15 Enjoyable Art and Craft Ideas for Kids to Engage in at Home

Art and craft are fascinating, captivating and compelling. Kids of all ages love trying out art and craft activities but seem unable to figure out how to get started. Truly, it might be an arduous task getting ideas to begin with. In this post, we have taken the time to compile 15 worthwhile art and craft that will become your favourite ideas. So, relax and check out these enjoyable art and craft activities.

Art and Craft Ideas for Kids

■ Creating their own coloring pages

According to Pablo Picasso, one of the greatest artists of all time, believed that  Every child is an artist. It means that kids have the ability to unleash their creative ability. Kids can create their own coloring pages to make their coloring activities more interesting and creative. Coloring ignites their imagination for innovation. Kids can get diverse images of their favourite coloring topics and print them to be glued or combined to form their coloring book. Owning a personalised coloring pages is a great approach to colouring more fun and interesting. Get to it now!!!

■ Stick Doll craft

For this craft, you only need little materials and not so much work to create. All you need are markers, popsicle sticks as well as washi tapes to make the stick doll art. Take the popsicle stick and use it to wrap washi tapes like a piece of clothing. Pick up your marker and use it to draw the parts of the and the face of any animals of your choice. Be creative in this aspect to make your craft outstanding by painting on the tiny stick. Use all your dexterity to work out the details to create a lovely design. Don’t feel bad if you don’t get it at first as consistent practice will help you get better.

■ Animals paper craft

Kids love drawing animals and even have some as their domestic animals. Why do you waste your scraps when you can recycle them into a creative craft? It is time to get those scraps into a masterpiece. Kids can draw an image of their favourite animal on a piece of paper that makes the image look good. Cut your colourful scraps into pieces and use a scissor or punches to cut out the pieces neatly. The pieces of scrap are then glued into the drawing on the paper to add more colors to make a colourful design. You can make use of other papers to add more creativity to your animal paper craft.

■ Flower Crown craft

Flowers are a beautiful sight to behold and many girls will find this craft interesting. It can be used to engage in a role play as a princess, Queen or any royalty. In this craft, you can make use of real, ornamental or even wide flowers to create the design. The head of the owner of the flower crown is measured with a tape to make the right crown. A piece of wire that measures about 2 inches can be twisted together to create a round circle. The flowers can be trimmed to 2 inches and wrapped with a twine until there are enough flowers to fit round the crown. Get a floral tape and use the bundles to wrap around the wire until the stem is fully covered. Place the flower crown around your head and see how it fit perfectly.

■ Salt painting art

This is an easy craft that can be done by any kid. No wonder, it is a favourite of many kids due to the simplicity. This art makes use of salt, food coloring, liquid watercolors, tempera paint and glue. Use your glue to create a design on a paper or any painting pad of choice. Sprinkle the salt and use the coloring on it to absorb it.

■ Splatter painting art

Just like the name of this design sounds, you can splatter, throw, layer or drop your water color or paint on a painting pad to create a magical design. This activity is fun for many kids and they will have a great adventure from this art activity. It may be messy but easy and fun if proper care is taken.

■ Paper flowers craft

If your kid is ready to beautify their space at home, they can take out time to make some paper flower crafts. All that is needed is colorful papers, dyed cupcake liners, floral wire. The dyed paper is folded to form the petals of the flowers and the fringe shapes. Pass the wire through the center of the paper liners. Lastly, use the floral tape to wrap the base of the liners and bring it back to them.

■ Cardboard sun craft

This craft makes use of disposable cardboard that can create the perfect size of the sun desired. Other items include; pencil, ruler, glue and scissors. The paper is cut into pieces and a circle is cut out using the shape of the sun on the cardboard. Get a yellow paper and cut out two circles.

■ Watercolor Painting art

Watercolors are an essential art tool. Kids really love to take out time to explore the different shades that can be gotten from mixing the water colors. Watercolor resist art is a simple technique that kids will love to explore. Draw with a crayon on a watercolor paper, add the wax and the paint to see the resistance.

■ Tissue paper suncatcher

Tissue paper sun catcher is a colorful craft that is fun to create. You only need whitepaper, contact paper, glitter, feathers, water colors and contact paper. This activity is simple and colorful. Cut out a heart shape out of the paper. Draw a heart shape on a piece of paper and cut it out. Take your tissue paper and cut out lots of shapes from the tissue paper and place them on the contact paper.

■ Playdough Craft activities 

Playdough craft is a hands-on activity that kids love as it provides hours of fun. It doesn’t require much ingredients as what is needed is flour, cream of tartar, salt, water and food coloring. Mix all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl, add water and the food colouring before mixing together. Pick up your saucepan and add your ingredients and stir until the dough thickens and forms a shape. You can add glitters, scents and other items.

■ Transfer art

Kids can engage in creating this art. It is engaging and magical. The end result looks like the works of a professional. Get a canvas or painting board, colored tissue paper and a spray bottle that won’t create a lot of mess. You can get the canvas or painting board wet and place the pieces of colored tissue paper on the canvas or board to create artistic effects. You can use the art to beautify anywhere in the home.

■ Unicorn Art

Kids love unicorns due to their mystical looks. With few materials, you can create the unicorn art. Take a large paper or a newspaper and draw the head of the unicorn. Cut the paper into strips and place colored yarns in them. Cut out a triangle from the paper to be the horn of the unicorn. Create a google eye to complete the process. After, use some glitter to add a magical effect. You can find some unicorn clipart for samples.

■ Ice pops pom-pom craft

Kids can create this colorful craft work with the use of sticks, cardstock and pom pom. It is a simple activity that does not take much time to make. Cut out the ice-pop shape out of the card stock and glue or tape them to the stick. Take your pom pom and press them into a tape.

■ Cardboard Telescope craft

Telescopes are fascinating for kids and here is a fun way to create a pretend play tool with just the use of cardboard. Take your cardboard and roll it to create the telescope. Use glue to hold it and look through it into the sky to view the objects.

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