For Kids 5 Years And Under

These art lessons are specifically meant for younger artists (ages 4-5). Some lessons might still be challenging, but this category contains our shorter and easier art lessons.

How To Draw A Monkey

Today, we’re learning how to draw a monkey swinging from a vine! I hope you and your kids follow along with us. Remember it’s ok if your drawings look different than ours. Use your creativity to change your drawings and even add more details and the background. Are You A Teacher? Check out Rosie’s classroom […]

How To Draw A Narwhal

How to draw a narwhal! These animals don’t seem real. They seem like they’re from some magical fantasy world, where unicorns live. But they are real and here’s a link to narwhals on Wikipedia, if you’re interested in learning more about them. Even though this is an easy drawing activity, narwhals are still fun for all […]

How To Draw A Pirate Ship

Austin is a real pirate, keep an eye on yer booty! Even though he is young, this activity is still fun for all ages! We’re learning how to draw a pirate ship today! So get out all the construction paper that you own, we’re going to use all of it! Ok, maybe not all of it…but […]

How To Draw A Rainbow (For Young Artists)

Today we’re doing another spring art project for kids (young artists). Follow along with us and learn the how to draw a rainbow and the order of the colors. For this activity you’ll need: Oil pastels (crayons, markers, or colored pencils also work) White paper Blue construction paper Scissors Glue Also, at the beginning of this […]

How To Draw An Excavator (For Young Artists)

Austa-wasta is going to help me with today’s drawing lesson! We’re learning how to draw an excavator. Austin is three so this lesson is meant for younger artists. We’re going to work on drawing simple straight lines, a couple shapes, and using a few colors. It’s important for young artists, to keep their activities within […]

Easter Egg and Baby Chick Cutout

This art project was a lot of fun with Hads. We made an Easter egg and baby chick cutout. The top part of the egg opens up and the baby chick sits inside. You can glue the chick down, but we thought it was cooler that she could be removed from the egg entirely. We […]

How To Paint Blossoms

Today we’re doing another fun and simple spring activity. We’re learning how to paint blossoms! For this lesson you’ll need: Paper (we used watercolor paper but any paper will do) Paint (we used acrylic paint, again any paint will do) Straw Paintbrush (Here’s the brush set we bought, here’s another great set for kids) Water […]

How To Fold An Easy Origami Flower

Hads and I learned how to fold an easy origami flower today! Follow along with us to fold your own. All you need is a square piece of paper. When we go to fast or speed up the video, you can pause it, finish the step, then press play. Try practicing this a couple times, […]

How To Draw A Four Leaf Clover

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This how to draw a four leaf clover lesson is especially for young artists. We used green and blue construction paper, a black marker, oil pastels, scissors, and glue. After they complete their clover cutout, let your young artists finish their drawing any way they want. You may notice that most of our […]

How To Draw Earth (for young artists)

Austin is learning how to draw Earth, today! He’s three so this activity is great for younger artists. Follow along with us and if we go too fast, just pause the video. For this activity you’ll need a marker, white paper, black construction paper, oil pastels, scissors, glue, and a large circle object to trace […]

How To Draw A Red Panda

How to draw a red panda! Yes, these animals have got to be the cutest animals to ever exist. They’re also fun to watch play. If you haven’t seen this video of them playing in the snow yet, you’re missing out on some serious cuteness! In this lesson we’re using: Plain white paper from our […]

How To Draw A Skunk For Young Artists

Oh man! I had a lot of fun doing this how to draw a skunk, with Austin. We hope you have fun doing this activity with your little artists too! What you’ll need for this lesson: Construction paper (blue, black and green) Colored pencils (especially a white pencil) Scissors Glue We want to see how […]

How To Draw An Alien UFO (young artists)

Have you watched how to draw a rocket yet? That lesson focuses on primary colors (red, yellow, blue), this lesson focuses on the secondary colors (orange, purple, green). These are the colors you get when you mix two of the primary colors. We also work on cutting and gluing, just like the rocket lesson.

