My kids love making homemade cards for birthdays and holidays. When I showed them how their hands make a heart, they got even more excited. This activity is really simple, short, and perfect for all ages (though works really well for the younger artists). Art Materials Pencil Color construction paper Glue Scissors Watch How To […]
How To Draw A Dolphin
Dolphins are amazing animals, I’ve always liked them since I was a little kid. They seem so smart, and they always look like they’re smiling. Follow along with us and learn how to draw a dolphin! Art Supplies marker paper Lesson Length under 10 minutes
How To Draw A Raccoon (Cartoon)
Here’s a cute little guy, how to draw a raccoon! This one is easy, but still fun, even for those parents and teachers that like to draw along with their kids. Art Materials Pen, pencil, crayon, or marker Paper Watch How To Draw A Raccoon
Three Secret Painting Tips For Little Artists
So almost by accident I found these three secret painting tips for my little artists. Three Secret Painting Tips For Little Artists Use Stabilo Woody Pencils Use mixed media paper Use smaller paper Ok so they might not seem revolutionary, but let me explain! Stabilo Woody These are one of the most amazing art materials […]
The Stockings Were Hung Art Project
Here’s a fun art project to do with your kids involving The Night Before Christmas poem. It’s fun with the younger ones, I know Hads almost did a flip when I told her we’re going to finger paint. How are your kids holding up with all the excitement surrounding this time of year? I know […]
How To Draw An Elf On The Shelf
One of our awesome art friends requested we do how to draw an elf on the shelf for her classroom! If you’ve made a request for us to draw something, and we haven’t done it yet…don’t get discouraged. I still have a list and we’re slowly working through it. I’ve also bumped some of the […]
How To Draw A Candy Cane With Watercolor
The holiday season, especially Christmas, is perfect time to focus on primary colors. More specifically, discussing how to get Christmas colors. Red – Is a primary color and doesn’t need to be mixed. Green – Is not a primary color and needs to be mixed. In this lesson we started out with how to draw […]
How To Draw A Rabbit
I kept Chuckers up late last night to work on this one. I feel bad I showed him how to draw a rabbit and not Hads. Don’t worry though I’ll show her today 🙂 This lesson should be easy enough for the younger artists, and fun enough for the old ones. We’d love to see […]
How To Draw A Werewolf
Oh boy our Halloween excitement is at a level 10 around here. We went and picked out our pumpkins last night, and this how to draw a werewolf is just feeding the fire. What’s your kid’s favorite traditional Halloween character? Art Materials Pencil, marker, crayon Paper Watch How To Draw A Werewolf
How To Draw A Horse (Zebra) Easy, Medium, and Hard
If you’re new to our site, I have three kids. They’re two, four, and seven. So that means sometimes it’s hard to make one art project work for all of them. Here’s a perfect example, how to draw a horse (or zebra). We first did how to draw a horse a while back, but left […]
How To Draw An Elephant
How to draw an elephant is great for younger artists, especially since it uses very simple straight lines…or at least slightly curved straight lines. Once your kids have finished drawing the elephant, challenge them to draw the elephant’s environment. You could ask questions to spark their imagination. Where does your elephant live? Zoo? Jungle? Your […]
How To Make An Origami Box
We have a new origami post, and this one is taught by Chuckers. Although, he did tell me I helped teach it way too much. How to make an origami box is really simple, but this is by far one of our favorites. I think it’s our favorite because the last step is like blowing […]
How To Draw Death
How to draw death is a combination of how to draw a ghost and how to draw a skull. To draw death you start out by drawing a skull then use the ghost to draw his robe. So if you haven’t seen either of those lessons yet, be sure to check them out first. Art […]
How To Draw A Parrot
How to draw a parrot is another request from one of our drawing friends. Just because it may look a little difficult doesn’t mean you shouldn’t let your young artists try. One of the greatest ways to help your kids learn, is to do it with them! While your kids learn how to draw a […]
Finger Painting A Pumpkin
This finger painting a pumpkin activity is super easy, fast, and fun for little kids. I did it with both Hads (4) and Austin (2). While Austin is not old enough to paint a face, he’s still able to have a blast. Hads, on the other hand, is right at the perfect age to work […]
