Toddler Made Calligraphy

After reading a book about Japanese culture during our Multicultural Unit I decided to have my daughter do some calligraphy practice of her own! 

She loved it! Any painting is fun for toddlers, especially when they are trying to do something special. In this case making their own calligraphy. After reading about it my daughter was stoked to do her own.

Designing Your Own Pyramid

During our Multicultural week we learned a bit about Egypt and the pyramids. I decided it would be a good idea to let Charlie make her own pyramid. I save a lot of packaging and recyclable stuff around here in case we ever need it for a craft or other project. The "pyramid" my daughter is working on here is actually a cardboard corner cover that comes on big picture frames.

All you need for this creative expression multicultural activity is one of the above mentioned things from picture frame packaging, and some washlable tempera paints! Let your child pick the colors that they want to use and make it all about the process.