This giveaway has ended; thanks for your interest!
Welcome to today’s giveaway–sponsored by Artterro eco-art kits:
Description from Forrest Espinoza, founder & CEO of Artterro:
“Here at Artterro we make Eco Art Kits, and there’s nothing else quite like them! In 2008, I was shopping for a craft kit for my young sons, and noticed lots of uninspiring projects, cheap materials and wasteful packaging.
I decided to make a high-quality, eco-friendly, engaging art kit so that parents would have a convenient way to bring art into the home and have a great time as a family.
With the help of my business partner, Jennifer Conn, and the rest of our team in Madison, the Artterro line now includes 11 titles that make it easy to explore needle felting, decoupage, art journaling and more.
Each kit is assembled by hand in Wisconsin, and contains beautiful, inspiring materials.”
“This October we will be re-launching Artterro.com with even more creative gift options, like artist tools, extra materials and gift sets.
We like to provide resources along with a great shopping site, so be sure to sign up for our newsletter for DIY project ideas and art inspirations, plus special holiday promotions.
I hope you enjoy our kits as much as my family does!”
Today one lucky Simple Homeschool reader will win the following package from Artterro:
- 1 Creativity Kit
- 1 Art Dolls Kit
- 1 Canvas Book Kit
- 1 Collage Jewelry Kit (total value $102)
How to Win
This giveaway has ended; thanks for your interest!
To be entered for a chance to win, leave a comment on this post, answering this question: How old are your kids and how do you engage them with art?
(Note: This giveaway IS open internationally–yay overseas readers!)
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Special Offer
Artterro is offering all readers 20% off your order through October 1st! Just use the discount code “SH20” at checkout.
This giveaway has ended; and the winner is Jodi, who wrote: “My kids are 10, 8, 6, and 2. We read stories together and look at the pictures discussing what type of medium the illustrator used. Then we give it a whirl at home!”
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My son is 5 and I need help! We cut cardboard and that’s about it. This would be great for art challenged people like me.
I’ve got a 5 year old daughter, a 2 year old daughter, and a 7 month old son. We’ve always got a basket filled with crayons/colored pencils/markers on our schoolroom table, and lots of little notebooks for coloring or drawing. Recently my 2 year old has started cutting colored paper and gluing it to another sheet of paper – hooray for collages!
I have a 7 year old and a 1.5 year old so we run the gamut from finger painting to mural making
My kids are 9, 8, 5, and 1. I just let them be creative in their own ways. A lot of time they are making things out of trash. 🙂 This would be awesome for those of us who are creatively challenged.
17, 12, 10 are the ages of my children. We have incorporated art since the early ages from simple crafts to museum trips to art history and appreciation courses.
Our favorite way is usually by finding the art in nature because who can top THE Creator.
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I have a 5, a 3, and a 1. We do more structured projects a few times a week (with the older two) as part of homeschool, but we always have an art box available with papers and glue sticks and such.
I have 2 boys, 9 and 11 and a 3 yr old niece. We would love these as it gets harder to find cool projects with no prep time for this non art mom.
I have a 14, 11, and 9 year old. I supply lots of materials and stand back to see where their imagination takes them.
My kids are 16, 14, and 1. If they say they are bored I always encourage them to go create something. We always have paper and paints, markers, crayons, and colored pencils on the the table. Works great!
My daughter is 5 and loves art! But it’s a struggle for me. Right now I let her draw and paint, but anything beyond that I have a hard time coming up with creative opportunities for her or knowing how to engage her. Mostly I throw stuff on the table and let her explore!
My kids are 2, 4, 6, and 8. I try to help them learn basics like the shapes that make up art and imitating great art but I am really bad at just sitting down and doing a fun kids craft. These kits look great!!!
my kids love art. I try to do a formal art lesson with them once a week but they seem to do a project or two on their own each week too.
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My kids are 9, 8, 4 and 2. I try to supply them with supplies and let then run with it, unless I feel particularly inspired to teach them a specific art skill (which lately with the younger two making messes isn’t nearly as often!)
11, 9, 7
I have various supplies available to them and we do occasional “projects” together.
I have 4 kiddos (making this offer that much more special-they’d each get something unique) ages 13, 11 1/2, 10, 7 1/2. Though creative, I’m pretty thin these days with an unforeseen tight budget and eager crafters. All 4 love to create, have limitless imagination and crave all things fun and colorful. This would be SO brilliant to experience these creative elements!! Thanks for the opportunity 🙂
Hi, my kids age are 14, 10 and 9 years old.
I make arts & craft with my kids on our homeschool time i always try to find new stuff to make with them like, quilling, paint, papier mâché, gluing craft paper on books and other.
P.S. By the way, I really love your blog. 🙂
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I have a 7, 4, and 2 year old. We homeschool and have an art DVD set that we have thoroughly enjoyed. My kids always have a notebook, coloring book or something else handy to draw on and create with.
My child is 13 years old and we try to engage in art activities as much as possible. It creates special memories 🙂
My kids are 4 and 6. To engage them with art I provide as much variety as I can (not all at once) and allow them to create. Their ideas far surpass my own so it is wonderful to watch.
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We have an 8yr old daughter, 6yr old son and 1 yr old twin girls. Our kids have been inspired by Artzooka on QUBO who makes art out of items from around the house. E allow them to make a mess occasionally for the sake of art….these kits sound very interesting and would love to try them.
I have two beautiful daughters, they are 7& soon to be 5. They love love love to draw and put on plays. We get book from the library to help learn new ways and things to draw. I am thinking about doing a unit study on some artists so that they can learn about some different ways to paint and other ways to express themselves. We also like to use thing from the recycle bin to make sets to play with. Art supply’s don’t last to long in my house and they can get spenndy but it keeps them happy and using their imaginations so I try to keep things on hand.
My grandchildren are 8, 6,6, 4,4,and 2 years old. We enjoy trips to the art museum as well as finger-painting, drawing and collage work at home.
My children are 12 and 6. My children love to color and create! We have markers, crayons, paint and colored pencils on hand at all times. They would both LOVE to add more dimension to their creativity with your products !! Thank You for this opportunity it would truly be a gift 🙂
My boys are 5, 3 & 7 mo. They love to get their hands on any material and make “creations!”
My kiddos are 8, 8, 7, 4, 3, we like to sew, paint, finger knit , crochet, etc We usually do some sort of craft projects every Sunday. Thanks for the chance to win!
My kids are 2, 6 and 10. They have access to basic art supplies at all times, and usually pull them out for cutting, drawing and coloring daily. I also occasionally set up fun art projects they can all do together.
