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Toddler Farm Theme Painting Activity

September 23, 2016 by Sheryl Cooper

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Last Updated on September 16, 2024 by Sheryl Cooper

Inside: Looking for a toddler farm theme painting activity? This hands-on idea uses toy farm animals and paint for a fun process art activity!

If you have a toddler or two (or a classroom full) that isn’t quite interested in art, you simply must try this hands-on activity!


You might recall our toddlers having fun driving Lego bricks through paint, and also fire trucks and cars.


Well, this toddler farm painting activity is very similar, except we used big chunky farm animals and farm vehicles.

Any time we do one of the above activities it’s a hit. A huge hit! And if you happen to have a busy toddler (that’s like 90% of the toddler population), this activity is perfect.


Toddler Farm Theme Painting Activity

Toddler Farm Theme Painting Activity

What we used:

  • Brown washable tempera paint
  • Big sheets of paper to cover the table
  • Chunky farm animals
  • Farm vehicles (trucks and tractors)



Toddler and Preschool Farm Painting Activity

We poured paint into trays and added some dish soap. (Even though we use washable paint, we add the soap for extra washability. Not sure if it’s necessary, but we do it anyways.)

We also removed the chairs so that they could easily walk around the table as they moved the animals and vehicles.

We placed an animal in each tray of paint and invited our toddlers to explore. Love how this little guy is checking everything out first.

Toddler and Preschool Farm Painting Activity

Then, let the stamping and rolling begin!

Toddler and Preschool Farm Painting Activity

See how nicely toddler hands fit around the larger farm animals?

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Now here come the vehicles! The tractors are always a favorite. If you do this activity around Halloween, some of your toddlers might have just visited a pumpkin farm where they saw tractors. If so, this activity is even more exciting to them!

Toddler and Preschool Farm Painting Activity

Now for the unplanned part. You all know how not everything in our day is necessarily planned. Some of the best moments happen spontaneously. One of the reasons I love my job so much!

It happened to be a nice day outside and we had water in the outdoor sensory table. When we were finished with the farm painting activity, I put everything into the outdoor water table along with sponges.

Related: Farm Animal Washing Activity

Toddler and Preschool Farm Painting Activity

This might have been even more fun than the painting part! Our toddlers carefully rubbed the paint off of the animals and vehicles.

Toddler and Preschool Farm Painting Activity

This is a great fine motor squeezing activity and it saved me from having to wash them all in the sink. Let’s be honest!

Toddler and Preschool Farm Painting Activity

And that’s it! A simple fun farm activity for toddlers. If you try this, let me know if your toddlers love it as much as ours have.

Toddler Farm Theme Painting Activity

Farm Books

  • Clack! Moo! Oink! (I have each child press an animal button during circle time.)
  • Night Night Farm
  • Peppa at the Petting Farm
  • Old MacDonald Had a Farm
  • On the Farm
  • Thank you, Farm!
  • Mrs. Wishy Washy’s Farm
  • Down on the Farm
  • Amara’s Farm
  • Pete the Cat: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
  • Big Red Barn
  • Farmyard Beat

More farm activities:

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Easy to follow lesson plans include activity modifications and adaptations to meet the needs of all learners.

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Filed Under: Art, Fall Activities, Toddlers Tagged With: art, fall, preschool, toddlers

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 25 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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  1. artemisa

    October 2, 2016 at 4:08 pm

    Hi Sheryl thank u for all your tips i need your tips i need your help about boys crying all the time in classroom what i suppose to do ?? And parents dont help much.

    • Sheryl Cooper

      October 2, 2016 at 10:18 pm

      Hi Artemisa – Why are they crying?

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