12/30/2022
It's called process art, versus "product" art -- i.e., art where the "point" of it is the process that the child goes through, rather than the end result of it.
(In all honesty, this craft is halfway product art regardless because true "process art" usually doesn't have the pre-cut pieces for a specific end result. But sometimes it's fun to do premade craft activities, too, and sometimes they're a lovely gift from a lovely grandma and you need something to do over winter break anyway. đŸ˜‰ )
I'll talk more about process/product art some other day, just wanted to make a quick meme after a fun activity with my kids. And the end result on the left was my then-4yo, the end result on the left was my then-2yo. That may not look like your kids at their ages. The thought of giving a 2yo a bottle of glue might freak you out. Sitting there and letting her squeeze it all out in a puddle might require you to take deep breaths and squash down feelings of "you're just supposed to put a dot!" But I promise it'll actually be okay, and that's how they learn ;)
[Image description: Two pictures side-by-side. One has a young toddler squatting and squeezing puddles of glue out onto a green felt triangle shape. The other has the two "finished products" -- two green felt triangles with various circles and squiggles glued to them. Text around it reads, "idk who needs to hear this, but it's ok if your toddler's art looks like it was made by a toddler!" End description.]