I have 4 kids: 8, 6, 2 and 6mo. We try to do at least 2-3 craft / art projects each week. This fall, we started pressing leaves and flowers and as my two older kids are infinitely more artsy & crafty than I am, they are always coming up with new ideas! These kits look awesome and I know they would have a great time with them.
Yeah! My son is 3 and I am always looking for help when it comes to art.
I home school my three kids ages 14, 10, and 7. We are always looking for fun new ideas. We would love to give this a try. Thank you for this opportunity!
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My kids are 6,8,10. We often look at paintings in books and talk about what we see. My daughter(6) loves to do crafty things but the boys…not so much. This would be perfect for her.
My children are 20, 17, 14, and 12. I engage my children in art through art galleries and museums, various websites, as well as attending art auctions. My 12-year-old loves to create (more than the others…lol) and she has an endless supply of paper and art media at her finger tips. What an awesome giveaway! Thanks for hosting!!
Hi I have an 8 and 10 year old. We currently include timelines, cut and paste, and folder games in our curriculum for art.
7,5,4,2 . We use books, crafts, paints and visit museums.
My children are 10, almost 4, and 10 months. My daughter who is 10 does all sorts of crafts finger knits, makes her own jewelry, my son loves to color, draw, use finger paint, the 10 month old daughter likes to tear paper.
My kids are 9, 6, 3, 1, and 6 weeks, and we like projects we can work on together and give as gifts!
My children are 23, 21, 18, 16, 13, 11, 8, 4 and 2 (with another due any day! 🙂 ). Starting with the oldest, we have made large paper books for them and then they have narrated their fantastic stories to us and illustrated them… We keep lots of art materials around: different kinds of paints, markers, interesting paper… We also do a lot of recycling and reuse many of the objects and transform them into art… Nature walks and nature journals…We go to art museums every month and five of the youngest take art classes every week at the art school affiliated with the museum (grandparent gift)… Art is a Huge part of our lives… 🙂 We would Love to win the art packets- they look Wonderful!!!
Oh, I am so NOT a crafty sort of person! These would be wonderful. My kids are 6, 4, 1.5, and due in February. I mostly leave art supplies accessible (hanging in a shoe bag over our pantry door!) so that they can do art when they want to.
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I have a 9 and 6 year old. We use an art curriculum during school time but we also knit, sew, and paper craft often.
My kids are 9, 7 & 3. I study art history with them and they take art classes. I’m not very crafty so these kits sound awesome. Thanks for the giveaway.
My sons are 3 and 5. We make due with what I can come up with. They have been happy with glue, construction paper, popsicle sticks and so forth, but nothing like what these kits look like. Thanks!
I have a 12 year old and an 8 year old. One loves art, the other doesn’t really care for art. These kits might help change his mind!
12, 9, 6 and we do art on Monday nights. It is a fun evening activity and doesn’t make me feel pressured to get it done during the school day.
My children are 7, 5, 3, and 1 and other than coloring and drawing art is the hardest thing for me to get inspired in. I’d love to have everything all gathered and know exactly what to do!
My children are 6, 8, 12, and 15. We create art with everything from stickers and construction paper and glitter to store-bought craft kits to computer programs to items found in the kitchen. As a homeschooling family, we also find there are many opportunities to incorporate art into just about everything we do.
My children are 5 and 7. They are both interested in different arts. My 7 year old loves play dough and mixing and combining things. My 5 year old loves putting small pieces together. I like to let them fund their passion and we explore it together!
My kids are 5, 2, and 1 and we just pulling out construction paper and markers and going to town. On more adventurous days we pull out the paints 😉
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My kids are 5, 3, and on-the-way 😉
I have a hard time figuring out how to engage them in art, even though I have always loved art–so currently they’re limited to mostly coloring in books or on open paper. I’d love to have some inspiration with these beautiful materials!
Thanks for the opportunity.
My kids are 9, 8,7,5,4 and 2. Art is a challenge for me! This is our first year homeschooling and so far we’ve done some coloring and drawing. We have some craft making, such as flower barrette/headband type projects on the agenda for the future. I’d love to have a quality art kit to help me out!
My daughter is 3.5. We paint, sculpt with play dough and clay, and make jewelry. We’re always looking for things to make stuff with!
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My kids are 11, 8 & 6 and we don’t do a lot of art (Mostly because my oldest hates it…though I keep trying :-)). I love kits like this though because it makes it easy! Excited to check these out.
My boys are 3 and 5 and we do a lot of trash/recycled art, paper bags into puppets, paint sample crafts, loads of footprint/hand print art but never a kit like this.
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My babies are 2 and 4. They LOVE art, especially painting. I wish I did more with them actually. I need to work around my dislike of huge messes. 🙂 This giveaway looks fantastic!
My kids are 5 & 7. I struggle with art projects. Luckily, we do a weekly project at our homeschool co-op!
This is our first year home schooling and so far so good… my kids are 10 years and 9 months. Its definitely a challenge lol. This would be so great to win
My daughter is 6! We do something at related everyday. It could be something simple like picking leaves and painting them and putting them to paper. She has an easel to paint on as well! We have been making puppet animals out of paper bags. One for every letter of the alphabet. We run our homeschool on a tight budget but there are tons of things you can do on a tight budget 🙂 This prize package would be a blessing to us. I know my daughter would love it very much! Thank you for the chance 🙂
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4.6.8-we do weekly art history lessons with a corresponding project. If something is really enjoyed, I can see the kids recreating it throughout the week with supplies I leave out for them.
My daughters are 8 and 10 years old. We have a shelving unit in one of our larger closets specifically designated to hold all of our art supplies and kits! They love being creative with just about anything: beads, paper, scrapbooks, paint, clay, glitter, ribbons, cardboard boxes…it’s fun to see their creations!
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Love these products! My girls are 5 and 3 and we love to look at art books and try the techniques. We often visit galleries too!
My kids are 3 and 6 and we do a lot of art, mainly drawing and making things the kids are interested in.
My kids range from preschool to high school, and they all love art.
My kids are 8, about to be 7 and 4. My 7 year old loves art so he really drives the projects for his brothers. We get out the art supplies based on what he wants to work on and then his brothers inevitably ask to join in! I’ve given these kits as gifts before. We’d love to win this!
My kids are 8 yo, 5 yo, 21 months and 7 weeks! My oldest is the artist and I sign her up for a local art class because I am so not artistic!
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My kids are 11, 9, 7, and almost 5. They I love you art projects but I’m always at a loss of what to do. This would be great.
My kids are 12, 10, and 4. I am not really good at getting art projects going. We do do some chalk pastels and pencil drawings. I need some guidance!
