Best Art Toys for Toddlers

What could be more fun for your little Picasso than smearing paint and making handprints on paper? Crayola's colorful My First Fingerprint Kit contains six tubes of washable fingerpaints designed to keep little hands busy. Toddlers can strengthen finger and hand muscles and parents will love that the paint washes off easily. Recommended for children ages 12 months and older.

Try tapping into your toddler's craftier talents with this Alex Discover Tots Art Start Kids Craft and Activity Kit. Packed with plenty of supplies, including an easy-grip crayon, paper, tissue, doilies and stickers to create collages, drawings and sticky dot art, this art set is perfect for hours of creative fun. Recommended for children 18 months and older.

The bright colors and fun shapes of this Fansteck Button Art Toy for Toddlers will come in handy when it's time for a learning activity that improves hand-eye coordination. It also teaches your tot to match the colorful pieces properly to create cute patterns. Recommended for kids 18 months and older.

Little busy bees will have a ball stringing together colorful creations with these Top Bright Wooden Lacing Beads. Toddlers will learn shapes, colors and numbers as they develop fine motor skills. This kit comes with 20 brightly colored beads and string that features a colorful caterpillar head that squeaks. Recommended for kids ages 24 months and older.

Get ready for loads of giggles and silly designs with this Alex Little Hands Paper Plate Bugs Art and Craft Activity. This creative project is perfect for rainy day fun, and provides plenty of new wall art for your home. The set comes with 13 paper plates, 247 stickers and shapes, pipe cleaners, craft sticks, crinkly paper and googly eyes. Designed for kids ages 3 and older.

This Melissa & Doug Deluxe Standing Art Easel provides the perfect place for budding artists to get creative by doodling, drawing and painting while letting their imaginations run wild. This double-sided easel features a dry erase board, chalkboard, locking paper holder and two large plastic trays to store supplies. It also folds flat for easy storage when not in use. Perfect for kids ages 3 to 7 years old.

This Crayola Kids Paint Set is ideal for keeping paint off the walls and on the 50-page marker and watercolor pad included in the set. It also has six washable paints and four paintbrushes. Recommended for children ages 3 to 7 years old.

What better way to put on a fun puppet show than by creating personalized puppets with this Alex Toys Art and Craft Activity? Kids can use their imaginations to make silly designs using the colorful bags and stickers included with the set, which also comes with a glue stick, paper shapes and simple instructions to complete this fun project. Designed for children ages 3 and older.

When it comes to paint sets, these washable dot markers are spot-on for creating super-cool designs. The wide, sponge-tipped markers are easy to hold and great for teaching colors as toddlers work on hand-eye coordination and creative thinking. Recommended for children ages 3 and older.

Playing with this Play-Doh Play' N Store Kids Table is guaranteed to entertain little ones for hours as they mold, cut and shape fun creations. This set comes with over 25 craft tools that help your little one cut, mold or otherwise decorate Play-Doh creations, as well as eight cans of Play-Doh and an activity table to store pieces when playtime is over. Recommended for children ages 3 and older.