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Transportation Art for Toddlers and Preschoolers

June 13, 2014 by Sheryl Cooper

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Inside: Have a child who doesn’t care for art? Try this transportation art for toddlers and preschoolers. Process art has never been so fun!

There are some toddlers and preschoolers who’d rather be in the block area than the art table. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, but I love to figure out ways to tweak activities so that even these children will want to explore art.
Since cars are always a huge hit with this age group, I decided to add them to paint at the art table.
The result? Instant hit! Fun process art!
AND, it’s super easy to set up. No special instructions are needed. Just drive the cars through the paint and have fun!
Transportation Art for Toddlers and Preschoolers

 Transportation Art for Toddlers and Preschoolers

What you will need:

  • Different colors of tempera paint
  • Small toy cars
  • Large sheet of white paper
  • Paper plates, 1 for each color of paint


Transportation Art for Preschool
Setting it up:

 

Cover the surface of your table with white paper. Add a puddle of paint to each paper plate and place them on top of the paper, spread out.

 

Note: We like to remove the chairs from the table for activities such as this. The children like to be able to walk around the table while pushing the cars around.

 

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Transportation Art for Preschool

 

What is nice about this paint activity is that you can vary it each time. We’ve used Duplo Legos with wheels and even farm transportation vehicles. Monster trucks are another fun vehicle because of the big tracks they make.

 

Transportation Art for Preschool
We love activities such as this that can be adapted to fit the interests of the children!
 Transportation Art for Preschool
Activities like this often encourage those who normally don’t care for getting paint on their hands. They are so excited to work with the cars that they usually are too distracted. However, we do keep baby wipes nearby for those that notice. If your child continues to have a hard time wanting to touch the paint, you could try this mess-free version from Toddler Approved.

 

Transportation Art
There’s also a color mixing lesson built into this process art activity! As the children are driving their cars through each color, they are making new colors. Encourage them to see what colors they can make!

 

Transportation Art for Preschoolers
Transportation Art for Preschoolers
 And just to forewarn you, the hands might also get involved. I hope you will take a deep breath and be okay with it, because this is an important sensory experiment. Just keep those baby wipes or damp towel ready!

 

Transportation Art for Preschoolers
Fun process art!

 

Transportation Art for Preschoolers

 


Transportation Art for Toddlers and Preschoolers

More fun ideas to try:

Activities that Use Toy Cars

Transportation Sorting and Painting Activity

Painted Roads Using Duplos

Toddler and Preschool Transportation Lesson Plans

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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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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. Kate Lloyd

    June 17, 2014 at 4:19 am

    Awesome!

    • Sheryl Cooper

      June 17, 2014 at 5:14 am

      Thanks, Kate!

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