When children are young, art is all about discovering what these cool things called crayons and markers are and what they can do. Learning to create and appreciate the arts is also valuable to developmental milestones, such as motor skills, language development and decision making. It's also a great way to expose your child to visual learning, cultural awareness and innovating. Explore more with art in the activities, ideas and games below!
Articles
Raising the Next Frida Kahlo or Pablo Picasso: Milestones Toward Drawing
There are three basic stages of drawing. Here’s how to help nurture your children as little artists.
Picture This: Using Art to Explore Math (and Math to Create Art)
When we help kids see the overlap between art and math, we not only strengthen their skills in each, we expand their vision of what it means to be an artist and a mathematician.
The Importance of Art in Child Development
Learn how art plays an important role in helping children navigate today’s image-heavy world.
Encouraging Self-Expression Through Art
Sometimes it’s good to break free from the instructions. Find out how your child can express themselves and innovate through art.
Unleashing Your Child’s Inner Artist
Making art doesn't have to be expensive! Here are some simple, low-cost ways to make art a part of your family’s everyday life.
Turn to the Arts to Boost Self-Esteem
While exploring the outside world through art, art-related activities help children with an important inner transformation: building confidence.
Hands-On Activities
Salty Glue Art
Salty glue art requires only two ingredients and facilitates discussions about dimensions.
Geometric Mod Art
Make these easy, educational and 100% frame-worthy mod art projects with your kids.
Handprint Art Craft
Create a one-of-a-kind art piece with your child and their party guests.
Mess-Free Art
This activity is a super-simple way to let your child finger paint without dealing with the mess! Enjoy making art without the clean-up afterward.
3D Art Projects
Let your children paint and create, then microwave their pictures and hang them up!
Ebru Turkish Marbling Art
In this activity, you and your child will create Ebru, the Turkish art of marbling.
DIY Yarn Bowl
Making a yarn bowl is a great sensory activity and art project.
Make Your Own Scratch Art Paper
Making art paper is great way for your child to express their creativity and imagination.
Rainbow Frame Stand
Create eye-catching artwork in a matter of minutes with this easy, DIY painting activity.
Paint With Nature
Use natural objects as brushes or stamps to paint creative art projects.
Two Ingredient Silly Putty
This rubber-like substance will mold into millions of shapes and even bounce!
Games and Apps
Pinkamagine Fashion
Design and decorate clothes for Pinkalicious characters! Imagine the possibilities with different shapes, colors, and patterns.
Beading Art
Let's bead with Molly! Your child can follow step-by-step instructions to recreate Molly's bead designs or create new designs and patterns.
Andy's Art Studio
In this game, little artists can paint masks, quilts and nesting dolls from around the world!
Scribbles and Ink: In and Out
Choose a story and draw your way through adventures with Scribbles and Ink.
Nature Art Box
Use the tools in this nature inspired virtual art box to create colorful pictures and patterns. Your child can add stickers of Nature Cat and his friends to complete the picture.
Pinkatastic Stickers
Use your artistic eye and lots of stickers to decorate five scenes including the beach, a carnival, a garden, the night sky, and an ice cream dance party. You can even draw your own stickers to include in your picture.
Rock Art
By creating pictures or connecting the dots in this game, your child will learn about how numbers represent collections of objects.
Symmetry Painter
Your child can create awesomely symmetrical artwork by using a paintbrush, stamps and stickers in this online game with Peg and Cat.