![]() ![]() ![]() Every now and then she’d invite me to draw with her or ask me the name of a color, but for the most part little R was engaged with making connections between the images on the dice and what came out of her pen. The part that I enjoyed the most was watching her engage in this self-directed activity for close to twenty minutes. One of the dice is covered with a variety of lines, and we practiced making long lines, short lines, wavy lines, and zig-zag lines. I didn’t tell her what to do, so I can only assume that she’s seen her sister use these dice before when she turned the die to orange, selected an orange marker, and then proceeded to make an orange circle. My toddler gathered a set of art dice, markers, and a sheet of paper, and then decided to cozy up in my bed with one of those funny lap pillow-tables. I’ll include a link to a template that you can print at the end of this post. If you don’t have wood blocks, you could make your own by folding paper into a cube shape. I started with a set of blank wooden blocks. I originally blogged about these handmade art dice last Spring, and thought you might like to see how this popular tool is getting used by 2-year old daughter #2. I’m always happy to land on fun art games that entertain my children and help their brains develop.
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