Easy Art Activities for Kids to Do at Home

Encourage creativity and artistic expression in these fun, easy art activities for children, including watercolor paintings, craft stick projects, simple stamped art, and more. Art has many advantages for children: it encourages self-expression, improves motor skills, promotes patience and problem-solving abilities, and increases concentration. It boosts children's self-esteem when they complete something freely. And perhaps the most important for children? It's fun!

Keep kids busy and encourage your creativity with art activities that are easy to handle with small hands. And when it comes to supplies, you probably already have most of them at home.

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  Big revelation

For this simple art activity for kids, you'll need watercolor paper, watercolor paint, painter's tape, paint brush, crayon and stickers.

Encourage your child to decorate with crayons and / or stickers after tapping watercolor paper on a flat surface (such as a newspaper-covered table). Then they can paint the whole paper in blue. Wait until dry, then gently remove the tape and stickers. These items will leave behind a bright white design on paper! Creon will also repel the watercolor, resulting in a "negative space" without paint.".

Wild thing

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 Natural collage

Start this art activity by printing a complete body image of your child (for reference, our 8.5 inch is 11 inches). Then take a walk outside the landscape to collect "provision of natural art" - think leaves, twigs, flowers and bark. Back home, glue the items on the photo to create a memorable college for hanging in your home!

 Color coffee filters

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Coffee filter art

Rachel Moat, a Tennessee art teacher working with the Metropolitan Nashville Public School District, shares how to turn coffee filters into paper glass with this children's art project. It was inspired by the exhibits of a modern, colorful bowl-shaped glass sculpture called the Machiavelli.

 Grab a coffee filter. Its translucent mimics the shape of the glass. Give the filter uneven edges with scissors, then use non-permanent markers to draw lines and spots on it. Place the coffee filter on an over yogurt container or plastic cup, apply spray starch, and look at the bleeding colors together. When the coffee filter is full, stop and let it dry.

Sun-dried handmade tiles

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 Handmade tiles

For this art and craft activity for children you'll only need the power of the sun and some basic materials: ½ cup water, 1 cup flour, 3⁄4 cup salt, a mixing spoon, a mixing bowl , A Sheet tray, a rolling pin, acrylic paint, and paint brush. You can decorate tiles with cookie cutters (any shape), rubber stamps and small items.

To begin with, mix water, flour, and salt in a bowl, and knead for about 2 to 2 minutes. Roll a piece of flour ball over a lightly dusty counter top, and roll it in a square shape - it'll be your tile. Create impressions in soft flour with your cookie cutter, rubber stamp, or object (for example, silk flower). Add details with pencil. Once you are satisfied, place the tile directly on the sheet tray in sunlight. Leave it for several hours, check periodically to see changes in the dough, before it dries down. Color dry tiles with acrylic paint. (Note: You can make multiple tiles from the flour recipe, so feel free to be creative with different designs!)

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 Kaleidoscope collage

Grab some poster board or a large canvas, and get ready to make this kaleidoscope of colors! First, make a mixture of ½ cup craft glue and 1⁄4 cup water. When your child draws a large shape (such as a circle or square) on the poster, brush it with some mixture. Apply tissue paper squares to wet boards, brush some more glue on them, and repeat this process until you cover the shape. To avoid dripping from dirt, we recommend completing the project on a flat surface outside (just make sure it's not strong)!)

Craft hair

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. 3-D portrait

3-D elements elevate this simple art activity for children! Take a simple picture on one side of the card stock, cardboard, or grain box. Hair up pieces of crepe paper, then attach them to the canvas with hard glue.

 Craft stick barn

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 Craft stick barn

This art project meets a famous Midwestern barn. To recreate it, six craft sticks are white, nine craft sticks are red, and four mini craft sticks are white. When they are dry, pull your baby grass and sky on a piece of card stock. Manage craft sticks as shown to make the warehouse:

Up to the bottom of the warehouse, the Glue 11 craft is a vertical stick. The pattern is two red, one white, five red, one white, and two red.

