This is an easy project for your toddler to do that makes a great personalized gift for friends and family. The nice thing about it is that it is actually useful!
We had a lot of fun with this, from picking out the supplies in the store to putting it together. Michael's is her favorite store now. Supplies: clay pots and dishes, acrylic paint, paint brushes, pens, floral tape, fake flowers, foam, easter grass, tape. (Extra supplies: smock, plastic bag, water cup, paint palette).
I tied her hair back, threw on a smock, put a plastic bag down to cover the table, and let her go to town. She very carefully picked out her paint colors. With a fine brush, I painted "Alaura loves ..." and instructed her to not paint on the letters, which she mostly obliged to.
We made seven of these pots, so the painting process happened over several days due to her short toddler attention span. But it was a nice activity for us to do, so neither of us minded that it took a while. We love doing crafts together and are always looking for fun projects to do. At night, while she was sleeping, I did the pens. I cut some fake flowers off the bunch, used floral tape, and wrapped them onto the pens. I used double sided tape to secure it at the end.
I cut the foam, she pushed it in the pot (with my help). It was all about having her be a part of most of the processes so that she really felt like this was HER project. I thought that was important since they were her gifts she was making. Besides, we are fully in the "I do it myself" phase.
She put the flower pens in the foam. This was almost as fun for her as the painting process.
I didn't like the foam being visible like that so...
We added paper Easter grass!
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