Art for Kids. Summer Family-Fun Art Activities for kids of all ages to enjoy. We have step-by-step art videos with printable templates to use as a reference, to color, and to trace. Learn to draw. Enjoy free access to our summer art classes here: Free Summer Art Activities For All Ages I will draw out each project. Use your favorite art supplies. Here are some art supply recommendations: Mess-Free Art Supplies
Paint Night Fun
Parent groups everywhere are planning Cookies and Canvas and other paint nights for kids. Learn how the event works, and read tips for organizing one at your school.
by Abigail Forget and Elizabeth S. Leaver
Across the country, lots of schools are making the most of a popular paint night trend and bringing students and their families together for evenings filled with art, treats, and fun. The Partin Settlement Elementary PTO in Kissimmee, Fla., has hosted four popular Cookies and Canvas events and plans to do more.
“I was looking for something new to do,” says PTO president Stephanie Adams, who had recently gone to some fun paint nights with friends when she thought of planning a kids’ version. Another mom suggested asking Partin’s art teacher, Colleen Schmidt, to join in on the event.
“This event has become a school favorite and an event that both students and their families look forward to,” Schmidt says. Paint nights have drawn more than 70 students. (There are 950 students total at the preK-5 school.)
Before the event, Schmidt creates a sample painting that’s easy for children of all ages to replicate. The PTO buys paint through the school and goes to a discount art store for inexpensive canvases; Adams says the bigger the canvas, the easier it is for kids to paint—especially the younger children—and recommends buying canvases that are at least 9 inches by 12 inches or 16 inches. Schmidt supplies the brushes.
At the event, Schmidt paints the picture at the front of the cafeteria, with her canvas projected onto a big screen from the stage for everyone to view easily. She also walks around to help the younger children, and she quizzes students about art terminology and gives them bracelets or other small prizes provided by the PTO for guessing the correct answers.
Three or four parent volunteers who aren’t painting help by handing out paper towels and paint. Halfway through the night, they serve popcorn, milk, and juice while the background layer of the canvas dries.
The PTO charges $15 per person for entry to the event and donates 20 percent of the total to the art department.
“My favorite part of teaching this event is observing the excitement of students and their parents interacting together while creating art,” Schmidt says. “In this current digital age when many adults and children interact more with their phones, it is amazing to see that art is still a very powerful tool in bringing people together and creating a positive experience.”
A number of other schools have posted on our PTO and PTA Leaders & Volunteers Facebook group about their family paint nights. Here’s what two of them had to say.
Owls for Valentine’s Day
Coolidge Elementary in Neenah, Wis., held a Valentine’s Day-theme event, which PTO president Nikki Winiecki said was a “huge success.” About 90 children participated in painting an owl with a heart (or circle) in the center. To help the kids prepare, all flyers and other notifications that were sent home included a rendering of the owl.
Providing stencils of the owl and eyes helped make it easier for kids to sketch out their project, as did having a sample painting projected on an overhead screen. Winiecki stressed that the low-key, unrushed feel of the event was a big part of its appeal.
“We got many compliments that [parents] loved the calm and peaceful time where they could create with their child and work at their own pace,” she said. “Many took an hour to finish, some a bit more. Not many finished before the hour was up.”
A Happy Snowman
A simple winter snowman was the project at Beechview Elementary in Farmington Hills, Mich. PTA treasurer Lisa Holmes says that a mom who’s a painter facilitated the event, which drew some 80 student participants (parents supervised but didn’t do their own paintings).
Organizers prepared by having everything set up at the table; kids got their canvases when they checked in shortly before the painting started. When they were done painting, they left their canvases and dropped their brushes into plastic coffee cans. Everyone enjoyed cookies while the paintings dried.
Paint and Sip Events
Upcoming November paint and sip events. Offering Paint and Sip Paint Nights and Beachglass Craft Party events in Medina, and Kirtland. Artist at Heart offers Private Paint Parties in Northeast Ohio for adults and kids. Currently scheduling Northeast Ohio holiday parties for friends and family parties, holiday parties, birthday parties, office events, team-building events, bachelorette, birthday parties, too. We come to you anywhere with all the supplies. Canvas Painting, BeachGlass Crafts, Wine Glass Painting, Wine Bottle Painting, Wood Painting are some of the classes we offer as well as beach glass crafts. Schedule a private paint party with Denyse: 216-308-4801
Enjoy free seasonal art projects for kids. Fall has arrived along with my favorite art activities. Sunflowers, pumpkins, and scarecrows are some of my favorite autumn art projects. Learn how to draw, paint, design and color, all included inside our video vault. Each educational lesson comes with printable templates & coloring pages, use to color, trace & use as a reference. Art videos are recommended for Pre-K and older. September & October Art Activities include autumn landscapes, sunflowers, pumpkins, apples, scarecrows, spiders and spiderwebs, haunted houses and more fine art projects. You can use your favorite art supplies, crayons, markers, colored pencils, paints. A recommended supply list is provided too.
TEACHERS: Free Back To School Art Activities & Resources
Teachers, can you believe it is back to school time? Summer went by quick. Here is a free educational resource gift for all educators to use with your students. TEACHERS FREE BACK TO SCHOOL FALL ART VIDEOS & COLORING PAGES. You can use any supplies. and the videos with whole class, small groups, centers and individual use. these video are created for elementary school teachers, kindergarten through sixth grade. Students can use any supplies, pencils, crayons, markers, colored pencils, paints, even clay.
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DIY Beachglass Craft | Seaglass Art Supply Kit
Learn how to make your own diy seaglass artwork with art supplies seaglass kit. Pencils Erasers Sharpies Frame Michaels Frame Backing Board Masking Tape Glue Seaglass1 Seaglass2 Seaglass3. Sea Shells Paint Brushes Add anything else you want. Seashells, sand, branches. Create something that is personal to you. Step-by-step fun and educational art classes for all ages and abilities. Teachers. Home-School Families. Create online or in-person step-by-step art activities with Denyse, a Certified Art Teacher! Art Classes are for adults and kids! This channel is a teacher’s resource for classroom activities. Denyse provides an educational step-by-step art video that is fun and easy for kids of all ages and abilities. You can learn how to draw step-by-step with our art videos on demand. In addition, our membership has over 200 art videos in our.
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Family fun step-by-step art videos and online art classes are a great tool for kids to learn how to draw and create. Kids can use any device to watch the videos, including our art app. We have over 200 videos in our video vault. So much to do using any supplies you want. Enjoy free family access with printable templates: Free Family Access
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