How To Draw A Rocket (Young Artists)

Learn how to draw a rocket with Austin and me! This lesson we focus on primary colors, shapes, cutting and gluing. It’s also a fun exercise to work on drawing stars! Just because we say this is for “young artists” it doesn’t mean it’s only for them. I have just as much fun doing these […]

How To Draw An Ant For Young Artists

How to draw an ant for young artists! In this lesson, with Austin, I tried to keep it simple and just work on two fundamentals. We practiced drawing circles and mixed two primary colors (blue and yellow) to make one secondary color (green). Oil pastels work great for mixing, but you could also use paint. […]

How To Draw Peppa Pig

Today’s lesson, how to draw Peppa Pig, is going to be different! Instead of using a Sharpie and white paper we’re going to draw on colored construction paper with oil pastels. We’re also going to do some cutting and glueing…so be sure to get all of your art supplies together before following along. Below are […]

Snowman Art Project With Construction Paper

Is it still winter where you live? It’s still winter here, but there’s no snow on the ground. So, we thought we’d do this fun snowman art project with construction paper! All you need for this activity is: Construction paper (blue, white, brown, black, orange) Marker Scissors Glue This is a great project for young […]

Snow Globe Art Project For Young Artists

This fun snow globe art project for young artists is also great for large groups of students. It’s easy to prep and fun to challenge your artists to be creative. We painted a snowman, but that certainly doesn’t mean you have to. Ask them to think of something different to draw or paint in their […]

How To Draw A Snail (for young artists)

This how to draw a snail lesson was so much fun with Austin. When you do art activities with your little artists, be sure they’re having more fun than you! You’ll make memories you’ll never forget…I promise. Also, I did give a three year old a Sharpie 🙂 I’ve worked with him enough that he […]

How To Paint A Woodpecker (for young artists)

How to paint a woodpecker, is just for young artists who are 5 years old and younger. Just because my Austin did this, doesn’t mean your 3 year old will be able to do this activity…all kids are different. That’s ok! If they’re not able to, try something easier. For example, you could work with getting your kid […]

How To Paint A Penguin

When Austin helps me with the art activity you know the project will be especially made for our young art friends. How to paint a penguin is perfect for artists 5 and under! All you need is three paint colors (black, white, and orange), paint brush, water, paper towel, and blue paper. The trickiest part […]

How To Paint A Snowman (For Young Artists)

Anytime Austin helps, like in this how to paint a snowman, you’ll know that the activity is meant for young artists. Austin is three, so I’ll keep the art project simple and short for him. In this episode we use: Acrylic paint (white, black, orange, red, green) Light blue paper Paint brush Paint trays Water Paper […]

How To Draw A Boy And A Girl

How to draw a boy and girl! The easiest way to draw people is to draw stick figures, but this lesson will show you that it doesn’t take much more to make your people look even cooler than stick figures. After you draw your people try drawing them again, but this time draw them doing […]

How To Draw A Submarine (For Young Artists)

How to draw a submarine with little Austin! We’re back with another fun art project to do with your super young artists. When choosing activities to do with them, pick ones that use fundamental shapes and simple lines. If you were to ask a three year old to draw a submarine, they would have no […]

How To Draw The Cutest Kitten Ever

Do you want to learn how to draw the cutest kitten ever? You came to the right place. Hads is helping me with today’s episode so this activity is great for younger artists, 5 and under. All you need is something to draw with (we love using a black marker) and paper. You can also color […]

How To Draw An Airplane (For Young Artists)

Time to fly, let’s learn how to draw an airplane! We made this episode just for our totally awesome young artists. For all you art parents, we want you to draw with your little artists. It’s ok to let them draw on their own, but every once in a while pull a chair up next […]

How To Make Spider Hand Cutouts

Happy Halloween art friends! It’s here, Halloween is finally here…now let’s go get some candy 🙂 Oh wait, it’s not dark yet. If you need a little activity to hold yourself over until the haunting hour, you’ve come to right place. Today we’re making spider hand cutouts, so grab some orange and black construction paper, […]

How To Draw A Skeleton

How to draw a skeleton, just in time for Halloween! Of course Hads made her skeleton into a girl. Grab some paper and something to draw with, click the play button and follow along. One of our favorite things about this skeleton is that you can draw him/her doing different things. It’s easy to change […]

How To Draw A Hippo

We’re drawing a silly “little” hippo, grab something to draw with and follow along. After you’re done drawing your hippo, be sure to color him in! Do you think hippos are interesting animals? Read more information about them on Wikipedia! You can mail us your real art at: Art for Kids Hub P.O. Box 927 Pleasant Grove, […]

How To Paint A Black Cat

Today we’re learning how to paint a black cat and it’s especially for our younger artists! The art supplies you’ll need for this activity are: Paint (we used acrylics but you can use any) Paper (we used orange construction paper) Paint brushes Paint tray (or plate) Water Paper towels The steps for this activity are […]