I think Spring is possibly the most anticipated season of the year? There’s always an excitement when you spot the first daffodils or spring lambs and these spring crafts for toddlers are a great way to share that excitement with younger kids!
We love sharing crafts for toddlers and have shared so many on our site that parents have loved creating with their kids and enjoying some special time together, I hope you’ll enjoy these easy and fun ideas just as much.
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Easy Spring Crafts for Toddlers
In this round up you’ll find loads of spring crafts for one, two and three year olds with ideas suitable for toddlers and preschoolers including crafts that I’ve made with my kids and others from some of my favourite bloggers.
Obviously there can be a lot of difference between what a child who has just turned one and a child who has just turned three or preschooler can do (and a lot of difference between kids the same age!) so take a look through the list and find the ideas that you think your child will enjoy the most, after all no one knows your child like you do.
While these crafts are aimed at toddlers you’ll also find some included that are good for older kids too.
This collection has grown over the years and now includes over 40 easy spring craft ideas for toddlers and preschoolers.
My daughter made some of these when she was in preschool but she still has a blast making now she’s older, so if you have kids of different ages at home there should be some ideas that you can try just grab your construction paper, markers and googly eyes and get ready to have some fun!
To see the instructions or tutorial for each craft just click on the title of it.
As well as the easy spring crafts I’m sharing today you’ll also find some ideas for spring themed stories to share with your child and at the end of the post you’ll find some more of our most popular crafts for toddlers to try another day.
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Free Templates for Spring Crafts
We’ve shared a few PDF templates that are perfect for quick to set up spring crafts for toddlers and of course we’ve shared a lot of ideas about how you could use them too!
If you’d like to try out our easy ideas then why not grab one of these:
Spring Books for Toddlers
We love sharing books together and it’s a great way to wind down after a busy arts and crafts session.
My kids have always loved books on a theme and we’ve always used one of these bookcases to make it easier for them to find the ones they’d like to look at.
These spring themed books all look great fun and perfect for younger kids – which one would your child enjoy the most?
- Little Blue Trucks Springtime by Alice Schertle
- Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
- That’s Not My Bunny by Fiona Watt
Flower Spring Crafts for Toddlers
Explore flowers with these easy spring crafts that encourage creativity while you discover all about things that grow.
Coffee Filter Flower Craft
Make some gorgeous spring flowers that you’ll want to display!
This flower craft made using coffee filters is so pretty and uses process art to create the colors, meaning that it’s perfect for young children to join in with and you could make a lovely bouquet of them too.
Paper Plate Flowers
Use white wax crayons to make these gorgeous flowers using paper plates.
This is such a cool painting technique to try out and would make a great spring art project.
Mosaic Flowers
This easy flower craft using scrap paper and glitter cardstock is a good way to practice scissor skills or if your toddler is too young for that they can place pre-cut colored paper onto the flower petals.
Button Flowers
This flower craft is a good way for young kids fine motor skills too – my daughter made these when she was two but I would use larger buttons with young kids, supervise and obviously skip this one if you have a child that likes to put everything in their mouth (my daughter was fine with this but also used to run across playgroups to try and eat playdough so I do know that all kids are different!).
Potato Printed Flower Craft
A Dab of Glue Will Do has lots of sweet crafts kids can make and here they share a lovely tutorial for making flowers using a potato stamp.
Cardboard Flowers
The Gingerbread House has a lovely post on creating flowers with recycled cardboard which is a great way for kids to do some painting.
Egg Carton Flower Craft
Toddlers and preschoolers can paint the egg cartons to make this cool 3D flower craft from Buggy and Buddy.
Toilet Paper Roll Flowers
3 Dinosaurs shares a cool tutorial using cardboard tubes to make flowers using printing.
Handprint Flowers
Fun Handprint Art shares a tutorial for making handprint flowers that would be great on the front of a card for Easter or Mother’s Day as well.
Spring Animal Crafts for Toddlers
Super cute and super easy animal themed crafts that are perfect for little ones.
Easy Chick Craft
This spring easy chick craft is super easy to paint and looks super cute too.
This is a great craft for Easter as well as you could make it on the front of a card.
Paper Plate Chick
Make a simple paper plate chick with your child using a paint splat.
Spring Chicks with Feathers
I love this simple spring chick craft from Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds that’s good for fine motor skills as well.
Cotton Ball Sheep
I think that making a cotton ball sheep is a bit of a classic craft activity and if you’ve tried this one before you’ll know why it’s so popular.
This fun spring craft for toddlers uses our free sheep template to make setting up this activity super easy plus of course it’s perfect for little hands to make.
Sponge Painted Sheep
Sponge painting is great for toddlers and preschoolers as they can easily grab the large sponge shape and if it is too big it’s easy to cut to size too.
Toddlers can easily paint the body here of this lamb or sheep craft while parents can help cut out the parts of the sheep.
Pom Pom Sheep
Using a pom pom to print with makes this a great sheep craft for toddlers and I love the way the paint effect looks.
Yogurt Pot Sheep
Grab the cotton balls and make some yogurt pot sheep.
Paper Plate Bee
Paper plates are a really good option for crafts with younger kids as they can hold a lot of paint without tearing and as far as craft supplies go they’re a really cheap option. I love this cute bee craft from Non-Toy Gifts.
