Enjoy these food toddler art projects at home. There are projects about food enjoyed all year long. We have food projects you can enjoy all year long. We will discover and explore vegetables, sweet treats, savory meals, and delicious drinks. These projects are meant to get messy so embrace it! Live in the Los Angeles, CA area? Join our classes in person in Culver City, CA to complete these projects with other curious kids and their loved ones.
Winter Foods
Winter Veggies
Materials
- Blue and Brown 9”x12” Paper
- Green Tissue Paper
- Red, Orange, and Brown Cardstock
- Light Brown Yarn
- Red and Orange Pompoms
- Glue
- Plates
- Paint Brushes
Instructions
Cut a piece of brown paper in half length-wise and glue to the bottom half of the blue paper. Cut out tomatoes and carrots. Fill them in with pompoms to make them 3D. Use green tissue paper to add greens. Make roots for your veggies using the yarn.
Winter Soup
Materials
- White Paper
- Cardstock
- Glue
- Plates
- Paint Brushes
- Cardboard
- Dry Noodles
- Feathers
- Yarn
- Pompoms
Instructions
Use cardstock to make a tablecloth and a pot for your soup. Add pieces of cardboard, dry noodles, yarn, pompoms, whatever you have on hand.
Hot Chocolate
Materials
- Paper Plates
- Construction Paper
- Liquid Watercolor
- Paint Cups
- Glue
- Plates
- Paint Brushes
- Brown Tissue Paper Squares
- Cotton Balls
Instructions
Make this cute hot chocolate mug with a paper plate. Choose the color to paint your plate and add a little square of construction paper to make the handle. Then add tissue paper squares and cotton balls.
Cookies
Materials
- Cardboard
- White Cardstock
- Crayons
- Glue
- Plates
- Paint Brushes
- Pompoms
- Sequins
Instructions
Cut out a cardboard circle then a smaller circle out of white cardstock. Decorate with crayons, pompoms, and sequins.
Summer Foods
Melted Ice Cream
Materials
- Tempera Paint
- Glue
- Shaving Cream
- Plates
- Paint Brushes
- Brown Paper - cut into triangles
- Black Marker
- 9”x12” White Paper
- Real Sprinkles
Instructions
Mix any color puffy paint and spread all over your paper to look like your ice cream melted all over it.
Lemonade
Materials
- Cardstock - Blue, White, and Yellow
- Markers - Red and Yellow
- Tissue Paper - Yellow
- Glue - Liquid
- Paint Brushes
Instructions
Glue the lemonafde and ice cube pieces to your glass for a refreshing summer project.
Cupcakes
Materials
- Animal Stickers
- Tissue Paper
- Green Paper
- Green and Brown Tempera Paint Sticks
- Glue
- Craft Tubes
- Shredded Green Paper
- Pipe Cleaners
Instructions
Fall Foods
Pumpkin Pie
Materials
- Brown and Gray Cardstock
- 12”x18” Paper
- Orange Tempera Paint
- Glue
- Plates
- Paint Brushes
- Cotton Balls
Instructions
Use a Cricut to cut out shapes, or cut out by hand. Assemble with glue and paint.
Caramel Apples
Materials
- Red and Green Cardstock
- 9”x12” Paper
- Glue
- Plates
- Paint Brushes
- Craft Sticks
- Squeeze Bottles
- Caramel Tempera Paint
- Glitter
Instructions
Add some caramel colored paint to a squeeze bottle and lift your paper up to let it drop down just like real caramel.
Videos
Check out all our projects in video format on YouTube.
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