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    Art and Craft Activities

    We love EASY art and craft projects for kids! Art activities are great ways to keep your kids busy without screens.

    Over the years we've tried so many process art projects and simple crafts and we're sharing our best ideas. Here are your go-to activities when you need something to do on a rainy day, or you need to keep the kids from drawing on the walls with permanent markers!

    Our favorites:

    • Active Art Projects
    • Math Art Projects
    • Huge Collection of Coloring Pages
    • Crafts for a Rainy Day
    • Collage of coloring pages scattered on background. Text overlay in circle reads, "mythical creature coloring pages."
      Mythical Creatures Coloring Pages
    • Coloring page with illustration of a vase of flowers.
      Vase of Flowers Coloring Page
    • Collage of laundromat-themed coloring pages and insert photo of Aunt Lilly's Laundromat book cover with text overlay, "Laundry Coloring Pages".
      Laundromat Coloring Pages
    • Three colorful spring themed bookmarks featuring flowers, bird, chick and bunny, next to a book.
      Flower Power Bookmarks Coloring Page
    • Pegasus coloring page with illustration of pegasus family of two adult and two baby pegasi flying in the sky with clouds.
      Dreamy Pegasus Coloring Page
    • Collage of winter themed coloring pages with text overlay "Winter Coloring Pages" on top of snowflake.
      Winter Coloring Pages for Snowy Afternoons
    • Coloring page of children holding hands in circle around the globe against a backdrop of stars and swirls, next to several colored pencils.
      Children Around the World Coloring Page
    • Coloring page with dancing children among flowers, partially colored in, next to several colored pencils.
      Happy Children Coloring Page
    • Play with the Arts coloring page surrounded by graphics of paint, brushes and violin.
      Play With the Arts Coloring Page
    • Sheet 4 printable bookmarks with illustration of hand reaching for an open book with text "Books are for Everyone" surrounded by tiny hearts plus cut out and colored in bookmarks next to a book.
      Books Are for Everyone Printable Bookmarks
    • Collage of painting projects with circle and text overlay, Indoor Active Art Projects
      Active Art Projects for Kids (Suitable for Indoors!)
    • Open page of art journal surrounded by watercolors, pens and pencils.
      Creative Journal Ideas for Kids
    • Collage of different coloring pages featuring rainbows.
      Rainbow Coloring Pages Collection
    • Colored in ukulele coloring page featuring woman playing ukukele and two dancing children.
      A Musical Ukulele Coloring Page
    • Passover coloring page in progress of being colored.
      Passover Coloring Page
    • Colorful pi number coloring page.
      Pi Day Coloring Page
    • Collage of valentine coloring pages.
      Valentine's Day Coloring Page Collection
    • Two colored in-birthday cake coloring pages.
      Birthday Cake Coloring Page
    • Two tangram hearts made with colorful wooden blocks and text overlay that reads, "Valentine math art."
      Valentine's Day Math Art Ideas -- Without Worksheets
    • Four images of Christmas tessellations.
      Christmas Tree Tessellations (No Printable Needed!)
    • Place setting coloring page, with items colored in.
      Place Setting Coloring Page
    • Election Day coloring page with illustration of figures on Mount Rushmore saying, "VOTE!" and two colored pencils.
      Election Day Coloring Page
    • Child's hands putting fingers in watercolor tray with art journal page of paint smears.
      12+ Ideas for Reluctant Artists (Or, What to Try When Your Kid "Hates Art")
    • Colored tape pieces randomly placed on white background.
      Tape Art Journal Page
    • Bat tessellation art in progress with one row of tessellations colored in with purple, orange, grey and green colored pencils.
      Halloween Tessellations: Spooky Math Art
    • Children's art project of a skyline created by sponge painting shapes
      Skyline Sponge Painted Art Project + Animated Book!
    • Road trip coloring page featuring road through trees and over bridge from one house to another with group of colored pencils lying next to coloring sheet.
      Road Trip Coloring Page (Visit the Grandparents!)
    • Collage of celebration themed coloring pages with text overlay, "Celebration & parade coloring pages."
      Celebration and Parade Coloring Pages
    • Collage of school themed coloring pages.
      School-Themed Coloring Pages (Printables)
    • Tips of colored pencils with text overlay, Simple Drawing Ideas for Tweens.
      5 Easy Drawing Ideas for Tweens
    • Paper ocean creature finger puppets including a rainbow colored octopus, starfish, two mermaids and a turtle.
      Ocean Creatures Finger Puppets Coloring Page
    • May flowers coloring page, colored in, with coloring pencils.
      May Flowers Coloring Page
    • Window painted in style of Mondrian art.
      Mondrian Window Art Project for Kids
    • April showers coloring page with colored pencils and blue background.
      April Showers Coloring Page
    • Colored blocks arranged in a star pattern.
      21 Math Art Projects for Kids
    • Coloring page of children dancing around the piano, alongside colored pencils.
      Music Appreciation Coloring Page
    • Lunar New Year dragon coloring page on bokeh background.
      Lunar New Year Coloring Page (Year of the Dragon!)
    • Cut out and decorated snow globe coloring page.
      Snow Globe Coloring Page and Craft
    • Pine branch decorated with three paper woven heart ornaments.
      "Unwoven" Swedish Heart Ornaments: Easy Christmas Craft
    • Gelt and dreidel
      Easy Hanukkah Paper Craft: Make Your Own Gelt!

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