4 – ICE PAINTING for babies and toddlers is a sensory delight they’re sure to love. How wonderful to explore temperature and melting while creating too. (Be careful to avoid ice burns!)
Craft Activities & Kits for 10 Year Olds
Creativity is a gift to be nurtured! That’s why at MindWare you’ll find a vast collection of arts and crafts for kids. In fact, we have over 125 different crafts for kids ages 10 and up. There’s something to catch everyone’s attention! Kids can create their own quilts, pillows, scarves and friendship bracelets with our sewing and weaving craft kits. Create comic books or high fashion with drawing plates to fit their interests. Plus, there are magic sets and monster trucks to be tricked-out too.
Your kids will be entertained for hours as they create their own crafty treasures. Kids can make their own pottery creations with the Pottery Wheel for Beginners. This foot pedal-operated, dual speed and dual direction pottery wheel with air-dry clay, sculpting and cutting tools, plus paints, is the perfect start for budding artists. If your kid’s favorite part is painting the ceramics, we’ve got the craft kits for you! Kids can paint their own bowls, vases, tea sets, plates and more for hours of artistic expression.
Have a child interested in working in wood? The 4-in-1 Cool Tool Workshop let’s young carpenters create and build real wooden projects using this combination drill press, jigsaw, sander and lathe. This wood working equipment performs like the real thing, but with rigorous safety standards built in for beginning artists.
My Friendship Bracelet Maker is a great craft kit for 10-year-olds who love to wear and exchange bracelets. This carefully designed kit helps kids create colorful woven bracelets, improving manual dexterity as well as creative design, and even has storage for the thread. Add to this the Make Clay Charms kit and your kids will have the most customized friendship bracelets around. This kit includes clay for making darling charms . cookies, puppies, penguins, cupcakes . their imagination is the limit for these irresistible designs.
The Deluxe Magic Set has great illusions for your budding magician to learn. From the Vanishing Coin Trick to The Great Escape, this kit comes with everything they’ll need, including a magic wand, for hours of imaginative play. Magic Sets are great for strengthening logical reasoning and problem solving skills while entertaining the whole family.
The Fashion Design Studio lets kids craft their own fashion outfits by mixing and matching the embossed rubbing plates. There are additional plate sets including; sports outfits, high fashion and super heroes – for creating their own comic books. For the kids who really are into designing and sewing the Beginner’s Sewing Machine is perfect. With plenty of safety features, this is the perfect way to get your 10-year-old involved in sewing things for themselves.
But that’s really just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to crafts for ten-year-olds. You’ll find craft kits that include: Monster Truck Custom Shop design kit, Make Your Own Play Masks, String Art Kit, a Face Painting Kit, Rug Hooking Kit, Pot Holder Loom Kit, and so much more!
10 Art activities to do with kids
Life of Colour paint pens are suitable for all ages, from toddlers to adults! We have been asked about some activities that are suitable for the younger Life of Colour artists and you will be pleasantly surprised with all the ideas that we have come across to get them started.
Life of Colour acrylic paint pens can be used in everyday crafts in place of your kids paint supplies as well as many other resources such as- texta’s, pencils, crayons and permanent markers.
We are huge fans of Life of Colour paint markers in this house using them for assorted reasons everyday!
This blog contains some awesome activities shared by our art group community along with other ideas we thought we would share with you.
Fluro photo colouring and collage
Children love to see themselves in a photograph and we have a really fun activity for them to enjoy . Print some black and white copies of family photos and provide the children with a set of Life of colour Fluro paint pens and ask them to colour them in! It will not only keep them entertained but they will enjoy a good giggle giving each other new funky hair dos and clothes.
You don’t have the Fluros yet? Worry not, you can get them here
Scrapbooking art
Photo and artwork courtesy of Vee Lawry
Following on from our Fluro photo art is a great suggestion of scrapbook art coming from a member of our Life of Colour art group member Vee Lawry.
Provide children with a set of Life of Colour paint markers, a scrapbook and a selection of photographs for them to create a unique memory book. Books like these also make the perfect gift for a loved one!
Rock dot painting
Photo and artwork courtesy of Kellz Dixon
Life of colour acrylic paint pens are a perfect dotting tool so why not encourage your children to give dot art a whirl.
