Hey art friends! How to draw Rudolph completes our fun Christmas FACE series. Be sure to check out the other lessons: How To Draw Santa Claus How To Draw Mrs. Claus How To Draw A Christmas Elf We want to wish you all Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We love all of […]
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 Draw Mrs. Claus
Hads is only 5 and I was so impressed with how well she followed and along while we were learning how to draw Mrs. Claus! Also during this lesson we us oil pastels to color Mrs. Claus. If you would like to purchase oil pastels here’s an affil. link to Amazon. If you’d like to […]
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 Christmas Tree
You can’t have Christmas without a tree, learn how to draw a Christmas tree with us! You’ll need something to draw with, a piece of paper and a few colors. We’re using oil pastels to color our tree. In this lesson we show you one way to decorate your tree, of course you can decorate […]
How To Fold An Origami Santa Claus
Austin and I are learning how to fold an origami Santa Claus today! So, all you’ll need for this project is a square piece of paper. We used red origami paper (affil. link) but you can use regular ol’ computer paper. Just make sure that it’s a square before starting. This project may be a […]
How To Draw A Christmas Elf Face
How to draw a Christmas elf face! This guy is going to look awesome next to your drawing of Santa Claus. I know a lot of our projects and drawings tend to focus on the “boy version” but this one should be fairly easy to make into a girl. I’m going to work with Hads on doing […]
How To Draw Santa Claus’s Face
We hope all of our art friends had an amazing Thanksgiving yesterday. Now that you’re full from turkey, let’s learn how to draw Santa Claus’s face! Are you a kid? Grab something to draw with and a piece of paper. Sit down and press play, you can draw with us while you watch. If we […]
How To Draw A Pumpkin For Thanksgiving
We’ve made a few pumpkins before (Jack O’Lantern, Paper 3D Pumpkins), but this how to draw a pumpkin is just for Thanksgiving. So we’ll be coloring it without a scary face. Thanksgiving is a special holiday we love celebrating in our home. It’s the day we pay close attention to things we’re grateful for, oh and […]
How To Draw A Realistic Turkey
Thanksgiving is getting so close I can almost taste it! That means it’s time for some holiday art projects. Grab a marker and paper we’re going to learn how to draw a turkey today. Gobble Gobble! We’ve drawn a turkey before, we’ve also finger painted a turkey, we’ve even made a turkey cutout, but those were […]
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, […]
Franken-Brain Cutout
One more day until Halloweeeeeeeeen! Today we’re making a cutout, but not just any cutout, it’s a Franken-Brain cutout. You may be asking what is that, well it’s a portrait of Frankenstein but you can lift his hair to reveal his disgusting brain. Siiiiiiick! We thought it was pretty cool 🙂 Our favorite part of […]
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 Fold An Origami Spider!
Grab a sheet of printer paper. Today we’re going to show you how to fold an origami spider! Not just any spider, this has got to be the coolest origami spider ever. There are a lot of steps to this art activity, but we go through each step slow so that even our young art friends […]
How To Draw A 3D Pizza
Mmmmmm who’s hungry? Let’s learn how to draw a 3D pizza! I think this is the fist time we’ve drawn any kind of food (oh wait we’ve drawn cake before), so what better way to start than our favorite. If you liked this food drawing lesson, let us know in the comments what kind of […]
How To Make A 3D Pumpkin
We’ve already drawn a 3D pumpkin but today we’re going to show you how to make a 3D pumpkin! Here’s a list of the supplies you’ll need for this activity: Orange construction paper Green construction paper Scissors Tape Stapler
How To Fold An Origami Skull
Boo…We’re showing you how to fold an origami skull, today! Grab a white piece of paper and black marker, click the video, and follow along. Now if your skull doesn’t turn out perfect the first time, keep trying and adjust some some of those last few folds to get the teeth to line up. Worse […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 3D Jack O Lantern
Follow along with us and learn how to draw a 3D jack o lantern! It’s fun to see all the pumpkins in the neighborhood beginning to appear. It sure gets us in the Halloween mood. This drawing episode is a really fun way to learn how to add dimension or 3D to your jack o’lantern […]
How To Draw A Butterfly On A Flower
Hads is my special guest today, and we’re learning how to draw a butterfly on a flower! This is another fun and simple drawing activity you can do with young artists 5 and under…though older artists may enjoy it too 🙂 We love drawing insects, we’re going to be drawing them all week. Check our […]
How To Draw The Liberty Bell
How to draw The Liberty Bell, it’s almost July 4th! We’re from the U.S. and we know that many of our art friends are from all over the world, but since July 4th is almost here, we thought it would be fun to learn how to draw this. If you don’t know what The Liberty […]
How To Paint A Watermelon
We received this awesome art project idea from one of our super cool art friends. We loved her idea so much we had to do it too. How to paint a watermelon is a great activity for any artist during summertime, but especially works well for younger artists. We only used three colors and about […]
Super Easy Valentine’s Card For Kids
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 […]
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 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 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 […]