ART & CREATIVITY
Art with Mati and Dada
Grades K-5 | Start a great journey and discover the famous works of Giotto, Van Gogh, Leonardo Da Vinci, of the Italian Renaissance, the French Impressionism, and many others.
The Art Assignment (PBS)
Grades 6-12 | Weekly PBS Digital Studios production that explores art and art history through the lens of things happening today.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Grades K-12 | Lesson plans, teacher guides and student activities in history and social studies, literature and language arts, foreign languages, arts, and culture.
Google Arts & Culture
Grades 6-12 | Online platform through which the public can access high-resolution images of artworks from partner museums.
Grades K-5 | Start a great journey and discover the famous works of Giotto, Van Gogh, Leonardo Da Vinci, of the Italian Renaissance, the French Impressionism, and many others.
The Art Assignment (PBS)
Grades 6-12 | Weekly PBS Digital Studios production that explores art and art history through the lens of things happening today.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Grades K-12 | Lesson plans, teacher guides and student activities in history and social studies, literature and language arts, foreign languages, arts, and culture.
Google Arts & Culture
Grades 6-12 | Online platform through which the public can access high-resolution images of artworks from partner museums.
Disney
Elementary| Coloring pages of all your favorite Disney characters, shows and film.
Doodle Art Alley
All Ages | Doodle activities, coloring pages and activity books.
Just Color Adults & Just Color Kids
All Ages | Coloring pages of famous characters, movies, anime, video games and more.
National Geographic
All Ages | Coloring pages and "Draw Something" missions related to various science and social studies topics.
PBS Kids
Ages 2-8 | Coloring pages, printables, crafts, experiments, games, apps, recipes, etc featuring your favorite PDS characters.
Printable Worksheets for Kids
Elementary | Coloring pages, educational worksheets, on-paper crafts, and more to entertain your kids on those days when they just need to stay indoors! Thank you for sending this resource Megan, art enthusiast and student volunteer for Booklicious!
Super Coloring
All Ages | Coloring pages by subject, such as astronomy and space, alphabet and letters, history and more.
Elementary| Coloring pages of all your favorite Disney characters, shows and film.
Doodle Art Alley
All Ages | Doodle activities, coloring pages and activity books.
Just Color Adults & Just Color Kids
All Ages | Coloring pages of famous characters, movies, anime, video games and more.
National Geographic
All Ages | Coloring pages and "Draw Something" missions related to various science and social studies topics.
PBS Kids
Ages 2-8 | Coloring pages, printables, crafts, experiments, games, apps, recipes, etc featuring your favorite PDS characters.
Printable Worksheets for Kids
Elementary | Coloring pages, educational worksheets, on-paper crafts, and more to entertain your kids on those days when they just need to stay indoors! Thank you for sending this resource Megan, art enthusiast and student volunteer for Booklicious!
Super Coloring
All Ages | Coloring pages by subject, such as astronomy and space, alphabet and letters, history and more.
Art Bar: Raising Creative Thinkers
All Ages | Art ideas for the whole family - process, recycled, and nature art; toddler to teen crafts; sensory play; artist studies. A few simple art materials, a table, and a parent or teacher who is willing to let go of expectations, is all that a child needs to become a lifelong creative thinker.
The Artful Parent
All Ages | Easy and fun children's art, seasonal crafts and family fun activities.
Burchfield Penney Art Center
All Ages | Online programs posted each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday with activities for the whole family including home-education projects, conversations about our exhibitions and collections, artist interviews and more. Click the 'Activities' tab for a regularly updated list of at-home activities and art projects for kids and families.
Crafts on Sea
Toddlers - Elementary | Simple seasonal crafts and activities for young children using basic supplies or items from nature.
Crafty Hands
All Ages | A big shout-out to Boy Scout, Will S., who is working hard to earn his Art badge. Thanks for sharing this list of activities, projects, crafts, printables, and activities to keep any art-lover busy and proud!
Crayola Crafts
All Ages | Browse a wide collection of crafts by tool, occasion and age.
Exploration of the Day
All Ages | Daily scavenger hunt, drawing, and photo collage ideas that can all be done from the comfort of your home.
Free Arts and Crafts Resources for Home Learning
All Ages | Thank you to our readers - Darian and Alanna - for sending this link to a list of resources for interactive art games and activities, projects and crafts, drawing and painting, and more!
Free Forest School: Everyday Outside Inspirations
Young Children | A weekly set of nature-based activity ideas for outdoor play and exploration. 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
Imagine Childhood
All Ages | Nature-based crafts, projects and activities that support children in experiencing the world through their own eyes, ears, fingers, and toes. Organized into categories with quick image references.
