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Arts and Crafts for Kids

Play and learn with these fun arts and crafts for kids ideas and projects.

Drawing, painting, sticking, crafting and creating are essential for the development of our Arty Crafty Kids! 

Be inspired with our quick no-prep arts and craft ideas and learning resources for your Arty Crafty Kids.

Our art and craft ideas are perfect for parents and teachers of kids of all ages. E.g. baby handprint art, toddler craft projects, preschool art and craft ideas, kindergarten art based learning resources and many more art and craft ideas to inspire creativity and have fun!

Arts and Crafts for Kids

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Kids love arts and crafts, experimenting with different colours and techniques – painting with paintbrushes, sponges and sometimes fingers!

And we help parents and teachers with art and craft ideas to do at home or in the classroom.

Our crafts have easy to follow guides, and to keep it simple we itemise the art and craft supplies used in each project at the beginning of each post.

To help you find the inspiration you are looking for, our art and craft project ideas are split into the following categories:

Arts and Crafts for Kids | Art Ideas

Art Ideas for Kids

Art ideas are predominantly processed led, allowing kids to explore colours and shapes. Using different techniques to create fun and masterful art.

Art Ideas Latest Projects

Arts and Crafts for Kids | Craft Ideas

Craft Ideas for Kids

Craft ideas involve sticking, creating, making, learning and having fun!

Craft Ideas Latest Projects

Valentines Art & Craft Ideas

Valentines Art & Craft Ideas Latest Projects

Arts and Crafts for Kids | Easter Ideas

Easter Art & Craft Ideas

Easter Art & Craft Ideas Latest Projects

Halloween Art & Craft Ideas

Halloween Art & Craft Ideas Latest Projects

Christmas Art & Craft Ideas

Christmas Art & Craft Ideas Latest Projects

Spring Art & Craft Ideas

Spring Art & Craft Ideas Latest Projects

Summer Art & Craft Ideas

Summer Art & Craft Ideas Latest Projects

Autumn Art & Craft Ideas

Autumn Art & Craft Ideas Latest Projects

Arts and Crafts for Kids | Winter Ideas

Winter Art & Craft Ideas

Winter Art & Craft Ideas Latest Projects

Arts and Crafts for Kids | Teachers

The art and craft projects on this site can be used for inspiration or completed using the simple guides accompanying each idea.

Our unique and original art and craft ideas are used in classrooms all over the World and as well as being creative and fun, we make use of different art and craft techniques to experiment and explore.

We also have learning resources and activities to help make learning fun!

Straw Blowing Rainbow Art

This simple yet effective Art technique can be used to create patterns and swirls with paint, and in this example it has been used to beautiful effect to blend the colours of a Rainbow!
Straw Blowing Rainbow Art

Leaf Painting

This art technique combines colour mixing and exploring nature to collect leaves to paint and print with. A stunning art project for kids to do in the Fall with vibrant autumnal colours of Red, Orange, Green and Yellow!
 
Leaf Painting Art Technique

Accordian Paper Fold Crafts

These fun craft ideas are great for kids to make which give a fun 3D effect to their crafts!

Learning Resources and Activities

Learning through Art & Craft! Easy to use and follow, these learning resources and activities help kids learn numbers and math, letters and the alphabet. 

 

To make things easier and save you time, all of our Art & Craft templates & printables are available in the Members Area.

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Arts and Crafts for Kids | Parents

Arts and crafts for kids can be an amazing way to create special keepsakes from fun projects.

Handprint Art

There can be no better way to get a little messy and have fun making arts and crafts with handprints and footprints. Fun for budding artists and keepsakes for parents!

Clay Handprint Shell Keepsake

Clay Art Handprint Shell | Arts and Crafts for Kids

Special Occasion Homemade Cards

A lovely way to celebrate a special occasion with a personalised greetings card made by your Arty Crafty Kids!

Arts and Crafts for Kids | Benefits

Arts and crafts for kids have many benefits for children and we believe the following benefits are direct and indirect when kids are carrying out art and craft projects following a set guide or experimenting and using their own creativity! 

Brain Development

Problem solving and thinking creatively from a young age helps develop a child’s brain.

Fine Motor Skills

Holding pencils, pens, cutting with scissors, drawing, painting, sticking – all of these help develop fine motor skills and coordination.

Shape Matching

Shapes themselves fall under the geometry standards of math. Shape matching can help young children and preschoolers develop problem-solving skills at an early age, which will benefit their development as well as give them a head start for preschool and kindergarten.

Colour Matching

Colour matching, sorting and learning about colours also helps develop coordination and concentration in young kids.

Communication Skills

Working together following a simple guide helps to develop communication skills including listening skills and verbal communication when the child explains what they are doing and what they have done.

5-Minute Fun Art and Crafts for Kids

To get you started we have a few of our popular and easy to do crafts using simple items found around the home or in a scrap box!

Toilet Roll Craft Ideas

Toilet roll crafts can be simple and easy, and usually there is at least one toilet roll available to make something with!

Let these toilet roll art and craft ideas inspire your kids next fun project!

Paper Plate Crafts

Another great mainstay of quick and fun art and craft projects are Paper Plate Crafts. Check out these crafts for inspiration.

Paper Plate Unicorn Over the Rainbow Craft

Paper Plate Craft Goldfish Bowl & Puppets

Paper Plate Lion Craft | Arts and Crafts for Kids

Paper Plate Lion Craft

Artist Inspired Art and Craft for Kids Ideas

Kandinsky Art

Kandinsky’s famous concentric circles’ painting is a fabulous source of inspiration for kids and is often used by art teachers to explore colour mixing concepts.

