Art ideas

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

  • 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…

  • Easter potato stamp art

    Potato stamp art is so much fun! Today we’re sharing how to make simple potato stamp bunnies and chicks for Easter or Spring. You can create wall art with your potato stamping, turn them into Easter cards or even handmade gift wrap. So cute, and easy enough for all age groups too. *This Easter art…

  • Rainbow Rolling Pin Art

    Get arty with this colourful rainbow rolling pin art idea! This is a fun process art activity for kids that gives you gorgeous rainbow prints. It would also make a fun collaborative project because it helps to have a second person to hold the paper. You might also like our Solar System Art  Process art…

  • Tulip Scrape Art

    These colourful scrape-painted tulips are pretty and super simple to make—can’t beat that! The finished blooms are large, so they make eye-catching “wall flower” decorations for Spring.  They’re the first in a Spring flower series we’ll be sharing here over the coming weeks.  You can get the full set of scrape art flower templates in…