Bubble Wrap Painting Activity for Babies
Bubble wrap painting works for babies for a simple reason: it combines painting, texture, and printmaking into one activity, and it can be set up completely mess-free if your baby still puts their hands in their mouth. This guide walks through two full…
Handprint and Footprint Art Ideas for Babies
Most handprint and footprint attempts fail for the same reason: a smudged, half-formed print from a baby who clenched their fist or kicked at the wrong moment. Getting a clean print is a technique, not luck — and once you have it down, it opens up dozens…
Taste-Safe Paint Recipes for Babies
“Taste-safe” and “edible” get used interchangeably online, but they’re not the same thing — and the difference matters. Edible paint is made from real food (yogurt, purees) and is fine to actually eat. Taste-safe paint is…
Edible Finger Painting Ideas for Babies
Edible finger painting solves the one problem every other “baby-safe” paint still has: what happens when your baby licks their fingers mid-craft. With edible paint, that’s not a concern — it’s the whole point. This guide gives you…
Fun Art Activities for Babies and Toddlers
Doing art with one child is manageable. Doing it with a baby and a toddler at the same time — one who wants to focus and create, the other who wants to grab, mouth, and “help” — is a different challenge entirely. Most craft ideas online are…
Baby-Safe Arts and Crafts Projects for Beginners
If you’ve never done crafts with a baby before, the safety questions can feel bigger than the craft itself: Is this paint actually non-toxic? What size counts as a choking hazard? What happens if they eat the glue? This guide answers those…
Simple Craft Ideas for 1 Year Olds
A one-year-old at 12 months and a one-year-old at 23 months are two very different crafters. Between their first and second birthday, toddlers go from barely holding a crayon to using a glue stick on their own — which is why most “craft ideas for 1…
Sensory Art Activities for Babies
Sensory art is different from regular craft time. Instead of focusing on making something, the goal is exploring how things feel, look, sound, and (safely) taste. For babies, this kind of open-ended sensory exploration is one of the most researched forms…
Easy Arts and Crafts Ideas for Babies
Babies don’t need a finished masterpiece — they need the experience of squishing, smearing, poking, and discovering. That’s the whole point of arts and crafts at this age: it’s not about the art, it’s about the process. Below are…