Activity Craft Holidays

Rachel Withers Rachel is the Editorial Manager at The Artful Parent. She is passionate about engaging with kids through art, whether at art groups or through teaching photography at a local elementary school. Rachel lives in Portland, Maine,...

Here you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw like Floyd Norman. He was a trailblazing figure in animation history. How to Draw Like Floyd Norman Art Lesson When students try out a project that shows them how...

Anna Harpe Anna is a lifelong Midwesterner who spent time as a barista, teacher, bookstagrammer, and party planner before landing at The Artful Parent. Now she spends her days well-caffeinated, parenting two crafty kids and planning the best creative activities...

GRAB YOUR ALMA ART LESSON >> Below you’ll find a step-by-step tutorial for an easy abstract art lesson. It was inspired by the African American artist, Alma Woodsey Thomas, and her love of simple dashed lines. Alma Woodsey Thomas Art...

Valentine’s Day activities for kids including Valentine art projects, baking ideas and books for celebrating love & friendship. Updated December 2024 It’s almost February! And you know what that means, right? It’s time to start thinking about homemade valentines and...

Here you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw a side profile. Learn how to avoid the mistake of making it look too straight. Most young artists make the mistake of thinking that a profile of a face...

Andrea Martelle Andrea lives in Cumberland, Maine with her family. Previous to working at the Artful Parent, she taught Kindergarten for many years, working with English Language Learners and she also spent time teaching at a local children’s art studio. ...

Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw a Winter Landscape and a Winter Landscape Coloring Page. Winter Landscape Drawing Winter landscape drawing projects needn’t be complicated and involve lots of fancy supplies. This one is pretty...

Here are some vision board ideas and examples that span over 20 years of making vision boards. You’ll see 6 of my newer ideas in a variety of fun formats as well as some classic vision board examples. Updated December...

Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw Ice Skates and an Ice Skate Coloring Page. Drawing Ice Skates Learning how to draw an ice skate is not that hard, but it does help to see what...