Minibeast art eyfs

Little Artists on Instagram: "Reception beetles 🪲🌈🐞🌿 after painting on folded paper towels with ink to make symmetrical patterns, reception classes turned their creations into these gorgeous bugs 👏🏻 #eyfsart #earlyyears #earlyyearsart #eyfsideas #arteducation #primaryart #primaryartideas #artclassroom #beetleart #ink"

Mini Beast potato prints

Art and Craft combined to create these adorable Spin Art Snails! Creating colourful shells with a salad spinner adds fun and experimentation to the process.

If you're studying worms, you should try worm painting! A fun art sensory project using cooked spaghetti.

Can the children create different minibeasts out of nature and natural materials? A great minibeast eyfs activity! Thanks to @emilysclassroom_1

Make these colourful paper plate minibeasts with you kids to teach them about ladybirds, bees and snails.

EYFS mini beasts - paper plate hand print spider webs

EYFS butterfly transient art

Here is an easy potato masher ladybug craft for toddlers, preschoolers and older kids. Great for an insect study unit or just for fun.

I no longer run toddler group, but I do occasionally do Rhyme Time for toddlers at the local library and I'm always on the look out of themed songs. Here are the best of the different mini-beast songs that I've found. The books I used in the Rhyme Time were:* The Very Hungry Caterpillar * ARRGGH Spider! by Linda Monks * Ten Little Ladybirds * Butterfly by Mick Inkpen Can You Move With Me (Tune: Do your Ears Hang Low?) Can you wiggle like a worm? Can you squiggle? Can you squirm? Can…