Craft Activities for 1 Year Olds

A mess-free collage craft — press feathers, tissue paper, and cotton balls onto sticky tape strips.

Make safe, taste-friendly paint from yoghurt and food colouring — perfect for babies and young toddlers who mouth everything.

A standing collage craft — tape sticky-side-out contact paper to the wall and press lightweight bits onto it.

Squirt paint onto a large sheet on the floor and stomp, dance, and slide through it with bare feet.

Tape a sheet of contact paper sticky-side-out on the wall and let your child stick anything they find — tissue, leaves, feathers, pompoms.

Explore printing with sponges, vegetables, and hands in a free painting session.

Make simple shakers from bottles and dried rice or pasta, then shake along while singing favourite songs together.

Draw on bath tiles with bath crayons or soap — a mess-free creative session that washes straight off.

Peel stickers from sheets and stick them onto paper to create pictures.

Paint outdoor walls and fences with warm water using big brushes.

Paint with plain water on construction paper and watch the colours change.

Tape contact paper to a window at toddler height and let them stick tissue paper shapes onto it — backlit art they made all alone.