Art ideas

We love getting arty! Here are some fun art ideas to get your kids’ creativity flowing.

  • Pet Crafts for Kids

    Kids can print and create their favourite pet crafts with this value bundle of printable templates! There are cats, dogs, guinea pigs, budgies and goldfish to make. Get the templates here We love our pets! Life would suck without them. That’s why I decided to create a printable pack especially for pet-lovers. What’s your favourite…

  • Lint Roller Painting

    Here’s a quirky but simple art idea you probably haven’t tried yet—Lint Roller Painting! Like all process art, lint roller painting is a fun way to experiment just for the fun of it. You might also like our Flower Scrape Art Let’s take a second to appreciate one of the coolest inventions of the 20th…

  • Scrape Painted Flowers

    Create a garden of Scrape Painted Flowers with this fun arty/crafty activity. This template bundle includes four flowers to create from a sheet of dry process scrape art: A rose, a tulip, a cosmos flower and a pansy.  Get the template here There’s nothing quite so satisfying as scraping paint across a page just for…

  • Easter Positive Negative Art

    Create gorgeous Easter Positive Negative Art with doodle art patterns and our printable template. This is a fun, creative Easter art idea for anyone aged 8+. You don’t need to be a kid—teens and adults love doodling too! This project explores the concept of positive/negative space in a fun, hands-on way. Get the template here…

  • Pansy Flower Craft

    Create a gorgeous Pansy Flower Craft to decorate for Spring with an easy scrape painting technique and our latest template. This is the fourth and final craft in our Flower Scrape Art series. It’s suitable for kids aged 6+.  Get the template here What’s your favourite flower? I confess that mine are tulips, with roses…

  • Spinning Egg Decoration

    Here’s a fun Spinning Egg Decoration to make for Easter.  Hang your finished 3D paper egg somewhere it can catch the breeze to see it spin. This printable Easter craft is suitable for kids aged 6 and up—there is no upper age limit and adults enjoy pattern art too! Get the template here Eggs are…

  • Cosmos Scrape Art

    Make some colourful Cosmos Scrape Art! These big, bold, scrape-painted flowers are going to make a lovely addition to your wall flower garden. This activity is part 3 in our Spring Flower Art series, where we’re combining process art with cut-and-paste into a finished craft. Get the template here OK, so scrape art is kind…

  • Rose Scrape Art

    Rose Scrape Art is a gorgeous Spring craft that combines arty fun with cut-and-paste papercraft. These flowers look fancy but are very quick and easy to make! Age suggestion is 6 and over (you don’t have to be a kid!), but younger kids could also make a rose with some adult help. The finished blooms…