Preschool Painting & Drawing Activities

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... on my eight limbs and eight hearts!

Encourage your preschooler's creativity with this exciting art project! Every "scratch art" drawing is unique and colorful!

This crafty activity will help your child develop an understanding of important math concepts like patterning and spatial awareness.

Halloween is approaching, so why not create some ghost flash cards that will help your child learn their numbers the spooky way?

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

Teach your child how to create lots and lots of line designs by wrapping string around wooden blocks, and using them to create line-filled prints.

Wishing for snow? If the weather refuses to cooperate, take charge and make your own snow in this fun painting activity!

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Create a fun fall leaf rubbing with your child to explore shapes and textures this fall.

A homemade coat of arms is a great way to get your child thinking about your family's values, and it makes a fun addition to the costume box as well!

If using regular watercolors is getting a little dry, liven things up by using salt to create a beautiful painting with unique crystal texture!

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Make frog feet sponge prints with your child for a fun and educational crafts activity.

Design a fruit-inspired artwork using paints, paper plates, and real watermelon seeds in this seasonal craft project!

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

In this fun activity, frozen cubes of paint provide your preschooler with a cool new way to paint a masterpiece.

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

Improve your preschooler's knowledge of the alphabet by playing games with your own homemade wooden letters!

It's easy and fun to make puzzles, and your child can pick any design.

Bring snowy days inside by painting a winter wonderland scene using watercolors and melted snow in this preschool arts and crafts activity.

Your child will create an adorable Christmas tree from their footprint and practice counting while decorating their tree with objects of a variety of textures.

You kid can count from one to ten, no problem. They can even do it backward. Work on their addition and subtraction skills with this fun fruit picking activity.

What if your child couldn't see the pictures of a picture book? In this activity, she'll listen to a story without looking at the images, and create her own.

Learn all about Misty Copeland, a famous African American ballerina with this hands-on, colorful art project!

Find yourself waffling when your kid asks for a new winter craft? Try your hand at this textured snowman art project for a new twist on painting.

Practice color combinations with a learning tool that looks amazing — and delicious!

This toothpaste art craft encourages sensory exploration and creative play for younger kidsâjust remember to save some toothpaste for brushing!

With this fun and easy method of printing your child will draw patterns, trace them with yarn, paint and press their very own masterpieces.

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!