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My daughter is 7 and we try to connect our lessons of the day with a craft. For example, when we studied ancient Egypt, we made pyramids, and she loves Cleopatra (as Cleo loved cats, too), so we made a mask of Cleopatra and some coloring pages, too.
We do seasonal crafts, too. Pumpkin of paper mache and felt bats and ghosts.
This would be a great help for us!
My kids are 6, 4 and 2. We talk about art once a week during school time and then work on a creative project. Other than that, I have art hanging in our home and huge textbooks (I was an art history major once upon a time) that we look at and talk about. My daughter’s favorite is Van Gogh, who happens to be one of my favorites too!
My boys are 11 and 7 and we do art all the time. They draw every day. We leave crayons, pencils, and paper out where they can pick it up anytime they wants. We also have a closet filled with other arts and crafts items for them. These would be really fun projects for them to do!
My kids are 6 and almost 3. My daughter loves art projects. I try keep supplies readily available for her and she just enrolled in a homeschool art class.
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My gals are 6 and 3. They have open access to our art “studio.” I also enjoy setting up art invitations for them to find when they come down to breakfast.
we do lots of practical handcrafts and love paint!
and my kids are 9, 6, 3 and an infant
My children are 8, 11, and 15 and I have not excelled in terms of art. But, I’ve utilized the local library whenever possible and enrolles them in a community art class every now and again.
My girls are 7 and 4. We are frequent Pinterest searchers and make way too many trips to Hobby Lobby and Michaels!
My kids are 5 and 7. They love trying different art mediums.
Mine are 1 and 5 and we like painting and making noisy instruments, chalk, crayons. My 5 yr old and her dad will use dry erase crayons on the tub walls and draw for over an hour.
Hi Jamie,
Our boy-girl twins are 3 and 1/2 and they both love art. They usually start their day with painting – they are pretty serious about it and I often run out of paper. They also do a lot of drawing, cutting and gluing. We collect empty toilet paper rolls, color them and turn them into different animals. We also make bracelets and started doing some sewing. I know the children are a “bit” younger than the recommended age :), but we would still love to try these wonderful creative kits out. Have a wonderful day, Anita from Hungary
My daughter is 14 and has always loved arts and crafts. She takes 2 art classes each week and 1 craft class. She also loves sewing and is enrolled in classes there throughout the month. In addition, we visit our local craft and stamp shops (especially Hobby Lobby!) and a ceramic painting studio. She loves to scrapbook, make cards and create her own jewelry designs. Thank you for the opportunity to win!
My children are 6, 4 and 4. We paint and color and do various craft projects though I struggle with art personally and am always looking for inspiration and ideas. My children love art projects. We would love this giveaway!
My daughter is 13 and likes to do bead work and collage. I allow her to create as she sees fit and she enjoys the process which is I think what art is all about. 😉
I have five children ranging in age from 26 – 10, plus two grandchildren, aged 3 and 4. I love doing art with them, but am totally disorganized! A kit would definitely be helpful.
My girls are 7 and 4. I do a lot of papercrafting and they get all my scraps to do with what they wish. I also try and supply them with more ‘formal’ projects and crafts. My older daughter is going to make Christmas gifts for our family/extended family this year too, mostly potholders and rainbow loom bracelets. Thanks for the chance to win!
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My kiddos are 3 and 5 and they love, love, love creative projects, but I have little to no expertise in guiding them in this area. I have heard wonderful comments about these products and would love to try one.
My kids are 6.5 and just turned 10. They love art in different ways. For my 10, it is a way to relax and self soothe. We try and integrate art into our activities everyday.
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My girls are 7 & 9. During our fall home school co-op we always hire an art teacher to help out the mom’s that do not enjoy art. My girls love that. We also get ideas off pinterest and use various books off our shelves for inspiration. I would love to buy some kits that have everything we need and are self-explanatory so I could set my girls free with them.
My girls are 9 and 7 and love art projects, but I haven’t organized much beyond drawing so far. These kits look great!
My kids are 6.5, 5 and 2.5. We love art of all kinds and have always done art since the kids were little. I encourage creativity and curiosity in all things and have plenty of art materials available for use whenever the kids have an urge to create. Then I supply specific tools and instructions to learn new art techniques on a regular basis. I believe art is important for so many reasons, but especially to give us a positive outlet for feelings and dreams to become more tangible.
My kids are 6 and 2. We try to bring in art whenever we can, but it often happens when they are with other groups more than at home.
I have a 9, 3, and two year old. Art is such a wonderful method of expression and discovery. Although a challenge with my little ones, my oldest has sat at his craft table since he was 2 yrs- he loves to craft!
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My children are 16 and 13, and I am happy to say art is a regular part of our lives. Everything from duct tape, to paracord, to sewing, to painting, drawing, jewelery making, you name it. We love art!
Mine are littles but we do lots of coloring, gluing, cutting and stickers.
I have kids age 8, 6, 4, and 3. I engage them through art in pretty formal ways right now. . .through our art curriculum, drawing books, . . . I would love to have some more free-spirit supplies that would encourage creativity.
I have a 9 year old, a 7 year old, and a 4 year old. I try to use diverse media and let them experiment with all kids of styles. I use Pinterst a lot for ideas, and often just an inspiration for something we all come up with together.
My kids are 4 and 6. Honestly I take them to the local art gallery for inspiration and classes because I feel rather uninspired.
Hi! My kids are 8, 10, 16, 21, and 23. We love to go to art museums and local art exhibits! There are so many wonderful cultural art experience here in New Mexico! We also love doing at home art that ranges from paper molds, weaving and painting, to name a few! It is awesome to see what the kids create!
My kids are 2, 6, 8. I expose them to art through museums, cartoon drawing books, and trying new things myself like embroidery and chalk pastels.
My kiddos are 11 and 12. We are very informal with our art right now, letting their creative brains flow as they wish. My son is a very right brained learner so we use craft projects to integrate core subjects as often as we can. Even if he’s just “creating” while I’m teaching.
I am learning along side two children – one is five and the other if seven. What I have been doing is first to introduce art areas and then each child has made and decorated their own jars. One for each area – Drama, Music & Movement, Visual and, Dance. Then each child has brainstormed actual activities that they would like to do for each are – or as many as they think up (we can always add or eliminate). Then each week they choose what we will concentrate on the following week. I prepare by assembling a range of materials to be used. Then I stand back and watch the creative process ( helping if needed and reinforcing the process not the product).
My daughter is 8 years old and loves art. I am not great at putting together projects. These kits look awesome for a mom like me.