Simply draw an animal shape in dots for them to fill in. Make sure you assist the children in priming the pens before use.
If you need simple animals ideas, you can download a printable set of aussie animals, including kangaroos, koala, wombat, kookaburra, emu, frilled lizard, echidna and glider.
Colouring in pages
Nowadays you can purchase some top quality colouring books that have the perfect resource for guiding children to create magnificent images.
I find that adult colouring books are also suitable for kids to use as well. There are many benefits of sitting down and focusing on colouring an image such as relieving stress and anxiety, relaxing the amygdala (fear center of the brain), improving fine motor skills, vision focus and improving sleep.
Wooden spoon stories and nursery rhyme sets
Photo and artwork courtesy of Gemma Jones
Wooden spoons can be bought cheaply to create sets of stories (like story stones) and nursery rhymes. Provide children with books or images correlating with the chosen theme in order for them to use pictures as a guide to paint their spoon set. As you can see in the photograph above Gemma Jones painted the Wombat stew story and provided children with extra resources to enable them to make their own “stew”.
Nursery rhymes such as Five little ducks, Speckled frogs and Old MacDonald would make effective spoon sets that the children could paint too!
Wood craft creations and paddle pop art
Remember making paddle pop stick houses and peg people? Paint pens can be used to transform wood creations into brightly coloured art.
Life of Colour paint pens can be the perfect mess-free partner for wood crafts for kids, making sure the play time is a mess free painting experience! Get your paint pens and wood slices together in our handy crafty wood bundle.
Fun coloured pencil cases
I often see plain coloured pencil cases which I think would be perfect for children to give life to with their Life of Colour paint markers.
Alternatively you could recycle an old piece of material and allow the children to paint a swirl patterned design which could be sewn into a simple envelope pencil case.
To start off the pencil case cut out a rectangular shape with a triangular shape at one end. Decorate and then run a seam around all of the edges. Turn the material onto the reverse side and fold into an envelope shape- sew the two side edges to retain the envelope shape.
Turn the pencil case inside out so that the printed material is now facing out and attach a press stud at the point of the triangle. My son and I sewed our pencil case together and once it was complete he turned to me and said “I’m proud of you for making that!” (real tear jerking moment together)
Rock tutorials
There are many rock and drawing tutorials that show simple steps to follow to create an image and depending upon the age group will determine the level of difficulty that can be achieved. You can encourage drawing skill development by providing children with step by step tutorials which is a sound foundation for painting and artistry in general.
Some of the benefits of rock painting for children include teaching the concept of “sharing is caring”, supporting their creative outlets, learning new age-appropriate artistic techniques, improve abilities to follow step by step instructions and be patient. The list really is endless! Read more about the benefits of rock painting for children and follow these easy rock painting ideas for kids.
Colouring in images on paper and rocks
Step by step rock painting tutorials may be too complicated for younger artists to follow however you could assist them by completing character outlines for them to use as a colouring in! Try to position key points of the character such as body shape and stance, eyes and mouth to allow for a good starting point for them. Images from colouring in books can be a good guide to get your base character looking accurate.
Shape tracing and geometric art
Photo and artwork courtesy of Petra Berndorff
Learning about shapes and geometric patterns is a valuable lesson for children’s development and it is so much more fun when you can create a hands on activity to do so.
Children need to be provided with the opportunity to create and explore shapes to learn what shapes look like and how to make them.
So why not provide a few rocks with various shapes in black and white for the children to colour. The shapes you use could be basic or more complex (similar to the art provided by Petra) depending on the level of fine motor skills the children have.
Alternatively you could provide various shapes for your children to trace around to reproduce the images onto rocks.
Here’s some more crafty suggestions for you and your young artists to enjoy-
- Book covers
- Life of Colour stencils on paper and rocks
- Personalised plates
- Contact paper suncatchers
- Crepe paper or material butterflies
- Drawing on old toys, such as cars, jungle animals or dinosaurs to revamp colours
- Observational drawing using magazines for prompts
- Art journaling
- Challenge drawings
- Dioramas and school projects
- Make your own stickers from mailing labels
- DIY cartoons and comic books
- Colour wooden craft sticks
- Scribble drawings
All of our products can be easily purchased online and conveniently delivered to your door, there are assorted payment options available such as Afterpay and orders within Australia are free with a mere $6 fee for New Zealand orders.
