5 Preschool Creative Activities For Kids

Sensory, sensory, sensory:

If your kid is into touching everything (the dog, your hair, your face, your arms, your chin, your nose, your nose hair…), you should probably just give in to it. Few things are as easy as pouring half a box of dry pasta out on their little kid table (or wherever) and seeing what they do with it.

You could also cook it and play with spaghetti worms. They’ll feel as weird as the name sounds, but it’s a fun, messy activity that is kids can sink their hands into. (See what I did there?)

Tape into a shape:

Tape is really fun for kids to mess with because, frankly, it’s so bizarre. Think about it: why do we have paper that can stick to things? This can be easy or not, all depending on what you and your budding Monet want it to be.

You can also go low-key and simply fold up pieces of tape, have your kid fold them up, or whatever works for you and their fine motor skills. You can also get fancy with it, and make trees from tape and oil. No, really. You can.

Mix and match colors:

My best preschool creative activity ever happened on the day when I mixed food coloring into water in the ice tray, froze it, and produced rainbow ice cubes. My kid was delighted just by their existence, and then we took them outside on the pavement and watched them melt.

The colors blend together as the ice melts in the sun, and it’s an easy way to point out that red and yellow make orange, or blue and yellow make green, or purple and red and blue and green make… oh yeah, you’re right, that does kind of look like poop. C’est la vie!

Laminated coloring sheets:

My laminator actually gives me life, and I can often be found laminating anything and everything that can fit between two plastic sheets. A super easy preschool creative activity goes something like this: google and print coloring sheets that your kid will love.

Then you laminate those sheets, set your kid up with dry erase markers, and let her go to town: coloring for days! But only on the sheets, because I don’t know if dry erase markers will come out of the rug.

Tie dye it:

Ok, this is *only* for the brave, but I promise you that if you can find a suitable messy spot for it, tie-dying with kids is actually a lot of fun. You can buy a kit at a local art store and use t-shirts that you already have around the house.

Then arm everyone with gloves and rubber bands, and begin your masterpieces. Sure, some of the colors miiiiight end up mixed together, and your kid could end up with a dark brown streak down the middle of his shirt, but the experience is… memorable.