Lots of creative activities for young artists including step-by-step drawing guides, fun doodling sheets and painting, cutting, sticking and designing ideas.
Art and Crafts
Art and Crafts
Lots of ideas to keep children of all ages creatively occupied!
Step-by-step drawing
Follow the instructions and learn how to draw!
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How to draw a meerkatFind out how to draw this adorable creature, and fill up your page with lots of meerkats! -
How to draw a kangarooFollow the step-by-step instructions for how to draw a kangaroo – then try drawing a jumping kangaroo!
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How to draw a guinea pigFollow the step-by-step instructions for how to draw a guinea pig - then make your own guinea pig picture!Age: 5-6 yearsDownload
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How to draw a giraffeFollow the step-by-step instructions to draw a giraffe.
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Draw a Tyrannosaurus rexFollow the step-by-step instructions to draw a fearsome T. rex.
Doodling
Print off these downloads and see where your pen takes you!
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Draw a handDraw around your hand on paper, then decorate with patterns.
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Lots of socksAdd your own style to these socks by doodling crazy patterns on them.
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Draw a penguin, polar bear and sealPractise drawing the animals, then you could draw a scene.
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Draw some comic book charactersFollow the instructions to create different characters.Age: 7+ yearsDownload
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Pink monster mayhemTurn spots and scribbles into monsters and make them scary - or pretty!
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Doodle some rabbitsDraw some more rabbits and add some crunchy carrots for them to eat.Age: 5-6 yearsDownload
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Make your own portrait galleryDraw your own portraits in this gallery.
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Creepy-crawly doodlesTry doodling these shapes to draw lots of different bugs.Age: 5-6 yearsDownload
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Gingerbread DoodleThis gingerbread man (or woman) is fresh out of the oven and needs decorating. Can you draw an outfit for it?Age: 5-6 yearsDownload
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Doodle your worriesTurn your scribbles into an animal or friendly monster.
Designing and inventing
Flex your creative muscle and let your imagination run wild with these fun design activities.
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Invent your own currencyHere's lots of different money activities to try.
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Design a bridgeExperiment with different bridge designs, then test them to find the strongest.
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Design a magazine coverHow do you make a magazine that makes people want to pick up your magazine for a closer look?
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Design a coverCan you design a bestselling book cover? Choose your title then design the cover.
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Invent your own robotWhat does your robot do, and what does it look like?
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Create a characterTurn this stick figure into a character by adding clothes and accessories. Fill in the blanks in the thoughts and speech bubbles, too.
Get crafty!
Have some fun with paper and paints with these craft ideas.
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Printed parrotA homemade parrot – complete with your painted hand prints – makes a lovely gift.Age: 7+ yearsDownload
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Make your own Mini Monster puppetMake your own Peep, Trumpet, Fang Face, Gloop or Captain Snot puppets!Age: 5-6 yearsDownload
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Foil and paper birdsThese birds make lovely presents for family or friends – or even a teacher.Age: 7+ yearsDownload
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Make a snowman pictureUse cotton pads, fabric and twigs to make a friendly snowman.Age: 5-6 yearsDownload
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Artist inspired activities
Take some inspiration from greats artists such as Monet, Van Gogh, Moore and Klimt.
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Golden branchesCan you add more branches to the tree of life and fill it with patterns like Gustav Klimt?Age: 3-4 yearsDownload
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Monet's gardenColour Monet's garden and his lovely lily pond with some smudgy greens and blues.Age: 3-4 yearsDownload
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Artists studioThis master artist needs an apprentice, can you help the artist in the studio?Age: 3-4 yearsDownload
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Modern art galleryCan you be bold with shapes and colours? Finish these modern art paintings.Age: 3-4 yearsDownload
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Making paintsArtists used to make their own paints. Can you find the ingredients they need in this wordsearch?Age: 3-4 yearsDownload
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Sculpture parkTake a virtual wander around a sculpture park. Can you guess the names of the artworks?Age: 3-4 yearsDownload
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Beautiful bloomsVan Gogh painted yellow sunflowers, can you fill this field with big beautiful blooms?Age: 3-4 yearsDownload
Online art activities
Don't have any art supplies? You can do art online! Paint online, draw cartoon faces and learn how to mix paint colours or take the quiz - Which famous painting are you? Here is a selection of Usborne Quicklinks all about art and painting and drawing online.
