So many dinosaur tracks! The toddlers in my classroom love dinosaurs. Every time a dinosaur song plays, the children stop what they are doing, pretending to stomp around to the music. When I put dinosaur books in our little circle time basket, they are often the first to be chosen. Actually, when dinosaurs are placed in any of our centers, that area becomes very popular. So when I was planning art activities for our dinosaur theme, I came up with a fun process art activity that involved toy dinosaurs, paint and paper. Dinosaur tracks! We’ve created rainbow roads using toy cars, walked farm animals in paint, and rolled Duplo trains through paint puddles. So after I placed our chunky dinosaurs on our train table, I realized they’d be perfect for an art activity, too.
Toy dinosaurs (I found the larger sizes to work better) Paint Paper
Squirt some tempera paint into a container and add a dinosaur. Place a fresh sheet of paper beside it. Since we have ten children in our toddler class, I varied the dinosaurs and paint colors. During the process I invited the children to switch their containers with another child so that they would get a variety of prints and colors. As the children sat at the art table, they got to work. What I love about process art is that there isn’t much instruction needed. I simply told the children that the dinosaurs had paint on their feet and asked what would happen if the dinosaurs then stomped across the paper. Dipping dinosaur feet into paint and walking them across the paper.
This was another way to add fine motor into the activity, too! Some stopped at this, but others began painting more of the dinosaur. You know those activities that keep toddlers busy for more than a few minutes? This is definitely one of those. Scrub Painting Ice Painting Painting with Fire Trucks Here is my Privacy Policy
