Art For Kids Hub

Art projects for kids and the whole family!

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 […]

Winners Of Our 2014 Fall Art Contest!

Hey art friends, We’re excited to announce the winners of our 2014 Fall Art Contest, today! Though we are sad we couldn’t pick all of you. We loved all of the submissions received for this contest, it was a blast looking through all of them. We hope you had fun participating, and please look forward […]

Best Oil Pastels For Kids

Have you ever held two boxes of crayons, one from Crayola and one from Roseart and wondered which one you should buy? Do you always choose the cheaper one, or do you go with the “trusted” Crayola? If you’re like me, often you’ll just buy the cheapest…after all it’s just for the kids, right? And […]

How To Fold An Origami Bat

Learn how to fold an origami bat! Grab a square piece of paper and follow along to fold your own super cool Halloween bat. We used yellow origami paper so that the folds would show up better in the video, but if you have black paper use it! Also remember that today is Friday, the last […]

Coloring An Autumn Leaf With Oil Pastels

We’re coloring an Autumn leaf with oil pastels! All you need for today’s art project are the following supplies: Oil pastels The free printable (below) This lesson is specific to oil pastels, but you can adapt it using crayons, colored pencils, or maybe even markers. I’m also very particular about the brand of oil pastels we use (I’ve […]

How To Paint A Bat

We’re learning how to paint a bat, with Austin! All you’ll need for this activity is: Paint (black, white, and one other color) Paper (we used orange) Paint brushes Paint tray Water Paper towel He’s still only three, so we’re keeping this lesson extremely easy. If your kid is still learn the circle shape, be […]

How To Draw A Betta Fish

Watch the video below and follow along to learn how to draw a betta fish! Most all of our videos are requests from you, our art friends! We love getting requests, so thank you all for sending them in. Sorry, we’re not able to do all of them, but we always appreciate the new ideas. […]

Speed Drawing Of An Owl

Hey art friends! Here’s my speed drawing of an owl. Over the weekend I thought I’d try something a little different. I recorded this video on my own, and then sped it up. Let me know in the comments below or on YouTube if you liked this and think I should do more. Don’t worry we’ll […]

Art Contest For Our Younger Art Friends

Hey art friends! We’ve already been talking about our 2014 Fall Art Contest, but it was only for kids ages 7-12. Well now we’ve opened it up to kids 6 years old and under! The details are all the same except use a different hashtag on Instagram #afkhfall14a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmjV0dWnCZY Here are the details (ask parent […]

How To Draw A Mermaid

Learn how to draw a mermaid in a few steps! Hads is doing another drawing with me today, and this one is even cuter than the poodle…ok some may argue that. Well, we hope you have as much fun as we did drawing this mermaid. This would be a lot of fun to color, so […]

How To Draw A Train

How to draw a train…choooo choooo! YES, we’re definitely on a vehicle kick. Trains are very cool, and this one was a lot of fun to draw. In this lesson we use many straight lines without a ruler, but feel free to use a straight edge if you want. They’re nice to use but will add extra […]

Fall 2014 Art Contest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83hedYevvkw Fall 2014 Art Contest Details: Kids ask your parents or an adult for permission and help. 1. This contest is for kids between the age of 7-12 (We’ll announce the art contest for kids under 7, soon!) 2. Draw, paint, sculpt, and color anything that has to do with FALL 3. Ask a parent […]

How To Draw A Dump Truck

Follow along and learn how to draw a dump truck. We found a new fun series we’ll be adding to, every so often…construction trucks! Chuckers helped me with this episode though I feel this lesson would be easy enough for younger artists.  Remember if we ever go too fast during the video, just pause it to catch […]

How To Draw A Seal

Follow along and learn how to draw a seal! We made these steps simple for young artists. Hads is helping me today, and she is five. She did a great job, and for the next time we draw this seal we’ll work on keeping the body thicker. Be sure to encourage your young artists with positive […]

How To Draw A Rattlesnake

How to draw a rattlesnake…a super cool rattlesnake. We’ve been doing a lot of coloring this week, but we needed to take a break and draw something really cool! This rattlesnake was a lot of fun to draw and would be a lot of fun to color. We’d love to see how your snake turns […]

How To Paint A Sea Turtle

How to paint a sea turtle! This is a great activity to do with super young artists. You can work on and emphasize the circle shape and explain what happens when you add white and black to the same color. White will make the color “lighter” and black will make the color “darker”. When it […]

How To Color A Clown With Oil Pastels

Today we’re showing you how to color a clown with oil pastels! We’re using our drawings from last Friday, how to draw a clown. So if you haven’t watched that yet, be sure to watch that first. Also, a fun trick we show in the beginning of this video, is that you can make copies […]

How To Draw A Clown

Follow along and learn how to draw a clown! There are a lot of steps to this clown. If we ever go to fast in the video, you can always pause it and catch up. Also, remember to practice practice practice. After drawing this once, try drawing him again. You’ll be surprised that after just […]

How To Draw A Chicken

Here’s another one for our super young artists! Follow along and learn how to draw a chicken. With Hads and Austin we use basic lines and shapes to make our pictures. The purpose is to show kids, at a very early age, that complex/hard pictures are really just made up of small and easy steps. I love watching their […]

How To Draw A Stag Beetle

We’re learning how to draw a stag beetle, for our next insect! These guys are wicked cool, they seem like they’re aliens from another planet…don’t they? My favorite part is their giant pinchers. One of the reasons I like drawing insects and think they are a great drawing exercise for kids, is that they are […]

How To Paint A Ladybug

This episode is perfect for super young artists! They can easily learn how to paint a ladybug. Plus, this is a perfect way to work on making a circle. We’ve got a couple other fun ladybug activities. Ladybug Art Activities How to draw a ladybug How to fold a ladybug Insect symmetry worksheets Watch How To Paint […]

How To Draw A Grand Piano

This is our second musical instrument drawing ever, follow along and learn how to draw a grand piano! Drawing this piano did prove to be a little challenging, in fact I kind of think this might be as challenging as the Chinese dragon. Don’t let that discourage you though, just keep practicing. Also, you can […]