My daughter is 6 and is easy to engage in art. She loves all sorts of crafts – from bead jewelry to markers and crayons. We’re fortunate that our family and friends all know she loves crafts and readily fill our art closet at birthdays and Christmas, but like mentioned in the article – the kits are often cheap and wastefully packaged. We use what we have an my daughter loves it all the same but I’ve been wanting to give Artterro a try and this would be a great oplortunity. Thanks for the opportunity!
My youngest is 9 and the other two are 13 and 14 and all love doing arts and crafts like this.
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My son is 3 and we just let him doodle and paint on his own. His favorites are cars and anything with wheels now so he makes up stories about it. He has drawing time with his Dad and he’s learning how to draw his favorite animals – fish, snail, elephant.
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My kidlettes are 11, 6 and 21 months, we explore art at museums, in books, in an Art Adventures class I teach and by playing with all sorts of mediums.
6 and 8. Free range art supplies including using the recyclables to create with.
I have children who are 5 1/2, 4, 1 1/2, and a baby on the way. I have loved letting my kids really explore their own creativity with open ended painting, and an emphasis on blank page coloring over coloring books. We’ve had so much fun by mixing it up and painting rocks or sticks. They don’t want to ever stop when we do that! So glad I discovered this way of approaching art for me and my kids! Would be wonderful to get stocked up on supplies to ignite their imaginations!
My kids are 5, 9, and 11. We do a lot of coloring and painting.
Our daughter is 8 years old and our son is 1 year old. We expose our children to art by visiting museums, parks, introducing them to the creative use of various art materials. I also use the internet to find art lesson that we can complete together.
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My kiddos are 5, 9, 12. They engage me in art! They can make art from EVERYTHING. It’s inspiring. The kids would be a fun addition to our artful days.
My kids are 9, 6, and 2. Art at our house usually consists of lots of paper, scissors, and crayons transformed into masterpieces. We don’t have fancy tools, but my kids love to draw and create.
My son is almost 7, my daughter just turned 4. We go to museums and have lots of books (for kids and adults) with art: photos of works by famous artists as well as illustrations for stories. We often talk about the pictures. I’ve always had them make pictures to enclose with thank-you cards when someone has given them a gift. Their work is colorful and very free-form. Son participated in an art camp this past summer and loved it: one day for painting, one for sculpting, one drawing, etc. The kids have paper, paints, crayons, clay, and they use them regularly. And my son makes sculptures and playthings out of all kinds of random objects. They are so creative; it is really important to me that they never lose that. I love these art kits, which would give them ideas and materials to make new beautiful – and useful! – things.
My daughter is almost 3 yrs old. We do simple artworks at home with watercolor, crayon, stickers , construction paper. We learn more when we read books. Maybe few months more we will go to a museum.
My kids are 7, 9, 13, 15. I try to keep a good stock of art materials, drawing books, art books, and trips to art museums.
My kids are 8, 10, 12 and 14. We incorporate art appreciation into the history studies of our homeschool. My girls (8 and 10) are ALWAYS crafting with items found around the house. The boys love Lego, especially.
My kids are 7, 4, and 5 months. We have some “art videos” which they love to do. Also, new supplies really excite them.
Kids ages 7, 5, 1 and one on the way! We don’t really own toys- we own a craft closet. It’s full of paper, crayons, squiggly scissors and glue. We make animals of countries we study and ornaments for Christmas.
My kids are 10 and 5. The 10-year-old, not so interested in art and never has been. My 5-year-old daughter, however, does art whenever she gets a chance. We are using a curriculum this year that emphasizes creativity and artistry and she is thriving with it.
My girls are 9 and 12. My 9 year old loves art of all kinds. She is always creating something! She is currently studying photography, and processing her pictures. My 12 year old is a little less “artsy.” She loves to engage though, in making craft projects for the county fair.
My kids are 3 and 5. We are in a biweekly playgroup with themed art projects. I also leave art materials out and let them use their imaginations to create.
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My kids are 3 and 1 and I love leaving out art invitations for my oldest!
4yrs, 13 yrs, 17 yrs…all girls…we do lots of art/craft classes at co-op
My kids are 12, 7, and 3 (two boys and a girl). The oldest enjoys drawing, but that’s about it. They take a six-week art class at a local art museum each year, and he doesn’t enjoy the “messier” projects, but does like drawing and sometimes painting. My middle guy lives for the craft box coming out and can create for hours. He loves anything artsy! The baby is three, but with developmental delays…she’s still getting the hang of putting crayon/pencil to paper (and everything goes in her mouth!) so she doesn’t really do any art yet, besides the occasional scribble. (She likes adding “art” to library books…sigh… 😉 )
My boys are 6 and 5. They are addicted to perler beads. I try to leave other little things out to grab their attention as well.
My children are 11, 8, and 5. We do lots of different art projects. Using nature, play doh, painting, canvas…… Whatever we feel inspired to that day. Seasons are always fun to follow with different ideas too. We also like Pinterest ideas and different art classes that are offered around the area from self portraits to tie dye shirts!
My kids are 10 & 13, and my 10 year old is the most artistic of the two. This year I’m implementing sketch books for our history lessons to bring more art into our schooling. We frequently visit local art museums & exhibits, & my youngest always has a project going – currently, she’s painting rocks she collected at the park & working on an ink drawing using multi-colored pens she recently received for her birthday. These kits would bring a new dimension to our activities!
We use Artistic Pursuits and they take advantage of free time to draw and get out their craft boxes to make creative things. We are also involved in homeschool programs at the library where they get to create things.
Oh, and my kids are 8, 5, and 1 1/2
My daughter is 6 and my son is 3. They LOVE doing art! My daughter is especially always finding ways to express her creativity. We journal with pictures, paint, make sculptures with nature walk items, decorate our walls with whatever theme we’re studying, write songs with story boards, create “fairy homes” with items from the yard, make habitats for creatures we find… we are constantly in creativity mode. My daugther would LOVE the Arterro items!
My kids are 5,5, 4, 2, & 10 mos. we engage them with art by keeping materials available for them to explore. Right now they’re all very into watercolor!
I provide my kids with art supplies and books and let them create their own things.
My daughters are 12 years old and they love to draw, color, create.
I have tons of supplies for them which just boosts their desire to be artists.
My children are 6, 7, and 7. We study different artists, their art, and do arts and crafts projects at least twice a week. We also enjoy touring museums.
My kids are 3 and 5. They love doing art projects. We mostly color with crayon, color pencils, marker and the we paint. Sometimes its a formal porject with this is our goal and othersit what ever they want to create.
My kids are 10 and 1 and I babysit a 3 yr old every day. I collect lots of random supplies like colored paper, crayons, buttons, beads, and string so that they have a variety of materials to make stuff out of. I also have drawing books and held some drawing classes for kids in the neighborhood over the summer by following the instructions in the books.
