Color Theme Toddler Activities

Matching Fun!

A great activity to do with toddlers for the letter M is matching. Matching skills increase with practice and will help develop cognitive recognition. You can do this easily with your toddler. You can sort socks, colored miniature marshmallows (also starts with a M) or another food. You can also put together a box of items and toys that go together. For instance, put two balls inside, two blocks, two stuffed animals, ect… Have your toddler find what goes together.

Purple Grapes

When studying about the color purple, make sure to serve plenty of items that are purple including red (purple) grapes. To simulate the appearance of grapes, make your own grape art with your toddler.

You will need purple construction paper cut into small circles, a piece of construction paper in a contrasting color and glue.

Let your toddler glue the pieces to form a cluster of grapes. Practice counting the grape circles as you glue them to the paper. As your toddler is working on the craft, make sure to use this time to work on vocabulary with your toddler. Examples of conversation include the color purple, the shape circle, the word grape, or the letter G.


Purple Cow

In this activity your toddler will be practicing vocabulary building, color recognition, shape recognition, and fine motor skills.
Have your toddler put a small scoop of vanilla ice cream, 2 tablespoons of grape juice, and 2 tablespoons of milk in a plastic baby food jar. Then have them shake, shake, shake! I promise, you are sure to get some giggles on this one! You now have a purple cow!

Here is the rhyme to go along with it!
"I never saw a purple cow,
I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one."

This activity is great for the letter P as in Purple Cow or letter C in Cow!

Peep Go's the Chick (Yellow) Toddler Craft

This craft is perfect for Easter, a study or theme about Chickens or Farm Theme, Letter E for Egg, or Letter C for Chick, so many possibilities!

Toddlers love exploring animals and the sounds that they make. This interactive craft is perfect because it is basic enough that your toddler will be able to complete much of it on their own. This provides you with the opportunity to talk and discuss all the concepts freely. Also, the finished product for this craft is durable enough for your toddler to continue to play with it throughout the day.

For this activity you will need posterboard, a chick template, glue, stickers, crayons, markers, and brads.



Begin by preparing the pieces of the craft ahead of time. Cut an egg shape out of the posterboard first. Then cut the shape into a zig zag as a broken egg would be.



Next give your child the egg pieces to decorate and color. You can give them mediums that they are capable of using, crayons for the younger ones, or maybe just stickers. Older children may enjoy gluing, jewels, markers, yarn, and other crafting items.

Have your toddler color the Chick in, yellow is a good choice as it can correspond with a lesson about the color Yellow. Often when a particular color is used, it is suggested to give just that color to the child.



Next punch a hole in the middle of the egg, piecing all three pieces together and fasten with the brad. This will allow the cardboard pieces to act as a hinge and allow your chick to hatch and peep out of the egg. Your child will love making the chick pop out over and over again.



For younger children, you may want to reinforce your chick template by gluing it to a piece of posterboard as well, the thickness will allow all three pieces to be more durable.

What fun will you and your child have with this Easter Craft!