Crafts: Drawing

  • Make A Mini Purim Costumes Clothesline!

      Yesterday's craft project at Crafting A Future, (which I did with about 20 kids total) to make a mini Purim costumes clothesline was a great success! I'm so happy to share with you some of the results, and am enjoying looking at the one that my eight year old made, now hanging in our…

  • Doodle Hearts On Purim Katan!

    Is love in the air? That can really be the only explanation for why my eight year old chose to draw hearts a few weeks ago, oblivious to the holiday celebrated on Feb. 14th, as it is generally not celebrated here, and I was not doing any heart crafting (though I would have loved to…

  • Kids Drawing Craft: What’s Inside Your House?

    I just love the sweet results of this simple drawing craft that gets kids to think about what one might see in the windows of their home or apartment building. This idea came about because a neighbor of mine is the principal at a local nursery school/kindergarten and had a bunch of packaging that had…

  • Sweet Signs Of Creativity!

    What makes a creative mom like me smile? A sweet little sign of a creative soul on behalf of my eight year old son, who rather than just writing some important phone numbers on a slip of paper, made some small works of art to put on the fridge. Even better, this was a complete…

  • Doodle Wrapping Paper Craft For Chanukah…For The Whole Family!

    Get started with chanukah crafting by spending a little time making doodle wrapping paper! Last week I shared with you my idea for some all purpose doodled message wrapping paper, though truthfully that was an after thought after I created this DIY chanukah wrapping paper craft with my kids. You see we have a ton…

  • Doodle Drawing Craft For Rosh HaShana

    Here's a fun doodle drawing craft for Rosh HaShana that's perfect for a nice range of ages, and requires only very basic supplies! I love how these apples, pomgranites and carrots look on our white sideboard, though we had originally thought of gluing magnets on the back and using them to cover the fridge. Still…

  • Drawing Exercise For Kids: Use Small Boxes To Create A City

    Here's a fantastic drawing craft that's also a recycling craft — drawing on the un-printed side (the inside) of small medicine and food packaging to create a cityscape of buildings. The results of my seven year old's efforts were so amazing that I haven't decided if I want to frame them as is, or assemble…

  • Drawing Exercise For Kids: Draw Your House On A Box

    Here's a great drawing craft for kids that is so much fun, you might even want to frame the results. I few months ago, I had a long piece of cardboard on hand and decided to cut off the two top corners and give it to my seven year old to draw on. It occurred…

  • Drawing Exercise For Kids: Stained Glass

    We have been doing lots of crafts involving drawing lately to get our drawing skills up to speed, and drawing stained glass likenesses is a fun way to get some variety into your kid's drawing exercises. You could make large involved stained glass drawings or little ones like ours, and display them on a window…

  • Drawing Exercise For Kids: A Monster In A Recyled Box!

    Here's a fun drawing craft that's fun and creative with very personal results — I'll call it monster in a box, though it could certainly be an animal or creature of any kind. We used a recycled box, drew the monster's head on the top portion and then used the bottom portion as the monster's…

  • Drawing Exercise For Kids: Drawing Faces

    Summertime is a great time to work on drawing, and I have quite a few fun exercises to share with you coming up! For starters, work on drawing faces by tracing a round object on paper and then filling it in. So much fun and with great results, don't you think? You could then cut…

  • Kid’s Drawing Project: A Drawing A Day….Or Even A Few A Week

    We are still working at developing drawing skills and the patience that one must foster to produce studied drawings. I mentioned previously the month long drawing-a-day program that Se7en introduced us to, and while we aren't drawing every day, we are drawing a few times a week, and keeping at it, which is really the…