This collection of painting ideas for kids will inspire fun and creativity! There are ideas for kids of all ages, seasonal projects, and holiday art, you are sure to find one (or more!) that your kids will want to try.
Below you will find painting projects that use fun and unique techniques kids will love to explore and create with. We have tried painting with q-tips, cotton balls and forks and they have all been a lot of fun to experiment with! If you are looking for just watercolor projects have a look at my watercolor painting for kids page for more fun and creative ideas kids will love!
This is a super fun painting activity! We had so much fun that the kids wanted to do it twice. Your kids will love to paint like Van Gogh using forks. Nothing says spring like seeing blooming cherry blossom trees in gorgeous shades of pink! Using cotton balls to paint with is so fun for kids of all ages. We love q-tip painting and this dragonfly craft was so fun to make! Using q-tips is a very relaxing way to paint and it’s great for working on fine motor skills. Bright green leaves on trees, light blue skies, and colorful wildflowers all come together to make this gorgeous spring trees painting! I love the texture the bundled q-tips create, it’s a great tool that makes creating this art project a breeze. This Monet water lilies art project for kids is a great way for kids to learn easy watercolor painting techniques and explore oil pastels. This field of tulips q-tip painting is such a fun art project for kids to create. If you have been lucky enough to visit a tulip festival, you will know how vibrant and colorful the endless fields of tulips are. These 5 watercolor techniques for kids are some of my favorites and are so easy for kids of all ages, even preschoolers can give these a try. They are easy to use and produce such unique and beautiful results. We love cotton ball painting. It’s such a fun painting activity for kids of all ages, both my kids love it and so do I! This orange tree painting turned out great, I love the bright green colors and the pop of orange. These easy watercolor techniques produce magical results! Using a few very simple watercolor techniques involving wet paper and salt was all it took to create these beautiful Northern Lights paintings. Learning how to draw mermaid scales on painted rocks is such a fun rock painting activity that kids and tweens will love to do! Spin painting is so fun and easy for kids of all ages! Our spin art hearts make the perfect Valentine’s Day art project and can be used in so many ways. Kids will love exploring color with watercolors and using paper hearts to create this heart art project. This is a great project for kids preschool age and up, and would make a beautiful Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day gift. We love making and giving homemade Valentine’s cards. This is a super flexible craft that can be done with paint, markers, pencil crayons or even crayons for younger kids. Making these watercolor Valentine bookmarks with a sticker resist technique was so fun! Watercolors are a great painting medium for kids to explore, there are so many fun and interesting techniques to try. We took scrape painting process art and turned it into a super fun (and messy!) bunny art project that is perfect for spring or Easter. It was fun to see the patterns that the paint made when we scraped our paper, each one turned out different. These Easter egg rocks were so easy to make and make such a fun painting project for kids! They would look beautiful as part of your Easter decor, in your garden or you could even hide them outside as part of a fun non-candy Easter egg hunt. I just love all the gorgeous spring colors that we used in this Easter egg art project! We used stickers to create a simple and fun watercolor resist technique. I love the different perspective of the bunny on an angle and looking up at the colorful Easter eggs. A great multimedia art project that will have kids painting with acrylics, using a watercolor resist technique and drawing with sharpies. This Mother’s Day card craft is a beautiful art project kids can make for their moms or grandmas for Mother’s Day. These cards use coffee filters and a fun watercolor technique to create the background. Spin painting is probably one of my kid’s favorite art activities and this Canada Day craft using spin painting was so much fun to do! We had fun using different color combinations and squeezing out the paint in different ways to try and make unique patterns. I love fall and all of the gorgeous colors that come with the season and this autumn tree painting with cotton balls is a wonderful fall craft that kids of all ages will enjoy. The cotton balls give the leaves