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Fun Fall Painting Activity for Energetic Toddlers

November 8, 2017 by Sheryl Cooper

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Inside: Here’s a fun fall painting activity for energetic toddlers that can be done standing up, shaking a jar back and forth. Perfect for getting those wiggles out!

The past few days our 2 year olds have had a huge case of the wiggles.

They simply don’t want to stop moving!

Now, if you’ve been following my blog for awhile, you know I write about this topic often. Toddlers equal high energy. And I set up my classroom and schedule with that energy in mind.

But lately that energy level has been bigger than it’s been since school started in September. I know the daylight savings time change hasn’t helped.

I had a fall leaf painting activity planned at the art table, but knew most of our toddlers were not going to sit still for it. At least, not for very long.

I recalled our friendship activity from last fall, when our toddlers rolled a jar back and forth.

Why not try a similar approach, except this time as an individual activity, with lots of shaking going on?

Fun Fall Painting Activity for Energetic Toddlers

 

Fun Fall Painting Activity for Energetic Toddlers

Watch the video:

What you will need:

  • Some sort of container with a lid
  • Leaf-shaped paper (I’ve provided a free printable download towards the end of this post)
  • Orange washable tempera paint
  • Small pinecone
  • Shallow container

Fun Fall Painting Activity for Energetic Toddlers

Preparing this activity:

Squirt paint into a container and thin it a bit with a small amount of water.

Place pinecone in container of paint.

Have paper leaves and jar ready to go.

 

Fun Fall Painting Activity for Energetic Toddlers

The activity:

Have your child move the pinecone in the paint so that it is fairly covered.

Place the paper leave in the jar and then drop the painted pinecone in the jar.

Screw lid securely on jar.

Fun Fall Painting Activity for Energetic Toddlers

Instruct your child to hold onto the container with both hands and shake it. I love using a clear container so that the child can stop and look through the jar, noticing how the paper leave is getting covered in paint.

This is a great activity for energetic toddlers because they can move around while shaking the jar. You could even do this to music!

Fun Fall Painting Activity for Energetic Toddlers

When finished, pull the paper leaf out of the jar and let it dry. That easy! And fun!

Fun Fall Painting Activity for Energetic Toddlers

Fun Fall Painting Activity for Energetic Toddlers

Here’s a free leaf printable you can use:

And click here to get one larger leaf.

 

Fun Fall Painting Activity for Energetic Toddlers

Related posts:

Splatter Painting Action Art

Muddy Pig Sensory Fun

Favorite Books for Busy Toddlers

 

 

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About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 20 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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  1. Kids Tv says

    November 27, 2017 at 8:26 pm

    I truly like to reading your post. Thank you so much for taking the time to share such a nice information.

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    • Sheryl Cooper says

      November 29, 2017 at 4:45 pm

      You are very welcome!

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