How To Draw A Skull
Halloween is coming, teach your kids how to draw a skull! We couldn’t wait to pull out our masks, in fact we had to run to Target and buy a few more. What are your kids going to dress up as for Halloween? We almost convinced Hads that she should be a gorilla princess, she […]
How To Draw A Robot
We’ve got to do more how to draw a robot posts! Chuckers loved it, and robots can be drawn so many different ways. This particular robot is a great way to focus on drawing squares and rectangles. If your child is younger, spend a little extra time explaining the difference between a square and rectangle. […]
How To Make Fall Leaves
We saw this how to make fall leaves on Pinterest, and thought we’d try it out ourselves. Hads loved it! She is still asking me if we can make more. First I have to apologize, during the video our camera turned off and I didn’t notice. So, there’s a small jump in between drawing the […]
How To Finger Paint A Fish
How to finger paint a fish is just one of many on Hadley’s long list of finger painting activities. She is so cute, everyday I come home from work she has a new finger painting idea. These activities are meant to be extremely easy and super fast, perfect for those little young artists. So, just a […]
How To Draw A Pig
How to draw a pig came as a special request from one of our friends. We’ve done how to finger paint a pig but never how to draw one. Materials Paper Crayon, marker, or pencil Watch How To Draw A Pig
How To Fold An Origami Frog
I’ve done origami with my kids before, but it just occurred to me that we could include this on our site. Origami is the art of folding paper, right? And it completely fits under the category of sculpture! One of my (and my kid’s) favorite things about origami, you only need paper to do it. On top of […]
How To Draw A Frog (More Realistic)
Our first how to draw a frog post was very cartoony, so we thought we’d do another, but more realistic. And if your kids just love frogs be sure to check out our easy pop-up frog! Watch How To Draw A Frog
Preserve Your Kid's Artwork With Spray Fixative
This is one of the best ways to preserve your kid’s artwork, especially ones done with charcoal or pastel. When my kids finish a pastel drawing, I either need to take a photo of it and throw it away or put it in a sealed bag. Pastel dust is a lot like a disease, it […]
How To Finger Paint A Unicorn
Few things make me truly happy, seeing my little girl’s face after showing her how to finger paint a unicorn is one of them. I think she was also in love with the idea of painting white on construction paper. This is a must activity for any little girl that loves all things cute and […]
How To Draw A Tiger
Sorry for the lack of posts last week. I was out of town on a week long backpacking trip. It was a blast, but of course I missed my kids. It sure made my day, when one of the first things they said when I got back was, “Lets make a video!” Check the bottom […]
How To Finger Paint A Giraffe – For Really Young Artists
My little Austin helped us with our how to finger paint a giraffe video! He’s only one (but almost two), and hasn’t stop asking to “paint ‘gain?” With that said this video is for the really (really really) young artists. We meant to keep this as simple as possible, but also include a small color […]
How To Finger Paint A Mermaid
My little Hads has been asking how to finger paint a mermaid for quite a while now. Well we finally did it, and she was so excited. We used acrylic paints, I like how easy they are to clean up…plus how dark and rich the colors are. If you don’t have paint or would like […]
How To Draw A Stegosaurus (For Younger Artists)!
Both Chuckers and I have been feeling bad that our last few dinosaur posts have been more advanced. So, we decided to make this how to draw a stegosaurus for the slightly younger artists! Though once we did it, I noticed that even Chuckers struggled with the leaf-shaped spikes along the back. If your kids […]
How To Draw A Dilophosaurus
We have another dinosaur! It’s how to draw a Dilophosaurus! This was another request from one of our awesome friends. We love all of your ideas, thanks for sending them in. If you or your kids have never heard of a Dilophosaurus, check out their wikipedia page! Dilophosaurus’ are really interesting! Watch How To Draw […]
How To Draw Superman
We recently received a request from one of our awesome drawing friends on how to draw Superman! We love getting requests, and if you have sent one to us and we haven’t done it yet, don’t worry! We have a list and we’re working through them as fast as we can. If you sent us a […]