My 9 year old boy doesn’t love art and crafts at all, but comes up with some artistic (crazy) ideas when I “make” him do it. That is fun to see. My 8 year old girl loves to draw and do any kind of craft. She makes whatever she imagines. She figured out how to make little paper boxes for her crafts she gives away as gifts. She is amazing! Sometimes you just have to give them free reign on supplies.
My (twin) boys are 9. They have always loved drawing and painting and lately we have been getting excited about making collages.
We also have a great time making creatures and scenes with sculpey and other types of clay.
My kids are 7 and 11. I try to provide lots of good supplies at the ready, then step back and let them explore.
I have a 5 year old who has always loved drawing. We encourage her draw with pencils, pens, markers. I have been showing her how to paint with fingers, sponges and even random objects. Right now our focus is to show her that art is everwhere – statues, paintings, photographs and jewelry surround us and we point them out to her. Lately she wants to capture art and nature using her camera and occasionally mine.
My daughter is 13. As a fairly inexperienced homeschooler, I need all the help and advise I can get in teaching art. Right now I’m still in the “planning stages” of how to engage in art.
My 5 kids range from 5 to 14. My 3 youngest dig into the craft cabinet every time I turn around. The older 2, both boys, prefer more digital graphic style art lessons. The eldest has branched out into photography. Museums and artist discussions are enjoyed by all.
My boys are 10 and 7. Yes, we try to make room for art in our homeschooling but I keep finding I let it fall to the wayside. I should know better as I am a designer by trade. This would be a great push to keep us on the art track!
My homeschool-aged children are 5 boys 7-16. We brainstorm art projects through our history reading, use handy materials, and draw constantly! We talk about what makes a piece interesting….”Did you notice how the artist drew those eyebrows? They make the character look angry (or sad, or frightened). Notice what makes us know this is a picture of a windy day.” We learn a lot by observing…. Thank you for the chance….
My daughter is 8. She is great at creative art. She is always drawing something, sewing something, or painting something on her own with little encouragement from me. It’s wonderful to see her so interested in art.
My kids are 12, 9, and 4. I have encouraged art/creativity by keeping a large supply of art materials easily accessible and available anytime they want to use their imaginations and create. We also have a more “formal” art time/instruction twice a week.
My kiddo is 7 and she actively seeks out arts and crafts…she loves to make things and draw.
My kids are 5.5 and 3. We use art constantly, I love art. We try and do at least one art project a day.
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My homeschooled girls are 3&7. We always have the basics available on a shelf. To encourage, I simply set out art supplies on our dining table or kitchen island and my oldest daughter will almost always create something, or ask me to join along. My little one, not so much.
My kids are 2 and 4, so right now it’s pretty much just painting and drawing and maybe a little scissor time 🙂
My kids are ages 12, 9, 8, 2. They always have access to crayons, colored pencils, paper and are always creating something. I also just made an “inspiration box” to be used during quiet time- it has various craft supplies so they can create whatever they want.
Love Arterro! My kiddos are 5 & 7 and are all over these types of crafts. 🙂
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My kids ages are 8, 7, 5 and 2. They finger knit, draw, paint and enjoy it all quite a lot. Also, i don’t feel the need to have separate projects for different genders. They all love any type of art and being creative.
Thanks a lot for this giveaway!
What a fun giveaway! We’re still in the process of adopting our first child (11 years old) but have already bought a number of fun art kits and supplies. My husband studied painting in college and hopes to pass along his love of art to our children.
My girls are ages 7 and 4 1/2 and I engage them in art by putting out the materials and providing suggestions but not dictating that they do things a certain way.
They’re six and under. I try to make the supplies accessible. Beyond that, just sitting and creating with them always makes them want to try more.
I have a 12 yo girl and a 10 yo boy. The girl enjoys crafting cards for friends. The son enjoys building and construction type of crafts. We often will do history related art projects.
My daughter is 1.5 years old. We do lots of coloring and doodling for most of the time – she loves it when we draw shapes and write letters and numbers. Hopefully we can find the time to let her do some finger painting and watercolors. We’ve been wanting to do that for months now!
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My kids are 11, 8, and 19 months. We try to do an activity together at least once a day and then we have a cabinet full of materials that they can create with any time of the day.
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Alana is 3, almost 4. She has her own creativity corner where she can engage in whatever suits her fancy. There is also an easel. She has chosen not to curb the impulse to draw on the floor lately so we’ve removed those temporarily. She has lots of fun with glue, scissors and miscellaneous outdoor treasures lately.
My daughters are 7 & 5. They both love to draw, trace, paint, color, & create all sorts of things with play dough. We watch Bob Ross videos & they try to copy him! 🙂 They love any ‘How to Draw’ books.
My daughter is six and in first grade. She loves art projects. I can’t keep up with her. We love Pinterest and she is also in a few art classes at our homeschool co-op.
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My kids are 5, 3 1/2, 2 and3 months. We paint, work with construction paper, play with play dough, draw and make things with any pipe cleaners or other supplies we have.
My son is 5 and since the weather in our area is beautiful right now, we’re doing as many “outside crafts” as possible–sidewalk chalk, painting on the driveway with water, collecting leaves for rubbings, and going to the beach for sand sculpturing when we can!
4, 2, and a wee one, we paint, permission to make beautiful messes in whatever medium they choose:)
I won’t lie! Incorporating art into curriculum is challenging for me. As much as I wish I was, I’m just not that crafty! haha! So instead, I try to find art contests for my children to enter, allow them plenty of time and give them materials for free time to do art as they choose.
My kids are 7, 5, and 2. I supply them with paint, crayons, markers or paint and let them be creative.
My children are 1 & 3. I engage them with drawing, painting, collecting things and play dough, as well as stickers and collage. These kits would be beautiful and amazing to have in our collection.
My children are five, six and eight. We find artistic inspiration in audio books and real life. I like to leave art materials out for them to create what they want when inspiration strikes as well as lessons with new mediums.
My kids are 2 & 4. Art is not my strong suit but I know how important it is so I try. We usually paint, color and draw. I’ve done some crafting stuff like making paper masks, crowns, etc. Since art isn’t my strongest point, I usually need help in gathering ideas and materials so something that’s already packaged and ready to go for me is AWESOME!
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My kids are 12, 10, 7, and 3 and all of them LOVE to draw but also are willing to try any type of art or craft I suggest. I also liked Simple Homeschool on Facebook!
