Coloring books are relaxing and fun but we highly recommend making Zentangles for a fun art project instead! Here's a simple Christmas Zentangle that you can do with your kids. All the ideas in this project use lines or circles making it easy for a child to do. Simple Christmas Zentangle for Kids 1.Start by drawing a triangular Christmas tree like the one below-- a big triangle for the tree and … [Read more...]
Pick and Draw Drawing Game for Kids
The card game, Pick and Draw, takes learning the basics of cartoon faces and makes it into a fun drawing game for kids and families and was created by Rich Davis, the illustrator of the Tiny and Kell book series. Davis created this $10 card game using basic shapes to broken down into categories of features -- face, mouth, etc. The cards give kids thousands of possible cartoon face … [Read more...]
Kids Drawing Idea: Seek and Find Game
My daughter thought of a fun drawing idea for kids that she wanted me to share with you: make your own seek and find puzzle! Kids Drawing Idea: Seek and Find Game 1. Think of a theme: food, faces, animals, buildings, monsters, flowers, cupcakes, or whatever strikes your fancy. For ideas or drawing techniques, visit these Pinterest boards: how to draw and kids drawing ideas. 2. Fill up your … [Read more...]
Drawp, a Unique Drawing App
Several features make Drawp - Drawing Families Closer Together, a new FREE drawing app from Moondrop Entertainment, stand out from other drawing apps. First, kids can share their artwork with up to 16 parent-approved contacts. Kids stay in the app and don't even need email addresses. Another difference is that Drawp invites artists to contribute drawing prompts, or canvases, for kids to … [Read more...]
Great Illustrators Study – Shel Silverstein (plus some poetry, too)
Maggy of Red Ted's Art Blog is hosting a monthly series called Kids Exploring The Great Artists. I thought I'd participate but adapt to be The Great Picture Book Illustrators. As I pondered what illustrator to choose first, my 10-year old told me about an in-class project on Shel Silverstein's black and white drawings. Her teacher, Jayme Mansfield, is an artist and a writer and thanks to her, … [Read more...]
Kids Create Homemade Comic Books
Writing prompt idea for kids: make comic books with a parent! by Shauna MacKenzie, blogger at Kindergarten Confidential and mother. I’m always trying to think of creative ways to spend time with my boys. My oldest son Aidan has an incredibly creative mind. He’s my little Robert Munsch, having the ability to tell fascinating stories filled with interesting characters and … [Read more...]
Draw Plus Math: Draw an Odd Numbered Creature
Draw Plus Math by Freddie Levin arrived in my mailbox recently and I couldn't wait to share it with you! It's a step by step guide to math related drawing. For example, in one lesson, you'll learn the steps of drawing a car. Then, you're asked to make a math sentence using cars and shown how to draw three cars minus one car equals two cars. 3-1=2. Other lessons are: draw a robot, draw … [Read more...]