Skip the precut crafts aisle and foam stickers and let your kids unleash their creativity! Here are some fun jumping off points for artwork that they’ll love. Hate messes? Do these outside at the park! Or just suck it up and let them get messy! We love making art not crafts for kids! Open ended activities with just a little guidance and supplies is the best way to do art with kids. No two projects turn out the same!
What is the different between art and craft?
Miriam-Webster defines art in this circumstance as “the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects.” So art involves imagination and creative production
Craft in this circumstance is a creative project that is performed to a prescribed set of instructions or rules.
Let’s consider art for kids to be a bit more freeform. Let’s let them use their creative minds instead of telling them they have to color the apple red because apples are red. If they want to draw a purple glittery apple then let them. The point is to give them open ideas and let them interpret them as they please. There are definite benefits to crafts for kids as well. They occupy their time, help them to follow instructions and do allow some creativity. If you find a craft project online don’t be afraid to let your kid do it a little differently than the instructions show. And make sure they know it’s ok! Let them be free thinkers and creators!
8 Great Art Ideas for Kids
- Make a collage all about you //Me, With My Head in the Clouds – see photo below
- Sunburst painting // Small for Big (link no longer works)
- Photo watercolor mixed media art // Live Randomly Simple (link no longer works)
- Collage city art // Studio Kids (link no longer works)
- Art face // le DADA de l’enfante Terrible – see photo below
- Watercolor circle art // Mess for Less
- Torn paper landscapes // Make and Takes
- Mixed media butterfly art // whatever… – see photo above
Need more ideas for kids?
Comments & Reviews
jessica bures says
YAY! Those are all awesome projects!! Pinned and shared! Thank you for including my watercolor art project! It is seriously so much fun to make!
Have a wonderful weekend
Jess
Andrea says
You’re welcome! It’s an awesome idea!
Kathy E. says
Thank you for these fabulous ideas! When I was teaching elementary school full-time, one of my favorite lessons would be sneaking in a fun art lesson. School curriculum is so crammed full that there is little time for such “frivolity” anymore. Now I’ll keep these ideas for my grandchildren. Love them all!
Mary Brack says
Wonderful ideas! I love doing art with kids. Thanks for showing my identity collage. 🙂
Georgia @ Silver Spiral Studio says
Love all of these!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
ameen dhillon says
thanks for the link Andrea!
veronique egloff says
good post, I am a french artist, I create workshops for childrens and adults
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Tera says
I will enjoy doing some of these art projects with my granddaughter. We are both artists and love these kind of projects!
Ameen Dhillon says
Cool, just stumbled across this and found my project! Thanks for sharing and giving credit to Studio-kids. I’ll definitely check out the rest.
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