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Easy Art Projects For Kids

Published on April 9, 2022

Do you love painting and creating new and different kinds of designs? Use these beautiful and unique craft ideas to make amazing paintings. I’m sure you will love them all.

Easy Art Projects For Kids

We are here with easy art projects for kids like button snowflake, paper penguin, tea art, winter art, winter sky, northern lights, winter rain, snowman, snow trees, snowy day, paper bag owl, winter painting, tree squeegee painting, beautiful painting, watercolour painting, watercolour northern lights and winter scenery.

Button Snowflakes Craft

Image Source/Tutorial: Kids’ Craft Room

Make these beautiful snowflakes with only a few buttons. It will look really pretty.

Level: Easy

Materials required:

Pop sticks
Colourful buttons
Painting colours
Brush
Glue

Procedure:

Take the pop sticks and paste them in the shape of snowflakes. Paint them in your favourite colour. You can either paint them before pasting or after pasting. Let the paint dry. Then, decorate it with buttons.

Paper Penguin Art

Image Source/Tutorial: Deep Space Sparkle

Draw this cute penguin art which is super easy for kids.

Level: Easy

Materials required:

White paper
Acrylic paint
Black
White
Blue and yellow paper
Colourful beads or stars
Glue
Scissors

Procedure:

Take the white paper and paint a colourful background. You can use as many colours as you want. Let it dry. Cut out the body of the penguin from the black and white paper. Cut the beak and paws from the yellow paper. Cut a thin ribbon from yellow paper and headphones from blue paper. Make an iceberg and paste. Paste all of them accordingly on the sheet. Decorate with beads and stars. Make some snow and you’re done.

Tea Art

Image Source/Tutorial: Cassie Stephens

Those chilly winter mornings and in that sipping hot tea. Amazing feeling, right!

Level: Easy

Materials required:

White sheet
Oil pastels
Colourful sheets
Scissors
Glue

Procedure:

Draw patterns with oil pastels on the white paper. You can draw any shape or design. Cut the cup and plate from the colored sheets and paste on the paper. Draw outlines with black colour to highlight.

Abstract Winter Art

Image Source/Tutorial: Arty Crafty Kids

Make this unique and beautiful abstract winter art and impress everyone.

Level: Easy

Materials required:

White craft paper
Acrylic paint
Scrap card
Glitter
Glue
Decorative edge scissors

Procedure:

Start by pouring a small amount of all colour acrylic paint on craft paper. Scrape the colour with the help of scrap cards all over the craft paper. Use more colour, if required. Add some glitter to give it a more vibrant look. Cut some trees from white paper with decorative edge scissors. Paste the trees on the painting. Make some black glue by mixing the black paint and glue together. Decorate the trees with black glue by creating different shapes.

Winter Sky Value

Image Source/Tutorial: Criscoart

Make this beautiful drawing of a winter night. Just mix and mix and mix different shades and you’ll get a beautiful painting.

Level: Easy

Materials required:

White craft paper
Acrylic paint
Brush

Procedure:

Take the white sheet and draw a white circle for the moon. Add different shades of blue, then purple and lastly black. Make a tree in the corner with black. Let it dry completely.

Northern Lights Winter Landscape

Image Source/Tutorial: Kathy

Aurora Borealis looks really beautiful. They look so stunning that anyone will be amazed to see them.

Level: Easy

Materials required:

Black Paper
Chalk Pastels
Oil Pastels
Pencils and erasers
Paper towels

Procedure:

Draw a line horizontally across the paper about an inch above the bottom. Draw the hills. Outline with white. Paint an area of dark blue using the side of the chalk pastel – press lightly and keep the area just above the mountains black. Show the movement of the sky by using green and blue in an upward direction. For the Aurora, use blue, yellow, red, green and purple. Create beautiful shades. You can blend it with fingers to give it a perfect look.

Winter Rain Watercolour

Image Source/Tutorial: Elementary Art Fun

Make this beautiful painting by mixing a few colours.

Level: Easy

Materials required:

Procedure:

Draw the horizon line with a white crayon. Draw ovals on the bottom part with white. Paint a rainbow on one side. Swipe a wet cloth on your paper. Now start painting with watercolours. Use colours such as blue, turquoise and black to give a natural effect. Use a straight edge for raindrops. Paint with blue first and then with black near the blue. Watch the two colours mixing. It will create a beautiful painting.

Cute Snowman

Image Source/Tutorial: Artiswhatiteach

Winters are incomplete without snowmen. Make this super cute snowman in a few minutes.