Recycled Spring Bugs Craft
Fun With Mama shares a sweet invitation to create some spring bugs using pipe cleaners and egg cartons.
Handprint Butterflies
The Best Ideas for Kids shares a tutorial for making some cute butterfly handprint cards.
Q-Tip Lady Bugs
Q-Tips (also known as cotton buds) are something that a lot of people already have at home so they make great cheap craft supplies.
My daughter made this ladybird craft when she was two years old and had great fun creating them.
Coffee Filter Ladybug
Non-Toy Gifts shares how to make a simple coffee filter ladybird that’s perfect for spring.
Doily Rabbit Craft
Use doily papers to make a super cute rabbit craft that would be great for Easter as well.
Thumbprint Rabbit
This thumbprint rabbit craft would be great for Easter as well as spring and is so pretty you’ll want to display it.
Rainbow and Weather Spring Crafts
Rain, rainbows and spring weather can all be found here with these colorful crafts perfect for toddlers.
Paper Plate Rainbow
April showers are followed by better weather and of course rainbows!
This paper plate rainbow from Happy Hooligans is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers and looks really cheerful too.
Blotto Rainbow
Rainbow crafts are such a brilliant way to brighten up anyone’s day and they’re always great to display too, make sure to check out this simple art idea from School Time Snippets.
Spring Suncatchers
This cute craft from Red Ted Art is a great way to share about spring colours with toddlers.
Yarn Wrapped Rainbow
I adore this rainbow craft that School Time Snippets made with her toddler, it’s great for colour recognition and just so pretty too!
Lego Rainbow
We’ve tried out a few simple rainbow crafts for kids using our free rainbow template, I really like the one using lego!
Rainbow Streamers
Not only is this rainbow streamer craft from Views From A Step Stool super pretty but playing with this craft is a great excuse to get your kids outside too.
Rain Crafts for Kids
April showers and rain are very much a part of spring and here we’ve used our free rain cloud template to create three easy rain craft ideas, with a paper plate rain craft, foil painted rain and a cotton ball rain cloud.
Paper Plate Umbrella
Sadly spring isn’t all about sunshine (I wish!) so this easy paper plate craft is a good one to make with toddlers if you have a rainy day.
Rain Drop Art For Toddlers
Have you tried making art using the rain? If you haven’t given it a go yet then you’re going to love this one!
Easy art projects are always welcome and this rain art uses real raindrops and our free template for a simple craft that kids can make.
Nature and Outdoor Spring Crafts
Make the most of warmer weather to help inspire your child with these simple crafts inspired by nature with loads of natural materials you can gather yourself.
Butterfly Nature Craft
With the warmer weather outside spring is a great excuse to get outside with your kids and explore nature.
This spring craft idea is one that I did with my daughter and we had great fun making it.
Flower Suncatchers
These suncatchers from Messy Little Monster use real flowers and are great for working on fine motor skills too.
It would be nice as well to have a wander around your backyard or garden together with your toddler to choose which flowers you would like to use in this craft.
Egg Carton Bird Feeders
Raid the recycling to make some egg carton bird feeders and let your child decorate them.
Spring Tree Crafts
We’ve got lots of ideas for how you can make some easy spring tree crafts at home or at preschool.
All of these use our free template which helps make it even easier and quicker for you to set up this craft.
Painting and Process Art Spring Crafts
These gorgeous spring process art activities are a great way to learn about different colors and explore using different materials.
Paint Poured Flower Pots
Encourage kids to get into gardening by making these gorgeous flower pots using poured paint.
These would make a great gift for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day too or I know my kids grandparents would love to receive some of these.
Paper Plate Butterflies
Creating art using paint splats is another activity for toddlers that I think is a bit of a classic.
Here we’ve given it a fun spring twist to make these easy paint splat paper plate butterflies that are super colorful.
Duplo Painted Spring Tree
Create some cherry blossom with this spring tree craft using Duplo.
Paper Plate and Recycled Spring Crafts
Grab some paper plates or raid your recycling bin to create these easy spring themed crafts.
Paper Plate Sun
My kids made this paper plate sun together when my daughter was a toddler and my son was five years old.
It’s so cheerful it always puts a smile on my face as well plus handprint crafts always make great keepsakes.
Paper Plate Spring Tree
If you have some spare paper plates at home why not try making this simple spring tree craft with it’s cute tissue paper cherry blossom.
CD Chick Craft
Use old CDs or DVDs to make this simple chick craft.
Cardboard Butterfly Craft
Make and decorate this pretty butterfly craft that’s a great way to use up old packaging and is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers to decorate.
Paper Bag Butterfly
This paper bag butterfly craft from I Heart Crafty Things would make a great puppet to play with too.
Scissor Skills Flower Craft
I’ve always been a big fan of any craft or activity that can help my kids to learn a skill without it being to obvious and this simple flower craft using cupcake wrappers is a great way for younger kids to practice their scissor skills without a worksheet in sight.
More Crafts for Toddlers
These Mothers Day crafts for toddlers are super cute and there’s over 35 gorgeous ideas to inspire you to make something gorgeous for moms.
We love these St Patricks Day activities for toddlers – perfect for making sure that all the family can join in with the celebrations!
Finally we love these Easter crafts for toddlers with eggs, chicks and cute Easter bunnies.
