.
 
For outdoor artistic fun, give your toddler a bucket of plain water and a big brush to use to paint the sidewalk, the driveway, even the house.
 
Cut root vegetables into chunks your toddler can dip into tempera paint, then press against paper, making interesting prints.
 
Place a piece of white paper over an object that has an interesting texture, apiece of bark, for instance. Then have your toddler rub a crayon back and forth firmly on the paper for a fascinating effect.
 
Chunky pieces of chalk in bright colours are irresistible to most toddlers. A combination chalkboard-easel enables a child to paint on one side and use chalk on the other.

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