Summer Art Ideas for Kids




Summer is approaching, which means it is time to start to think about how to keep the kids entertained this summer. Here are some summer art ideas for kids to keep them busy this summer! Read the summer art ideas for kids below! 

summer art ideas for kids


Summer Art Ideas for Kids

  • Painting with frozen paint 

  • Sidewalk chalk and spray bottles

  • Filling balloons with paint and popping them with darts 

  • Painting with pudding or other edible paint 

  • Making collages 

  • Making a mandala with flowers 

  • Cyanotypes 

  • Drawing or painting challenges 

  • Learning to braid, sew, knit or crochet 

  • Cross-stitch

  • Learning embroidery

  • Sewing a stuffed animal or doll

  • Learning how to use the sewing machine

  • Making a quilt 

  • Making jewelry or keychains 

  • Make a birdhouse or bird feeder 

  • Make a sculpture out of recyclables 

  • Learn how to weave 

  • Make handmade paper

  • Work with air baked clay and make sculptures or beads 

  • Make a suncatcher out of tissue paper 


Summer Insect Symmetry Drawing

You can download my FREE summer insect symmetry drawing worksheets to help keep the kids busy this summer! There are symmetry drawing worksheets for bees, ladybugs and more!



Summer/Beach Theme Symmetry Drawing 

summer art ideas for kids

These symmetry drawing worksheets have 34 summer and beach themed drawings on plain paper and 34 drawings on grid paper. 

The fun summer and beach theme make it perfect for the May-July months as activities for students who finish early, symmetry art projects, or teaching symmetry in math or art lessons. Students will improve their symmetry line drawing as they can practice drawing the other half of a lined object on grid paper or for more of a challenge on blank paper.


Check out the summer symmetry drawing here for middle school!

Check out my summer symmetry drawing for primary grades!

Check out my summer symmetry for high school!






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Try my acrylic YouTube painting channel. There are lots of summer art ideas for kids like painting a mermaid tail, painting a sunset or painting a campfire! 

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Make Seed Starter Handmade Paper 

What this Product Includes:

· 15 pages of environmental activities for kids in grades 2-4

· A private video link on YouTube for how to make a seed bomb with paper

Check out the seed starters here!

summer art ideas for kids

 

Draw a donut or draw a popsicle as fun summer art ideas for kids. Use my template drawing sheets to complete these wonderful drawings of donuts or popsicles. You can complete them in any art supplies you would like!

Check out Drawing a Donut

Check out Drawing a Popsicle




I hope you enjoy these summer art ideas for kids. Here’s to keeping the kids busy this summer and more time for you to relax!





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