Level: Easy

Materials required:

Blue construction paper
Oil pastels

Procedure:

Start by drawing a snowman on the construction paper. Use dark blue for the shadow side and white for the other side. Colour the background to give a cool effect. Colour the cap, muffler and hands to give a complete look. You can also add some snowflakes.

Snow Trees

Image Source/Tutorial: Art with Mrs Smith

Create these beautiful trees covered with snow to give a chilly feel.

Level: Easy

Materials required:

Black craft paper
White chalk
Oval template
Tissue

Procedure:

Place the template on the craft paper. Use the side of the chalk to draw. Smear it with a tissue. Remove the template and draw a wavy line for the snow. Colour the snow. Make dotted lines for trees and draw branches. Place the picture in a box to protect the area from paint splatters.

Snowy Day Collage

Image Source/Tutorial: Krokotak

Create this beautiful snowy day collage to get that perfect chilling winter feel.

Level: Easy

Materials required:

White, blue, green, pink and purple craft paper
Black marker
Glue
Q-tip
Scissors
White paint.

Procedure:

Cut an irregular circle from purple paper and paste on the white paper. Cut three triangles from the blue, pink and green paper and paste on the white sheet as trees. Draw the stems of the trees with black marker. Make snow with paint and Q-tip.

Paper Bag Owl

Image Source/Tutorial: Mary Making

This is a quick craft with paper bags and markers. You are surely going to love this.

Level: Easy

Materials required:

Brown paper bag
Black marker
Chalk
Glue
Scissors
Newspaper

Procedure:

Draw the parts of the owl on the paper bag with black paper. Add colour to the owl with chalk. Stuff the bag with newspaper. Cut out the wings and ears from another bag and paste.

Sparkly Winter Painting

Image Source/Tutorial: Stay At Home Educator

Make this beautiful and glittery winter painting without glitters. Yes, without glitters!

Level: Easy

Materials required:

Acrylic paint
Thick art paper
Epsom salt
Glue
Paintbrush

Procedure:

Paint a beautiful background with different shades of blue and white. Let it dry. Now apply a huge amount of glue on it. Sprinkle some salt on it. Here you got the glittery effect without glitters.

Tree Squeegee Painting

Image Source/Tutorial: Hello Wonderful

Create this beautiful painting in a different way. Want to know how? Let’s see.

Level: Easy

Materials required:

Cardstock
Acrylic paint
Squeegee
Salt
Scissors

Procedure:

Put some drops of colour on the left side of the cardstock. Place the squeegee on the paint and drag the paint across the paper. Let it dry. Create the background on another paper. Paint it with acrylic paint and sprinkle some salt on it when it’s still wet. Once your squeegee paint is dried, cut some trees from it and paste it on another paper.

Easy and Beautiful Painting

Image Source/Tutorial: Art Projects For Kids

Make this very beautiful and easy painting in a few steps.

Level: Easy

Materials required:

Acrylic paint
2 white paper
Scissors, glue

Procedure:

Mix different colours and paint the white paper to create a unique background. Make a snowflake on another white paper and cut it out. Paste it on the painting.

Watercolour Northern Lights

Image Source/Tutorial: The Pinterested Parent

Make the amazingly beautiful northern lights with watercolours. It will look really really beautiful.

Level: Easy

Materials required:

Watercolours
Cardstock
Colour paper
Brush
Scissors
Glue

Procedure: Mix and blend different colours and paint the cardstock to create a colourful background. Let it dry. Cut out silhouettes of trees and paste it.

Oil Pastel and Watercolour Painting

Image Source/Tutorial: Try Crafty Kids

Create this super beautiful by mixing the two most used colours. The results will be amazing.

Level: Easy

Materials required:

Oil pastels
Watercolours
Watercolour paper
Brush

Procedure:

Draw a snowflake design with white oil pastel on the paper. Now start painting your snowflake with watercolours. Use different and softer shades to create a beautiful painting.

Beautiful Winter Scenery

Image Source/Tutorial: Kindergarten Kids At Play

Make this beautiful winter night scenery. It is very easy and beautiful.

Level: Easy

Materials required:

Oil pastels
Black construction paper
Epsom salt

Procedure:

Draw beautiful winter scenery with oil pastels. Boil water and Epsom salt together. Let it cool. Sprinkle this mixture over the painting.

So these are some of the easy and beautiful painting ideas that anyone can make without much effort. All of these crafts are simple yet amazing and will help in enhancing your creative skills.

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Image Source/Tutorial: Kids Art & Craft

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