Lulus: Fun Fashion Activities
Ages 5 to 105 | Thank you to readers - Stella and Nessa - for sharing this list of fun fashion activities! Whether you choose to knit, crochet, sew, quilt, or make your own jewelry, there are plenty of ways you can indulge your creative side
Mr Printable
Preschool and Elementary | Enjoy a ton of fresh ideas for preschool learning, kids activities, kids crafts, party printables, holiday fun and DIYs for kids room decorations.
One Little Project
Preschool - 5th Grade | Super fun, easy, colorful and low mess crafts for kids.*
Red Ted Art
All Ages | YouTube channel featuring easy to follow crafts and project ideas.
Scavenger Hunts by Primary Play
All Ages | A huge variety of FREE scavenger hunts you can download such as Outdoors, Easter, Books, Math, Shapes. Visit the Primary Play Facebook page for more ideas and fun!
Sparkle Blog
Ages 2-10 | A roundup of charming and magical crafts, recipes and games for engaging creatively with young kids.*
All Ages | Art ideas for the whole family - process, recycled, and nature art; toddler to teen crafts; sensory play; artist studies. A few simple art materials, a table, and a parent or teacher who is willing to let go of expectations, is all that a child needs to become a lifelong creative thinker.
The Artful Parent
All Ages | Easy and fun children's art, seasonal crafts and family fun activities.
Burchfield Penney Art Center
All Ages | Online programs posted each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday with activities for the whole family including home-education projects, conversations about our exhibitions and collections, artist interviews and more. Click the 'Activities' tab for a regularly updated list of at-home activities and art projects for kids and families.
Crafts on Sea
Toddlers - Elementary | Simple seasonal crafts and activities for young children using basic supplies or items from nature.
Crafty Hands
All Ages | A big shout-out to Boy Scout, Will S., who is working hard to earn his Art badge. Thanks for sharing this list of activities, projects, crafts, printables, and activities to keep any art-lover busy and proud!
Crayola Crafts
All Ages | Browse a wide collection of crafts by tool, occasion and age.
Exploration of the Day
All Ages | Daily scavenger hunt, drawing, and photo collage ideas that can all be done from the comfort of your home.
Free Arts and Crafts Resources for Home Learning
All Ages | Thank you to our readers - Darian and Alanna - for sending this link to a list of resources for interactive art games and activities, projects and crafts, drawing and painting, and more!
Free Forest School: Everyday Outside Inspirations
Young Children | A weekly set of nature-based activity ideas for outdoor play and exploration. 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
Imagine Childhood
All Ages | Nature-based crafts, projects and activities that support children in experiencing the world through their own eyes, ears, fingers, and toes. Organized into categories with quick image references.
Lulus: Fun Fashion Activities
Ages 5 to 105 | Thank you to readers - Stella and Nessa - for sharing this list of fun fashion activities! Whether you choose to knit, crochet, sew, quilt, or make your own jewelry, there are plenty of ways you can indulge your creative side
Mr Printable
Preschool and Elementary | Enjoy a ton of fresh ideas for preschool learning, kids activities, kids crafts, party printables, holiday fun and DIYs for kids room decorations.
One Little Project
Preschool - 5th Grade | Super fun, easy, colorful and low mess crafts for kids.*
Red Ted Art
All Ages | YouTube channel featuring easy to follow crafts and project ideas.
Scavenger Hunts by Primary Play
All Ages | A huge variety of FREE scavenger hunts you can download such as Outdoors, Easter, Books, Math, Shapes. Visit the Primary Play Facebook page for more ideas and fun!
Sparkle Blog
Ages 2-10 | A roundup of charming and magical crafts, recipes and games for engaging creatively with young kids.*
Art for Kids Hub
Ages 5-8+ | Video art lessons and tutorials, including painting, drawing, sculpting, cutout, origami and more.
Audubon | Learn to Draw Birds with David Sibley
Middle - Upper Ages | The simple act of drawing can change the way you look at the world—and the way you understand birds. Get started with this video series.
Cartooning Club How to Draw
All Ages | 1000+ video tutorials to improve your cartoon drawing skills.
Creative Blog - How to Draw
Upper Ages | Tutorials to teach you how to draw and to sharpen the skills of artists, and budding artists, of all levels and abilities. An extensive collection of how to draw tutorials, covering everything from parts of the human body, to animals, flowers and the environment split into three different themes - animals, people, nature.
Draw Every Day with JKK
Middle & High School | Jarrett J. Krosoczka, best known for his Lunch Lady series of graphic novels, is hosting drawing sessions on his YouTube channel every day. Includes basic illustration techniques, like how to draw a face and its expressions, as well as his anecdotes about growing up as a kid who loved to draw.
Grace Lin - Drawing Tutorials & Readings
All Ages | Grace Lin is an illustrator and author of middle-grade novels and picture books. Learn how to draw a Chinese dragon and a dog starting from the numeral 5 or listen to a reading from “Mulan: Before the Sword." Lin began the reading series in part to fight the “anti-Asian rhetoric” that has come up amid coronavirus fears. “I’ve felt the need to show kids positive representations of Asian-Americans and Asian culture."
