Table top activities for 1-year-olds?

[jec]

Forgot to mention last week I had my little one sit with me as they watched me as I put some items into a container- I put in a piece of paper rolled along the sides of it inside. I broke up a crayon into 3 pieces and dipped each one in a different colored paint and dropped them into the container. Put a few dashes of sparkles and some beads for extra noise and closed it up...shook it and gave it to them to play with. She was shaking it up, throwing it and going to get it...having fun. When she was done...I took out the paper and showed her art work :-) Just fun for them !

[jec]

or...I've taped down paper and then dipped their feet into paint and helped them walk all over it-holding them over the paper and helping them stand. Again, feeling the sensation of paint on their feet, in their toes and having fun
Usually they grab their feet, get paint in their hands and swish it

[sunnydays]

I love this idea! Once I move and unpack all my art supplies, I'm definitely going to try it In fact, I am thinking of rolling out a giant piece of paper for all the kids to walk on together and then hang it on the wall as a mural...my current set-up made this type of thing challenging, but my new daycare space will be perfect for it I love letting the kids explore with different types of paints and different types of painting objects too...last week we made paint with flour, salt, water and food colouring and then they squirted it out of bottles onto the paper...it dries thick and sparkly...they loved it and it was completely non-toxic (not that I would encourage eating it).

or...I've taped down paper and then dipped their feet into paint and helped them walk all over it-holding them over the paper and helping them stand. Again, feeling the sensation of paint on their feet, in their toes and having fun
Usually they grab their feet, get paint in their hands and swish it

[jec]

..last week we made paint with flour, salt, water and food colouring and then they squirted it out of bottles onto the paper..

We are working on that this week ~ I got the idea from Pinhurst
Monday we did red in the bottles, yesterday blue and today we are going to add to our masterpiece yellow!
Here is what we are going to do later in the week ~ http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Spaghetti-Paint.html
Fun for the little ones too! Their piece might be as big but they can still have fun feeling the texture of it

[mamaof4]

I can never remember things like this- I have pinterest board that I refer to...

[jec]

I LOVE and live on Pinhurst for everything!!