I have an 8 year-old boy and a 10 year-old girl. My daughter loves to draw, color and paint, just anything that has to do with art. My son is a little more reluctant although he has requested an art afternoon every now and then. We usually look at famous artist and their art, read about them and then try to use their techniques.
I have three boys, ages two, four, and six years old. I tried to engage them with Art through covering our walls for table and letting them paint, color, explore. We have also tried copying some pictures we’ve seen by a famous artist, and use different art lab books that we have borrowed from the library for more ideas. Thanks!
Our kids are 5 and 7, and both of them are very creative. Our daughter takes art classes through a homeschool co-op. Both kids love to take advantage of the arts and crafts supplies that we keep in our school room.
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My girls are 5 (twins) and in order to give them freedom to create I cleaned out the hutch drawers in the dining room and put all of their paper and crayons, markers and watercolors in their along with stickers and staplers, etc. Now they can get their supplies out at will and make whatever they like. They have free reign to use whatever mom has put in the cabinet for them. It works really well for us even if it creates a bit of a mess almost every day!
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My kiddos are ages 9 & 11. We love to do artist studies and create our own art in the style of the masters:)
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My children are 4 and 22 months. They love doing art. This morning Anneliese drew a picture based on our Bible reading in her journal. She then asked to paint and both children painted together. Precious moments! Thanks for the opportunity to try for this giveaway!
I have 4 girls ages 5, 4, 1 (almost 2) and a 6 week old. My older 3 LOVE to do crafts/art!bWe love to paint, draw, cut out construction paper to make pictures, string beads to make bracelets and necklaces, and use glitter glue and rhinestones in their art. I would love to introduce them to new art projects! Thank you for the chance to win!
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I have a 6 and 4 year old who both love art and being crafty. We do daily art/craft projects using different materials.
13,11,7. Art happens almost everyday in my house. Sometimes it is a curriculum , at trip to a museum, or spontaneous .
My little ladies are 5, 3, 2, and 4 weeks. Art for us involves lots of creative uses of household objects. We also love our markers, crayons, glue sticks, and scissors.
My kids are 6, 4, and 2. Many oldest loves all things crafty and my middle likes to draw. We do picture studies and nature studies. They have access to tons of art supplies.
My sons are 11, 5, and 1. We have an art and craft supply closet that they can use.
i have 4 girls: 8, 7, 6 , 4 and 1 boy: 2 years old- with 1 on the way!
my house is constantly covered in crayons, markers, papers, scissors etc… i’m learning to try and focus on the mess being a result of fun, creativity and learning that is taking place instead of being annoyed that, “yet again this room totally got trashed!” 🙂
My kids are 11 and 10 and they are both very creative and imaginative. My daughter loves art and crafts of all kinds, so it’s easy to get her engaged. My son is more of a builder so I can pull him in with sculpting and 3-D types of crafts.
My Kids are 6 and 2, and they both love art time. The 2 year old will happily sit with crayons and a coloring sheet, but the older one LOVES to use paint, glue, scissors.. anything to make a special project! He loves to create.
My boys are 4.5, 3 and 7 months. My older boys love to color, paint, draw, cut and glue. I love to do art projects that are literature-based!
My kids are 5, 2.5 and 8 months. My older two LOVE art! I’ve actually just started an art group at my oldest son’s urging – we get together with friends each week to create art together! Messy, messy fun! He would be so excited to win this!
My 9 year old daughter has a passion for dolls and earrings. She enjous making drop earrings from glass beads. She is always thinking of ways to create dolls. From old table legs and mops, she loves to dream. This kit looks super fun, with great medium.
My kids are 1, 4, 6, 9, and 10. They are always coloring, sketching, and painting. When i am feeling brave we pull out the sewing machine. 🙂 My girls especially like crafty projects and I need to make more things available for them! This looks like a fun resource!
I have a whole bunch of kids under four feet that live, breath, and eat art. We would love some projects.
Our children are 5 and 7 and love anything to do with the outdoors that they can make into art. Their latest ventures include creating spaceships from sticks and rocks. These kits would give them a new medium to work on while snuggled up inside while it is raining.
My kids are 10 and 8 yrs. Today we made basketry! They also take art lessons but we always try to approach our homeschool in an artistic way… Waldorf style!
9, 7, 5, & 3. Mostly I provide the supplies with maybe a pin or two for inspiration and off they go…
My daughter is 6…as I am not very artistic I am more willing to let her take the lead on art projects. This summer when the flies were bad, she made a fly catcher by fashioning paper into a large fly…not very effective at catching flies but quite creative.
My granddaughter has been making art since she was 18 months old. She is now 11 and is being homeschooled for the first time…..art lessons for her is my contribution to this [so far] wonderful challenge. She lives on a farm and tomorrow we are painting vegetables; I’m learning ,too!! Love the premise behind your work-kudos to your efforts. Cate
My daughter just turned four and she is a voracious and enthusiastic “arter” in her own words. Paints, markers, crayons, chalk, you name it. She has been known to bring a sketchbook and markers even on hikes here in the Rocky Mountains. This kit looks amazing!
My kids are 13, 8, 4 & 1.
We use home art studio and take summer classes from our art centet
My kids are 16, 13, 8 and 5 they all enjoy art and being creative. The art supplies would be a blessing !
My child is 9 years old. We approach are with a heart for learning the basics of many different varieties and mediums of art. I view my job as being one of exposing my child to the many possibilities so that she can explore, experiment and create.
Thank you for your generosity in offering such a beautiful bundle of art kits!
Hi! My kids are 8, 6 and 4 🙂
I would love to engage my kids in art!
Thank you for this giveaway!
My children are 13, 11, 7, and 6. They all love craft and have access to materials to make whatever they like. My 7 yr old particularly loves to take anything I’m about to throw away – like an old package – and turn it into something that she’ll play with for the next week.
My 11 yr old daughter LOVES any & all types of art. We plan to add this to her curriculum! Thank you!
6, 4, 4, and 3!
We paint, draw, color almost daily, but don’t foray into crafting often because I feel uninspired by what I see in most crafts-for-kids books. Would LOVE to get a kit from this company! They look AMAZING!
My kids are 9, 6, and 3. We attend monthly homeschool art classes at our local museum and I try to incorporate art projects into out week in Geography, History, and our Art curriculum. But we also have an art cabinet that I try to keep well stocked for open ended experimenting–paints, collages, beads, clay, pipe cleaner sculptures.
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I have a 4, 6, & 8 year old. The two oldest engage me in their art rather than the other way around. It’s in their blood and they can’t help but create something from just about anything.
My kids are 9, 6, and 4. We do a lot of nature art, looking for patterns, lines etc. making prints. We also do a lot of art appreciation. Thanks for the chance!