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
All Ages | Explore creative ways of writing and making with Mo Willems, author, illustrator, Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence.
Quarantine Art Club with Carson Ellis
All Ages | Illustrator Carson Ellis (“Home,” “Du Iz Tak?”) posts prompts such as “is a cat,” “wearing glasses” and “holding a golden scepter” and readers create their own art in response. Results are shared at #QuarantineArtClub.
Ages 5-8+ | Video art lessons and tutorials, including painting, drawing, sculpting, cutout, origami and more.
Audubon | Learn to Draw Birds with David Sibley
Middle - Upper Ages | The simple act of drawing can change the way you look at the world—and the way you understand birds. Get started with this video series.
Cartooning Club How to Draw
All Ages | 1000+ video tutorials to improve your cartoon drawing skills.
Creative Blog - How to Draw
Upper Ages | Tutorials to teach you how to draw and to sharpen the skills of artists, and budding artists, of all levels and abilities. An extensive collection of how to draw tutorials, covering everything from parts of the human body, to animals, flowers and the environment split into three different themes - animals, people, nature.
Draw Every Day with JKK
Middle & High School | Jarrett J. Krosoczka, best known for his Lunch Lady series of graphic novels, is hosting drawing sessions on his YouTube channel every day. Includes basic illustration techniques, like how to draw a face and its expressions, as well as his anecdotes about growing up as a kid who loved to draw.
Grace Lin - Drawing Tutorials & Readings
All Ages | Grace Lin is an illustrator and author of middle-grade novels and picture books. Learn how to draw a Chinese dragon and a dog starting from the numeral 5 or listen to a reading from “Mulan: Before the Sword." Lin began the reading series in part to fight the “anti-Asian rhetoric” that has come up amid coronavirus fears. “I’ve felt the need to show kids positive representations of Asian-Americans and Asian culture."
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
All Ages | Explore creative ways of writing and making with Mo Willems, author, illustrator, Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence.
Quarantine Art Club with Carson Ellis
All Ages | Illustrator Carson Ellis (“Home,” “Du Iz Tak?”) posts prompts such as “is a cat,” “wearing glasses” and “holding a golden scepter” and readers create their own art in response. Results are shared at #QuarantineArtClub.
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
All Ages | Located in Buffalo, NY, the Albright-Knox offers a range of virtual art classes and avenues for introducing kids to the art of looking and creation. Resources for families and children of all ages include art activities you can do at home, a Virtual Family Funday on the second Sunday of each month, Homeschooler Workshops, and Art Classes for Children and Teens
Arty Factory
Grades 6-12 | Offering lessons on art, design and art appreciation, this website explore a variety of drawing, painting and design techniques across a range of subjects and styles.
Highlights Kids
Ages 6-12 | Explore the many features of the popular Highlights magazine with online games, hands-on activities, kid-friendly readings and more.
Life Story Hub
All Ages | Activities that connect the old and the young through the arts.
Locust Street Art
Ages 4 to senior adult | A community art school in the Fruit Belt of Buffalo, NY providing free & low-cost art classes for any individual, especially youth, low-income and minority individuals to seriously develop the talent and skills necessary to excel in the visual arts. This channel highlights student work and posts art projects for those at home.
Met Kids
Ages 7-12 | Virtually wander the halls of Metropolitan Museum of Art and explore over 5000+ years of art in their interactive timeline and videos.
NGA Kids Art Zone
All Ages | The National Gallery of Art offers computer-based activities about art and art history, featuring a variety of art-making tools that encourage exploration and creativity.
All Ages | Located in Buffalo, NY, the Albright-Knox offers a range of virtual art classes and avenues for introducing kids to the art of looking and creation. Resources for families and children of all ages include art activities you can do at home, a Virtual Family Funday on the second Sunday of each month, Homeschooler Workshops, and Art Classes for Children and Teens
Arty Factory
Grades 6-12 | Offering lessons on art, design and art appreciation, this website explore a variety of drawing, painting and design techniques across a range of subjects and styles.
Highlights Kids
Ages 6-12 | Explore the many features of the popular Highlights magazine with online games, hands-on activities, kid-friendly readings and more.
Life Story Hub
All Ages | Activities that connect the old and the young through the arts.
Locust Street Art
Ages 4 to senior adult | A community art school in the Fruit Belt of Buffalo, NY providing free & low-cost art classes for any individual, especially youth, low-income and minority individuals to seriously develop the talent and skills necessary to excel in the visual arts. This channel highlights student work and posts art projects for those at home.
Met Kids
Ages 7-12 | Virtually wander the halls of Metropolitan Museum of Art and explore over 5000+ years of art in their interactive timeline and videos.
NGA Kids Art Zone
All Ages | The National Gallery of Art offers computer-based activities about art and art history, featuring a variety of art-making tools that encourage exploration and creativity.