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Kindergarten Painting & Drawing Activities

Kindergarteners are naturally creative and expressive, with lots of big new feelings to process. Give them an outlet with these kindergarten painting and drawing activities. Bringing structure to art time ensures kids get the most of their experience using paints, brushes and even unconventional materials like shaving cream and sponges.

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Kindergarten

Painting & Drawing

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Kindergarten

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Make Your Own Maccabee Shield

Make Your Own Maccabee Shield

Your kindergartener will be delighted to refine his motor and conceptual skills as he creates his own Maccabee shield in honor of the Maccabee revolt.

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Create a Portrait

Create a Portrait

Express the love that you share with your child this Valentine's Day by creating unique "me and you" portraits together!

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Wham! Bam! Kapow!: Cartoon Storytelling

Wham! Bam! Kapow!: Cartoon Storytelling

Challenge your kindergartener to a whole new method of storytelling, and improve his fine motor skills in the process.

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Heart Man

This Valentine's Day, spend a couple of hours with your child constructing a colorful, spring-limbed "heart man"!

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Make Andy Warhol-Inspired Prints

Make Andy Warhol-Inspired Prints

Introduce your kindergartener to some art history by showing him how to create an everyday object print, Andy Warhol-style.

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Winter Picture

With a few strokes of white paint, kids can transform an old family photograph into a lovely winter scene in this kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

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Make a Handprint Butterfly

Make a Handprint Butterfly

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

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Blarney Stone

Celebrate Irish history and culture this St. Patrick's Day by making a miniature version of the Blarney Stone!

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Potato Stamp

Watch your first grader marvel at how fun and simple it is to turn ordinary potatoes into custom shamrock stamps.

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Make an Abstract Tea Leaf Painting

Make an Abstract Tea Leaf Painting

Most people throw out soaked tea bags after use, but artists know a secret--tea bags can be a great medium for creating one-of-a-kind modern art.

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Make an Oil Sun Catcher

Make an Oil Sun Catcher

Make an eye catching sun catcher with your child that not only brightens any window but also builds his fine motor skills and creativity.

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Fruit and Vegetable Prints

Fruit and Vegetable Prints

Your kindergartener will make prints of his favorite fruits and vegetables and learn how to organize and assemble his very own book.

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Cardboard Playhouse

Cardboard Playhouse

Playhouses can be expensive, and they take up so much space. Why not make your own collapsible playhouse instead?

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Paint a Cornucopia Still Life!

Paint a Cornucopia Still Life!

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

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Make a Mixed-Up Turkey Collage

Make a Mixed-Up Turkey Collage

This unexpected art project is sure to result in a Picasso-esque jumble of imagination that will teach your kid about shapes, colors, and abstract form!

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Create a Picasso-Inspired Santa

Create a Picasso-Inspired Santa

This Christmas collage lets your child learn shapes, cubist art of Picasso and have fun during the holidays!

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Candy Wrapper Collage

Candy Wrapper Collage

This candy wrapper collage is a cool upcycled craft for after Halloween. Make this candy wrapper collage with all of your leftover candy wrappers.

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Make Rudolph Treat Cups

Make Rudolph Treat Cups

These handmade Christmas treat cups are perfect for house parties, school celebrations, and holiday bake sales.

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How to Make a Cowboy Vest

How to Make a Cowboy Vest

Have your little cowpoke design and decorate a vest that's perfect for combating the elements on the harsh Western plains.

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Animals on a Farm: Paper Cut-Outs!

Animals on a Farm: Paper Cut-Outs!

This fun and easy activity encourages the skill of overlapping objects, while your child gets to draw his own farm and color in clip art farm animals!

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Tactile Masterpiece

Tactile Masterpiece

Collect a bag of treasures on a nature walk and use them to create a sensational tactile masterpiece!

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Make a Paper Plate Porthole

Make a Paper Plate Porthole

Ignite your kindergartener's love of adventure and learning with an imaginary trip under the sea.

Kindergarten

Science

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100th Day of School "Tree of Me"

100th Day of School "Tree of Me"

Put your individual fingerprint on the 100th Day of School (literally!) with this activity.

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Handprint Spider

Handprint Spider

All your preschooler needs to create a personalized Halloween memento is her two hands and some black paint.

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Make Your Own Glitter

Make Your Own Glitter

Make homemade glitter to add glamor and glitz to art projects galore.

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