Activity Craft Holidays

Find new children’s books for Christmas or revisit old favorites in our special holiday book list for kids! If you’re looking for a simple way to embrace the Christmas spirit, you’ve come to the right place! Snuggling up with a stack...

Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw a Christmas Tree and Christmas Tree Coloring Pages. Now your students have a couple of different choices! Christmas Tree Drawing If Christmas is a magical time of the year,...

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, and loves...

Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to make a Kandinsky Art Project. Combine his love of color and the subject of a fall tree and you get a fun and easy abstract collage project. Kandinsky is perhaps...

A playdough turkey is the perfect activity for a lull in the action on Thanksgiving! Set out the materials at the kids’ table for a fun Turkey Day craft!   We made this turkey themed batch of playdough for my daughter’s...

Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw a Pumpkin and Pumpkin Coloring Pages. Using both orange and yellow crayons will create an instant 3D look. How to Draw a Pumpkin Draw a Pumpkin Video Pumpkins have...

The Artful Parent has an amazing book list of Thanksgiving children’s books with titles that inspire gratitude & family closeness. Blog post by Anna Harpe & Heather Senter. Thanksgiving books aren’t just about turkeys anymore! This season is such a...

Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw a Remembrance Ribbon and a Remembrance Ribbon Coloring Page. Change color, add words or even include decorations like stars and stripes to make it your own. Drawing of Remembrance...

Try making these Halloween tissue paper lanterns for kids! Doodle designs, pictures, and zentangle patterns onto tissue paper and then glue to glass jars. Updated August 2022 This fun DIY lantern project was inspired by some super cool DIY tissue...

Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to make a Papel Picado design. This version is designed to keep all the cutting practice, but lose the guesswork about where and what students should cut. Papel Picado is a...