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My sons are 3 and almost 1. My three year old loves painting with anything and also loves to draw. We keep things pretty open-ended, the idea is just to explore and create!
Oh boy, my 5 year old daughter would love these kits! She’s got a daily need for art so she does it all – painting, modeling, weaving, designing clothes, etc. I’d love to try the felting kit because we have just started a Waldorf curriculum and it would fit well.
Mine are 5 and 2, and obsessed with art! We do a DVD based art program once a week, but they are constantly into the supplies between lessons!
My kids are 5 & 6 years old! We try to draw pictures of something that we have been doing or learning about. We also do crafts when I can think of one to do 🙂
My kids are 6 and 8, and I encourage them to create art based on their current interests. I also look for fun supplies when I am shopping.
My kids are 10 and 12. They love to paint and draw. One of our favorite things to do is make monsters out of fabric. They create them and I sew them.
My kids are 13, 11, and 7, and I am terrible at engaging them with art. I typically end up with packages from craft stores which most often disappoint. Hoping something like this would yield happier results.
My girls are 9, 9 and 8. I limit their screen time and they come up with super creative projects or play themes on their own. Lately is was paper towel soccer uniforms for their stuffed animals.
My girls are 9, 8 and almost 6. We do all sorts of art. The girls love to paint, do purler beads and making pony bead animals. They colour and draw. We use materials from our yard to create pictures. This stuff is right up their alley
My kids are 10 and 13. I help them engage in art by doing so myself. They see me doodle, knit, and create things. They see me fail at doing it well sometimes, and they see me keep doing it anyway. We go to art museums. We play with a stash of art materials I keep in the middle of the living room/school space. We talk about art. When the opportunity presents itself we take art classes, sometimes together. We also explore music and dance. I’ve tried to teach them that you don’t have to be “good at” art to do art. I’ve known way too many people who give up making art once they are adults and have “a real job”, and who tell themselves that only professional artists can produce art. I want to convince my kids that they can play with art lifelong, whether or not they choose to call themselves artists. The ability to create art is part of what makes us human.
4y/o boy who is just beginning to enjoy drawing, but is always creating something. I like to provide the raw materials and let him create from there.
My kids are 9, 7 and 5. The girls are into magic loom big time, and they’ve started some sewing! All the kids enjoy perler beads, card making, painting and colouring. I also have some great books from Usborne about artists and different styles of art.
My son is 2 and he loves painting with watercolors. I love opening up a variety of colors to let his imagination run free!
My kids are 13, 11, 8, 5, 3, and four months old. We encourage our kids to create by letting them have art supplies available. The older ones have their own drawing books. There is always paper, crayons, tape and scissors available to create. My oldest son loves to use a cool glue gun and make paper models.
Ages 6 and 4. They love to paint, draw and craft. It’s not difficult to engage them, they enjoy it so much they find ways on their own.
My kids are 7,5,2 & 4 months. We love art, and doing craft projects. We love painting anything and everything!
My sons are 6,4, 2, & 8 months. Apart from coloring pages and free drawing, I’ve also enrolled my school-aged son in an art class for homeschoolers. They enjoy origami too.
My kids are 6, 4, 2 and 6 months. We like to paint and color. They have easy access to their coloring supplies so they can choose to do that whenever they’re “bored.”
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7, 5, and 2. We always have lots of supplies around and get messy!
6,10 & 12 yr old girls who love to sew and paint especially to make gifts for others
My children are 8, 7 and 5. I try to provide them with lots of art materials inside and outside to inspire creativity.
My girls are 12 and 9; my oldest loves to draw and is always drawing or having art class with me and her sister she is also very crafty and loves to create things. My youngest likes to draw but not as much but will draw whenever she sees her sister doing it because she wants to be just like her
My children are 7, 4, 3, 3, 2.5, and due in November. We do most of our art with scissors, glue and construction paper. 🙂
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My daughter is 6, almost 7 (November). She LOVES art, anything art. You will find many doodles throughout her Math and other worksheets… she even makes the letters people, or gives them hats, etc. It drives me crazy, but at the same time I love it, and encourage her to be creative. We don’t get in as much art as we would like, but she loves to design dresses, and do craft kits. She also paints a few times a week.
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My children are 7, 4 and 3 years old. If I sit down and draw, paint or cut with them they love joining me!
My kids are 6,5,3,1 and they absolutely love art. They spend the majority of their day pasting, drawing, cutting, creating, taping, and gluing. They make whatever has inspired them in their surroundings- a book, outside, a character, Sunday school. A few days ago my daughter wanted to make a special gift present for her daddy’s birthday. She said since his favorite thing is math, I am going to make him a math book. It has simple addition problems in it and pictures made out of math signs. She put a lot of time and thought into it. And her dad loved it. The thing with art in our house is that it is initiated completely by the kids.
My kids are 5, 3 and 1. My favorite art thing we do is an art corner where they’re free to create anytime. They can all access different types of paper, crayons and colored pencils. The older two have a higher shelf for things like glue, scissors, sequins and paints.
My littles are 7, 4, and 1 and while they are super-creative in their play, we are not very good at creating art. Except birthday cards, and they are awesome!
My children are 8, 7, 4, 2, and 0. I love to engage them with art by just doing art with them! We have a whole wall in our dining room displaying the guided projects that we have done together through the years . . . stippling, watercolors, sketches of chickens from memory, charcoal sketches of another family member. During “sit down school” the littlest one at the table is always drawing!
My kids are 7,5 and 3. I have art supplies in a storage cabinet where they can reach them. Our homeschool curriculum, Heart of Dakota does a great job giving ideas for art projects that go with what we’re studying.
Mine are 5 and 3 (and 4 mos, but she just stares at celling fans!), and we like to go to our local art museum – each kids picks a room, we look at and discuss a few works of art, I pick a room and we do the same, and then we have a picnic lunch in the courtyard. This way they think it’s a treat, and don’t get bored or start acting up.
My little ones are 30 months and 10 months. We love to explore homemade finger paint,, crayons, and make crafts to go with our Bible stories. We love looking at pictures in books: my son loves Eric Carle books!
My kids are 8, 6, and 3 years old. We love to talk about the illustrations in the books we read. We also have studied some famous artists. I have a bookshelf in our dining room that has several art and craft books. I have baskets of supplies out for them to use whenever they feel creative, which seems to be all of the time! They are always drawing , making clay models or puppets and creating new things with which to play. Thank you for the giveaway!
My children are 5 and 3. We do lots of crafts using recycled materials. The children also love to paint, make crayon cookies and draw with colored pencils.