a fluffy texture and are a fun way for kids to paint. This fall leaf painting project turned out so well! We love watercolors and the magical unexpected results that they produce and this project uses beautiful rich autumn colors. This leaf printing on rocks art project is such a fun and easy fall craft that kids will love. We used beautiful fall colors to paint our rocks and edged them in gold for an extra special touch. This is a super fun process art activity for younger kids and beyond! We decided to turn our cookie cutter prints into fall placemats and they turned out great! A full moon, spooky Halloween sky and flying bats come together to make this awesomely spooky Halloween art project! I just love how the bats pop off the paper in this painting to give it a 3D element. My daughter loved making her ghosts appear with this simple watercolor resist technique. We used bright colors for a fun, non-scary Halloween painting. Take your Halloween decor to the next level with this neon splatter paint Halloween banner! This is an easy and fun process art project that kids of all ages will love doing. This Christmas tree painting was so fun! This is a wonderful art project for kids to create and explore blending colors and using some fun techniques, like painting with q-tips, which kids will love. I love how colorful and sparkly these kid made Christmas cards turned out. Coffee filters are a fun craft supply to use because they are so versatile and using them with watercolors is a fun way for kids to explore mixing colors. This winter tree painting with cotton balls is a fun and easy winter craft that kids of all ages can enjoy. I love the fluffy snow texture that the cotton balls create on the branches and the contrast of the black branch and white snow against the blue sky. This winter scrape painting activity is so fun and a super easy process art activity that kids will have fun creating. Using a narwhal shape and icy winter colors put a new twist on one of our favorite process art activities. I love how wintery and icy these watercolor winter art paintings turned out! We used simple and fun watercolor techniques that kids of all ages can do and get amazing results. This winter hat craft might just be my favorite winter craft that we have done so far! I love the colorful designs that show through the black paint with the scratch art and the pompoms on the top add in some extra fun. These watercolor bookmarks turned out so unique and beautiful! Each one can be customized with types of stamps, choice of colors and edging details. Printmaking for kids is such a great process art activity, it gives kids a chance to explore different textures, colors, and patterns. Kids of all ages will be engaged with this project. Creative Painting Ideas for Kids
Paint a Stunning Van Gogh Masterpiece Using Forks
Cherry Blossom Painting with Cotton Balls
Colorful Q-tip Painted Dragonfly Craft
Easy Spring Trees Painting with Bundled Q-Tips
Monet Water Lilies Art Project for Kids
Field of Tulips Q-tip Painting
5 Easy Watercolor Techniques for Kids That Produce Fantastic Results
Orange Tree Cotton Ball Painting
Northern Lights Watercolor Painting for Kids
How to Draw Mermaid Scales on Painted Rocks
Easy Heart Spin Painting for Valentine's Day
Mixed Media Heart Art Project for Kids
Donut Cards for Valentine's Day with Free Printable
Sticker Resist Watercolor Valentine Bookmarks
Process Art Scrape Painting with Bunny Silhouettes
Easy Painted Easter Egg Rocks for Kids
Create Simple Watercolor Easter Egg Art with Stickers
The Cutest Easter Bunny Painting for Kids to Make
3D Flower Mother's Day Card Craft
Spin Painting Canada Day Craft
Autumn Tree Painting with Cotton Balls
Fall Leaf Painting with Watercolors & Glitter
Easy Leaf Printing on Rocks Autumn Craft
Cookie Cutter Process Art Made into Fall Placemats
Halloween Art Project with 3D Paper Bats
Watercolor Resist Surprise Ghost Painting
Neon Splatter Paint Halloween Banner with Free Printables
Mixed Media Christmas Tree Art Project
Colorful Kid Made Christmas Cards with Coffee Filters
Winter Tree Painting with Cotton Balls
Winter Scrape Painting with Narwhal Printable
Snowflake Watercolor Winter Art
Make a Colorful Winter Hat Craft with Scratch Art
Unique Watercolor Bookmarks Easy Process Art for Kids
Simple & Fun Printmaking for Kids Using Recycled Materials
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[…] Your kids will love to paint like Van Gogh using forks. Kids of all ages will have fun with this one, the younger ones will treat this as more of a process art activity(like my four-year-old did) but the results will still be awesome! If you are looking for more art projects, check out my collection of awesome painting ideas for kids. […]