craft ideas for babies

Phoenix25 · #1 Jun 17, 2007, 12:48 AM

I work in a Nursery Room in a child care and I am looking for craft ideas to do with babies (1 year old) Please give me your ideas or websites with ideas

tickle · Jun 17, 2007, 04:38 AM

I dont know if a one year old could grasp a craft type project. They really arent co-ordinated enough in mind or body yet, low attention span. The best for one year olds is moving objects around to develop hand eye coordination.

Rjsmc · Jun 17, 2007, 06:18 AM

Something messy always was fun for me lol, painting or having colouring books was wicked.

firmbeliever · Jul 19, 2007, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by tickle

I dont know if a one year old could grasp a craft type project. They really arent co-ordinated enough in mind or body yet, low attention span. The best for one year olds is moving objects around to develop hand eye coordination.

I agree with tickle, 1 year olds cant do much craft, but large block building or other activities which involve use of large items will keep them going for sometime.

Putting items into boxes/bags and taking them out is fun for them too.
Finger painting maybe fun too as long as it is well supervised!!

Skill-building Activities: 1 year old
Toys and Activities for 0-2 year olds

regards

sthummel · Aug 12, 2007, 02:24 PM

There is no need in all that. dont forget this ? Is about a 1 yr old. Im a lead teacher for a 1year olds and they can do a lot more then you think. Here are some sites to go to

Sesame Workshop - Home Page
Disney Family.com - Answers to everyday family life including entertainment, parenting, coupons, travel & more
www.2coolbaby.co

sedger · Sep 7, 2007, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Phoenix25

I work in a Nursery Room in a child care and I am looking for craft ideas to do with babies (1 year old) Please give me your ideas or websites with ideas

These are a list of things I do with the babies at the Nursery I work for. These are sensory, but they will eat the majority of it.

Spaghetti play,
Jelly play,
Squirty cream play
Slippery silk- this is cornflour and water (also known as gloop)
play dough,
Sand play
Water play
Treasure basket. This is a basket containing everyday touchy feely objects. E.g, brush, fur, bark, sea shells, crinkly paper, sponges, scourers, etc.
hand/feet painting,
finger painting,

Hope you have as much fun as I do when i do these activities. Good luck and don't get too messy!

shygrneyzs · Sep 7, 2007, 02:45 PM

have you checked out the Zero to Three website?
Zero to Three: Zero to Three Home Page

Also check your library out. There is usually a section for infants and toddlers.

Other sites that might interest you are:
Growth and Development, Ages Zero to Three
Early Head Start National Resource Center - Welcome
frontline: inside the teenage brain: science: the zero-to-three debate | PBS
BabyCenter -- Zero to Three

The emphasis at this age is developmentally appropriate play and growth. Good luck and have fun!

kewlkat · Apr 22, 2008, 05:30 PM

I am a church nursery director and I teach the 1 yr olds sunday school and I find out as long as you have things cut out and ready they love pasting paper, foam and noodles

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Kirst · May 14, 2008, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by tickle

I dont know if a one year old could grasp a craft type project. They really arent co-ordinated enough in mind or body yet, low attention span. The best for one year olds is moving objects around to develop hand eye coordination.

Its very disapointing to see that people are putting limitations on what babies should or should not experience.

I work in long day care in a 0-1 year room, and all my babies do craft no matter what their age, They all enjoy it even the ones who are only a few months old, yes some will require help, but as adults it is our job to guide childrens learning...

The craft our children enjoy most is the messy ones especially finger painting, they also enjoy brush painting, sponge paintng, print painting just to name a few...

Kirsten