Category: Drawing
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Exquisite Corpse Drawing Book
How about a surreal drawing game to match the surreal nature of the end of the year? Exquisite Corpse drawing is one of the most fun drawing games you could hope to partake in, and it’s easy as pie and your mother. Ho – oh! The idea of Exquisite Corpse began in the early 20th…
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Blind Contour Drawing
There is a simple yet powerful little exercise that artists of all ages can adopt to help train their eyes. It is called blind contour drawing and it’s fantastic. All you need is paper and a pencil or pen (or marker or your finger dipped in pudding- anything that makes a mark.) Directions: Look at…
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Cool Bubble Geometry Drawing Adapted From a Kids’ Project
Kids shouldn’t get to have all the fun, especially when they tend to intentionally wipe their runny noses on your sleeve and ask for candy every 10 minutes all day long. Parents should get all the fun. Parents should raid the kids’ blogs and do all the fun things we find there, and then we should…
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Popsicle Stick Art – Trace ‘Em!
Popsicle sticks are a classic kid craft material. There’s something about these little wooden thingies that makes them impossible to use simply as frozen-treat-spines. I tried my hand at bending them to my will in this chalkboard drink tags post, but then they sat dormant in a plastic box for a while. I’m not really sure…
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Preschool Art Project: Mixed Media
Here we are with a preschool art project- completely open-ended, really rather messy, and totally captivating. I pulled out some random materials and Beckett dictated what he would make, what my role was in the process (I was designated tape-ripper), and just how long he would stay interested in it. We love this weird blue…
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Sharpie Shoes
When I was strutting around Target the other day with my main man Beckett, I spied something that stopped me dead in my tracks. A whole bunch of boxes of white canvas Converse All-Stars, right next to packages of Sharpie fabric markers! This is some brilliant marketing I must say. I’m just surprised this setup…
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DIY Temporary Tattoos
What kid doesn’t like to completely plaster their body with awesome tattoos? They’re fun, expressive, and disappear in a few days. Unless you’re letting your kids get the real thing… Did you know about this tattoo paper? It’s such a good idea- you can turn your kids’ drawings into their very own body art. I…
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Blue-Mania: 5 Kids Crafts Exploring the Color Blue
Hey, all! I have a lovely guest-poster today who will give you ideas for exploring the color blue with your kiddos. It’s fun to focus on different shades of one color to explore its lighter and darker versions, which is a great introduction to learning about tints and shades. In any event, please welcome Kelly…
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Color Wheel For Kids: Make A Cool Clock
I’ve been wanting to do a color wheel for kids project. I’ve also been wanting to do a clock project for a long time. In fact, we have a few different sets of clock hands and an old Ikea clock floating around the house, but I didn’t get truly motivated until I found a blank…
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2 Leaf Art Projects For Young Kids
We got all leafy up in here, since they’re starting to fall all over our yard and all. Every year I forget how beautiful they are until we pick some up and look closely. Now is a good time to celebrate fall leaves with leaf art projects. I was inspired, so I came up with…
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How To Draw Cool Letters: Kids Do Typography
Do your kids know how to draw cool letters? I love exposing kids to design concepts. They’re aware of design, they like cool things, they are attracted to good design. Yet somehow, I think most kids probably don’t talk about design concepts all that much. Maybe I’m wrong. When we’re all sleeping, perhaps our kids…
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5 Easy Art Projects: Folded Paper Marker Drawings
Welcome to the first day of 5 days in a row of easy art projects for kids! I’m so excited, because easy art projects are my favorites. There’s always a place and benefit for longer, more involved projects, but I tend to have no attention span like many children, so I can understand the appeal…