For years now, I’ve been working on a list of favorite art activities for kids. Every time we try a new art activity or even revisit an old favorite, it gets measured against the list in my head.
To get included on my list of favorite and best art activities, it needs to fit the following criteria:
The process is fun and open-ended.
It’s easy to do.
It’s the kind of activity that kids want to do over and over again.
Plus, the end result looks pretty great, too.
1. Raised salt painting
This is an all-time favorite kids’ art activity that is loved by all ages from toddlers on up. Plus it uses materials you already have! Glue, salt, and either liquid watercolor paint or food coloring.
2. Nature suncatchers
Make beautiful flower or leaf suncatchers to hang in the window! This spring or summer craft uses a paper plate as the frame for a nature suncatcher that anyone can make.
3. The back-and-forth drawing game
A drawing game for kids or kids and adults that allows each person to build off of the previous person’s drawings. Low key yet interactive, this back-and-forth drawing game is a fun way to connect through creativity. It also makes a good waiting game at restaurants and doctor’s offices.
4. Spin painting
Spin painting is a favorite kids’ art activity that can be done with a salad spinner or with a kid’s spin art machine. A comparison of the two methods plus ideas for what to do with all the spin art.
How about you? What’s on your list of top 10 all-time favorite art activities for kids?
By the way, if there are some art activities on the list above that you haven’t tried yet, I promise you they are good ones that are worth exploring with your kiddos. And if there’s something on that list that you have done, perhaps it’s time to revisit it?
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