Glue two white sticks horizontally up and down to form the framing.

 Arrange mini craft sticks to make the roof of the warehouse. Color the ceiling with red crayons, markers or colored pencils. In turn, you can fill it with red card stock.

Make a window with black paper in a rectangle. If you want to add grass, cut the strips out of the paper bag.

Oil pastel scrabble.

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 Pastel Scrabbles.

Looking for an art project for the little ones? This abstract painting trick can work! Collect a sheet of white paper, watercolor paint, oil pastel, tape, water and paint brush.

After tapping the paper on a surface, pull your baby over it with an oil pastel. They can then cover the water with water-colored paint. Pastel paint will pop through!

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Salt water paintings

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 Salt watercolor

Who knew it would be so easy to make this beautiful paper? Just cover the paper with watercolor paint, then immediately on the coarse salt. Sprinkle. After the paper dries, remove any more salt, and appreciate your beautiful, natural style! You can use paper to wrap vases, gifts, organizational containers and more.

Simple silhouette .

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 Simple silhouette .

Your child can easily recreate his salute with some simple equipment! Photograph their heads side by side, expand the image to its desired size, and print it in black and white. Place the image on black paper and cut around the head and shoulder. Make sure the scissors are cut through black paper and photo paper. Glue the slit to the fabric or patterned card stock - then place it in a frame for display.

Pepper pillow

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 Prints of bell peppers

For children, this art and craft activity depends on the usual tool: bell pepper! Cut down the pepper. Immerse the cut part in acrylic paint (try putting paint on the paper plate) and press it to the level of your choice. We used a pillow, but you can decorate T-shirts, tote bags, place mats, or anything else your heart desires. The end result is a beautiful flower pattern that you will be happy to show in your home! Don't let this plan dry overnight.

Paper Mosaic Place Mate

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 Mosaic artwork

These mosaic-style images will look amazing on the wall of your child's bedroom. On a piece of card stock, sketch some of the outline of a simple landscape (we pulled a sailboat into the sea). Your child can tear the color from magazine pages or pieces of paper, then stick the card to the stock to complete the artwork. Consider tearing the final product to pieces so that the mosaic pieces do not loosen.

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 Sealed napkins

Do you need a new napkin?? Let your children make them out of this art activity! Collect items to use as stamps (we have chosen the address, but you can also make stamps by cutting shapes from potatoes or sponges). Cover temporary stamps with cloth paint, then press them on your fabric. Remove the stamp and let the fabric dry. Laundry as per manufacturer's instructions.

 Smart collages

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College drawing

This creative art project combines drawing with college creation. Cut out pictures of a magazine. They can be anything your child likes (we cut half of the grass and pears). Glue items on paper sheets, and remove artwork with colored pencils or markers. This art activity really uses your child's imagination!

Stone sonorants

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 Stone sonorants

You don't have to worry about watering down these achievements! Collect stones outside, then decorate with acrylic paint similar to cactus. For large cactus, combine some rocks with glue. Fill a small pot with sand (tap on any hole inside the pot) and arrange your DIY incorrect achievements above.

 A symbol of love

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 "I love you" card

You can use this DIY card for many different occasions, such as birthdays, Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, or even more just because! Trace your baby's hand on the card stock, cut it, fold two middle fingers, and protect it from glue. In the sign language, "I love you" says glue the hand to the paper in the form of a card, and decorate stickers, glitter, markers, or whatever you want.

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Or bamboo salad servers

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Paint salad server

For children, this fun art activity doubles as the best gift at home! Buy some wood or bamboo salad servers, lightly sand the handles, and rinse them in water. Section the bottom of the masking tape servers. Decorate with acrylic paint in any style. In our version, a child dipped his finger into the paint and made dots on the handles. Let the paint dry, remove the tape, and cover the handles with nontoxic sealant (such as shellac).

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