Life of Colour is all about creating art together and making lifelong memories, we encourage using our good quality art products that are portable and empower art lovers to be creative anytime, anywhere with minimal set-up and mess!
Painting Activities For Babies
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It’s never too early to start introducing creative activities to children. Here are 12 fun process art painting activities especially for babies and toddlers. Each easy art idea will allow your young artists to interact with paint in a multitude of different ways.
Some of these activities are super messy fun, stimulating all of the senses and some are mess-free for those times when you need it clean and easy!
Each baby art idea will allow your baby or toddler to explore, experiment and create in their own unique way!
You can check out all our other favourite painting ideas here too.
Introducing your child to art and craft activities from the get go, is a wonderful way to help nurture their creativity and a life long long of art.
You know your baby or toddler best so please take care to judge which activities will work well and safely for you and your child.
Whether you are looking for something small scale or big, messy or clean, you’re sure to find an easy art idea to suit your needs in this fun range of painting activities for babies and toddlers.
What is Process Art?
Process art is a term used to describe open ending art activities. Here the focus is on the process rather than on a finished product.
For example, we are not asking or expecting children to create a particular finished product, or even a finished product at all!
Instead we are providing them with the equipment and tools for them to explore and experiment in their own unique way.
With process art the child takes the lead and the enjoyment, experimentation and learning each child gains from the experience will be unique to them.
As a teacher I always loved providing my young students with open ended process art experiences. It’s amazing how the same art supplies can be used in different ways by different children.
You might want to take a look at our wonderful hands-on Painting with Nature activity. It gives lots of examples of how children can approach things in different ways and the wonderfully empowering experience this can be for them.
12 Fun Painting Activities For Babies And Toddlers
1 – MESS FREE ZIP LOCK PAINTING is a great art activity to stimulate baby’s sense of touch and sight and they can enjoy watching all the wonderful colours merge, mix and change.
2 – CLING FILM ART is another mess free painting activity for babies that allows children to really experience the movement of paint and listen carefully and you might hear some lovely squelchy noises too!
3 – GROSS MOTOR ART is great for babies and toddlers that are up on their feet. This activity encourages them to go big and experience paint with large body movements.
4 – ICE PAINTING for babies and toddlers is a sensory delight they’re sure to love. How wonderful to explore temperature and melting while creating too. (Be careful to avoid ice burns!)
5 – SPLAT PAINTING doesn’t need much explanation! Be prepared for mess and let your babies and toddlers have fun. You could consider doing this activity in the bath tub to make cleaning up super easy.
6 – PAPER PLATE ART is a super floor based activity for baby that encourages them to move around developing both fine and gross motor skills.
7 – BUBBLE WRAP PAINTING can be done as a finger painting activity or with tools like brushes and rollers. Children will love exploring paint and texture together.
8 – SWATTER PAINTING is a fun painting activity for babies and toddlers using you guessed it, a swatter! Kids will delight in the splatters, splashes and sounds of this art experience. For babies not yet on their feet you could offer this as a floor activity too.
9 – SPONGE PAINTING is a fun alternative to painting with brushes. Children can enjoy exploring both sides of the sponge and smearing and rubbing the sponge to mix colours and create different textures. Add some watered down paint and kids can squeeze and see the paint drip and splatter too.
10 – LIGHT TABLE PAINTING really gives those colors a zing and luminosity kids will love. This mess free painting activity for babies allows them to really explore colour mixing.
11 – WINDOW PAINTING is another great mess free art activity that brings the colours to life through the use of light. A great alternative to using a light table.
12 – BALL PAINTING is great fun for kids and encourages lots of gross motor skills as they tip, turn and roll the balls around in the paint. In this article I refer to marbles but for young children I would use larger safe sized balls instead but the method is otherwise the same.
I hope you’ll feel inspired to explore this great range of painting activities for babies and toddlers. It is wonderful to give even the very young opportunities to experiment with colours and textures and to create.
I love that all of these painting activities for babies are process art techniques that focus on the experience of doing rather than the outcome of a finished piece.
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