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How To Draw A Dad Puppet For Father’s Day

Hey, art friends! Today, we’re learning how to draw a dad puppet for Father’s Day! Art Supplies This is a list of the supplies we used, but feel free to use whatever you have in your home or classroom. Sharpie (or something to draw with) Paper (we use marker paper) Markers to color with (we […]

How To Draw A Back To School Backpack Monster

Today, Jack and I are learning how to draw this funny folding surprise backpack monster! We hope you have a lot of fun following along and changing your monsters. Art Supplies This is a list of the supplies we used, but feel free to use whatever you have in your home or classroom. Sharpie (or […]

How To Draw Hasbro’s Lost Kitties Memes

Learn how to draw Hasbro’s Lost Kitties Memes! We love opening these surprise blind box toys, but they’re super fun to draw as well. If you’ve never heard of them and want to learn more visit Hasbo’s website. Art Supplies marker paper colored pencils orange yellow blue pink brown *Learn more about the specific art […]

How To Draw A Christmas Nutcracker

Christmas is almost here! This lesson is a great art project to get your kids in that fun Christmas spirit. They’ll need a Sharpie (or any black marker), colored pencils, and paper. Follow along with us and learn how to draw a Christmas nutcracker. These directed drawing lessons are step by step. So, even if […]

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 Fold A Butterfly

How to fold a butterfly! My kids love folding things out of paper. This activity we did together just because it ended up being a little difficult for Hads, but we’re going to keep practicing. We still had a lot of fun folding our butterfly together. And really for any art activity that ends up being too […]

How To Draw A Robot Crab

Finally, how to draw a robot crab! We’re excited to do another how to draw! Thought I’d surprise Chuckers with a cool one, his eyes almost fell out of his skull when I told him we were going to draw a robot crab. Materials Pencil, crayon, or marker Paper Watch How To Draw A Robot […]

Finger Painting A Spider

Finger painting a spider was a lot of fun, we also had a surprise guest! I’ve also noticed we’ve really been on a finger painting kick…haven’t we? Well, the kids are loving it so I’m not complaining. One of the things I’ve learned about kids and finger painting (I think I’ve mentioned it before, but […]

Free Download: Art and Music!

The next time you do an activity with your kids (even if it’s not an art activity), add music! See what happens…then next time you do another activity add a different genre of music…compare the difference. Kids love music just as much as you do, but how often do you include it in your day […]

Play-Doh vs. Modeling Clay

Our kids love Play-Doh (And as parents we do too)! Not only is it fun for them (and us) to play with, but it helps calm them down during an “emotional crisis.” You know the ones I’m talking about. Well, if you haven’t tried using an art activity to bring your kid back to “reality” […]

10 Art Supplies You Didn’t Know You Owned!

Sometimes I put off our family art activities, because we don’t have enough supplies. Well lately we’ve been trying to find things around the house to use. We were surprised by how much we found and could use. Doing an art project with the kids doesn’t always require a visit to the best store on […]