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!
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Step-by-step drawing
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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!Age: 5-6 yearsDownload
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How to draw a kangarooFollow the step-by-step instructions for how to draw a kangaroo – then try drawing a jumping kangaroo!Age: 7+ yearsDownload
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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.Age: 5-6 yearsDownload
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Draw a Tyrannosaurus rexFollow the step-by-step instructions to draw a fearsome T. rex.Age: 5-6 yearsDownload
Doodling
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Lots of socksAdd your own style to these socks by doodling crazy patterns on them.Age: 5-6 yearsDownload
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Draw a penguin, polar bear and sealPractise drawing the animals, then you could draw a scene.Age: 5-6 yearsDownload
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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!Age: 5-6 yearsDownload
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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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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
Designing and inventing
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Design a bridgeExperiment with different bridge designs, then test them to find the strongest.Age: 7+ yearsDownload
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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?Age: 7+ yearsDownload
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Design a coverCan you design a bestselling book cover? Choose your title then design the cover.Age: 7+ yearsDownload
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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.Age: 5-6 yearsDownload
Get crafty!
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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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Make an origami butterflyFollow the simple instructions and folding tips to make a paper origami butterfly.Age: 7+ 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
Artist inspired activities
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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: 5-6 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: 7+ 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.
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