Kandinsky Heart Art Project
Kandinsky Heart Arts and Crafts for Kids

Claude Monet

Claude Monet experimented with his art, creating a ‘reflective’ surface that was key to Monet’s exploration of capturing patterns of changing light.

Claude Monet Water Lilies Art Project for Kids
Claude Monet Water Lilies Art Project for Kids

Children's Book Inspired Craft Ideas

Children’s books are a fantastic source of inspiration for art and craft ideas and help children enjoy the story from the book.

The Day the Crayons Came Home

The Day the Crayons Came Home, written in a similar format to its predecessor, The Day the Crayons Quit. Duncan receives a pile of postcards from his lost, broken and aggrieved crayons who are not happy about being left behind and forgotten!

The Day the Crayons Came Home Inspired Craft
The Day the Crayons Came Home Inspired Craft for Kids
Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell Inspired Craft

Inspired by Sue Hendra’s charming story ‘Norman The Slug with the Silly Shell’, our Paper Plate Snail is all about letting imaginations sparkle to create snails with very silly shells.

Paper Plate Slug Craft | Arts and Crafts for Kids

Nature Art Ideas for Kids

Nature Art is one of our favorite art mediums, combining natures colorful and glorious texture, that children will LOVE to explore, touch and experiment with.

This collection of Nature Art Ideas for Kids will inspire creativity without being overly complicated or material intensive and most importantly, are kid-friendly!

They’re bold, bright and beautiful, using the full spectrum of materials from stones to sand, petals to tree stumps. So no matter where you are in the world there will be something for you and your Arty Crafty Kids!

Arty Crafty Kids | Art | Bold Beautiful Nature Art for Kids | 24 Stunning art nature art projects for kids
  1. This beautiful Petal ‘Stained Glass’ Display from The Artful Parent is the perfect activity for very young children.
  2. I love the playful appearance of these Stick People from Mollymoo.
  3. These gorgeous Dyed Rocks from Twitchetts are given a semi-precious stone quality that can created at home. You will love the technique and coupled with the positive affirmations, they double up has charming kindness gifts between friends.
  4. I adore the bold colours of these Chalk Painted Leaves – this is a no-fuss easy art idea for kids!
  5. How amazing does this Paper Weight Beach Rock from Happy Hooligans look?
  6. Using a Tree Stump or Wood Slice as a canvas, why not try making Nature Portraits (by Adventure-in-a-Box) ?
  7. Transform sticks, leaves and foliage into fabulous Nature Paint Brushes (by Messy Little Monster).
  8. These Nature Collages are certainly bold, bright and beautiful – An inspirational post with many creative designs from The Craft Train.
  9. Mud, glorious mud…. Children will love to get their hands stuck into to this activity to create Muddy Mandala’s and Art (By Rhythms of Play).
  10. Are you planning a trip to the beach any time soon? why not try your hand at this Sand Cast Starfish Art idea  by Crafts by Amanda.
  11. If you love pop art then you will love this Andy Warhol inspired Pop Art Leafpicture by the Kids Crafts Room.
  12. Art doesn’t get easier than Pinecone Painting and its great fun too!
  13. How brilliant is this Leafy Robot? I adore this idea from Mother Natured.
  14. Flower Printing by Playful Learning is a must try. Combined with scrape painting and you have stunning results.
  15. Camouflage Art from Fireflies and Mudpies will be popular with preschoolers and toddlers.
  16. T-shirt Nature Printing by The Pinterested Parent – What’s not to love about this idea?
  17. This beautiful Galaxy Painted Stone by Color Made Happy is incredibly simple to recreate – you will be surprised!
  18. Leaf printing with a difference. This art idea explores positive and negative space, as well as encouraging children to play with colour mixing to recreate Autumn shades.
  19. With this handy free printable from Mother Natured, Nature Portraits couldn’t be easier!
  20. There’s something rather quaint about this Natural Loom for Nature Weaving( Babble Dabble Do).
  21. I love how these sticks are arranged and decorating to create this super cute Stick and Leaf Owl – by I Heart Crafty Things.
  22. I love the simplicity of this Nature sculpture Idea from Red Ted Art, which encourages children to look closely at natural forms.
  23. Create beautiful Petal Mandala Art with A Little Pinch of Perfect.
  24. And finally, explore colour combinations with these Kandinsky Inspired Rocks.

Arts and Crafts for Kids Latest Projects

Reindeer Silhouette Art – A simple and fun winter craft for kids! Create stunning night skies and explore artistic contrasts in this festive painting project.

Reindeer Silhouette Painting

December 3, 2024

Let’s create something magical! This Reindeer Silhouette Painting is the perfect winter art project for kids, combining creativity with simplicity. With just one silhouette template,

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Illustrated reindeer line art project for kids featuring a festive design with a colorful Christmas sweater and bobble hat. The reindeer is surrounded by a wintery watercolor background with soft blue, purple, and pink hues, accented by wax-resist snowflakes.

Easy Reindeer Line Art

November 18, 2024

This Easy Reindeer Line Art Project combines the magic of drawing and watercolor techniques to create an adorable reindeer with a cozy Christmas sweater and playful

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Paper plate poppy wreath craft for Remembrance Day, featuring vibrant red poppies and green leaves assembled on a circular paper plate base. A simple, meaningful craft project for kids to honor and remember.

Paper Plate Poppy Wreath

November 6, 2024

Creating a paper plate poppy wreath is a beautiful way for children to commemorate Remembrance Day while practicing their crafting skills. This hands-on project allows

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