My kids are 10, 8, 6, and 2. We read stories together and look at the pictures discussing what type of medium the illustrator used. Then we give it a whirl at home!
My kids are 4 and 7. They have free access to a box full of crafty stuff that they use however they choose. We do a little bit of studying the works of the great artists, and they have sketch books, pastels, paint that we use.
My kidlets are 9 7 5 3 and 8months. My eldest in particular loves art, we do painting and drawing and stamps, card making, but not much else. These kits look amazing! Great to see someone seeing a need and filling it with such lovely activities =)
My hair is a bit drier than it was when I was younger (im 45+). I also live in a very dry climate in western Colorado which also contributes to the dryness of my hair. I use the Shielo Restore Oil because its perfect for making my hair soft and moist again. I have short hair so I only use a small amount on my fingers and spread it through all of my hair. I can shower twice a day when necessary and if I use the Shielo Oil, my hair does not dry out. I like the result!
My boys are 6 and 1. My oldest loves to draw and I try and give him the resources for free creativity.
I have a 14 year old, so all I have to do is have supplies available, and the creativity happens!
My kids are 7 and 8 and love anything art. We do crafts almost every day, most of which they come up with themselves. I love the creativity
My boys are 7 an 2,5. Art is a difficult topic in our family. I am really into Art but my husband is not, which slightly rubbed off on the boys. While I try to engage them in drawing with pencils, crayons, water color, sidewalk chalk, crafting with different materials and show them how much their drawings and other art projects are appreciated by displaying them in various parts of our house, my husband tends to ignore their accomplishments. And do not get me started on visiting a museum or a gallery, which my husband does not like but instead of not taking part he tends to disturb the experience. So between a parent rather font of various arts and artists and one who is not so fond of arts, my boys try to find their own path and I hope to show them that trying new things is not as scary or difficult as my husband tends to believe.
My kids are 9 and 16. We try to get Art in whenever we have the supplies!
I have a 5 and 7 year old and we love to check out videos especially Art For Kids Hub and others on Youtube. Plus, my girls just naturally create without any guidance. Give them the supplies and they think of great things all on their own.
8,6 ,3. They paint, study an artist every month and color
My kiddos are 8,7, & 5… They LOVE to be crafty, but mamma struggles with it. ~Tjis would be a great help! 🙂
We check out craft books from the library, but my girls, ages eight and nine, would love these kits!
4 & 2 and we read with them. Do crafts together.
My children are 10, 9, and 7. We have an ‘open door policy’ with the art supplies cabinet so our kids can always create whenever they feel like it. We also try to expose them to all the different ways one can create art – using things found in nature, etc. These kits look fantastic!
14,13,10, and 7. They all like to draw- sometimes an organized activity, but often just on their own. For my younger ones I love the Laurence Anholt books that introduce famous artists and projects to go along with them.
Mine are 7 & 8 and they have bins of art supplies which vary according to what we have. They also have full access to the recycling bin and piles of old magazines. I have also printed some how-to-draw sheets from “art projects for kids,” which is a great art blog by an elementary art teacher.
my children are older 16,14 and 11. Art has always been a strong subject in our Homeschool classroom, it has helped the children express many emotions. We have used any art curriculum we get our hands on and then add to it. I even created 12 lessons of art on my own and they loved art that year. This giveaway may help expand on what we already know and or teach us something we haven’t heard or seen in art yet. Thanks and looking forward to who wins. 🙂
I have an 8 year old, a 3 three year old, and a 1 year old. We have lots of crayons and paper to encourage their artistic side. Plus we do artist studies.
These kits look like a hoot. My daughter is 8 years old and we have special dates for her and I where we create an art project. Last time we painted a wall hanging that she decided would show 2 seasons in one painting. With Grade 3 homework, we are struggling in our day to find more time for just creating but I hope to have a better schedule for us soon.
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My kiddos are 5 and 2. We enjoy doing art together in many different ways – painting is a favorite! They also love to go on nature walks and gather all sorts of things from outside and make their own collages with contact paper. Art is FUN!!
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My children are 21, 17, and 9. My daughter (17) is naturally creative and easy to engage in art activities. My youngest son is very resistant to all forms of art and more challenging! I am always looking for new ways to engage him and peek his interest.
My girls are 5 and 2. I don’t really have to engage them with art. They just naturally are drawn to it. Almost every moment is spent asking if they can draw, color, paint, etc!
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My kids are 6, 5, 3 (triplets), 2 & 6 months. We do lots of coloring and drawing. I’d love to do some more involved projects with the older ones.
My kids are 7, 5, 3 and 2. We engage in art by playing with homemade play dough, drawing and coloring with markers, beeswax crayons, pens and pencils on sheets of white paper, finger painting, going hog wild with chalk on our chalkboard wall and receiving a little guidance from crafting kits!
My girls are 7 and 9 and to be honest they don’t like adult-driven art projects. They have a big box of random things they find like buttons, ribbon, toilet paper rolls, tissue paper, etc… and they like to get into it and make their own projects!
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My kids are 4 1/2 and almost 6. We have a cabinet of art supplies, most of which are accessible to them at any time. Sometimes I will take out an assortment of items as an invitation to them to create whatever comes to mind.
I have 6 kids, ages 15 down to (almost) 3.
Honestly, we don’t do a lot of art right now. We do study some of the artists from different time periods, but we don’t DO much art here. I know they would love it, especially my creative crafty ones.
My children are 3 and 5. We homeschool and do at least one art project a week. I also make sure that have unlimited access to art supplies…pretty sure my 3 year old has scissors in her had 50% of her awake hours!
My kids are 2 And 6. The older one has access to most supplies and uses some with his creations. My younger asks to draw all the time (on our chalk wall or paper). We also try to do one more involved activity a week!
My little girl is 5 and she will do ‘art’ all day long and she always has many types of supplies spread out around her to choose from but it does sometimes take some convincing for her to do ‘a craft’ which I think is valuable practice following directions.
My son is not quite 3, so our art days are filled with painting masterpieces on blank canvas, scribbling with crayons on card stock, and doing handprint pictures, but my nieces and nephews would LOVE these craft kits! They’d make great holiday gifts!
My kids are 4 and 2. We play with play doh, crayons, glue, scissors, papercrafts and water color paints on a daily basis. This kit would help expand my kids’ artistic adventures!!
My kids at home are 1, 5,6,7,&8. Their favorite play is crafting. I’m working on providing then with more quality materials, and saying yes to keeping “trash” that they turn into treasures.
My children are 13 and 5. My 13 yr old loves art and so does the 5 year old. This would help them to keep using their creative side in all things.
My girls are 10 and 8. They attend classes at a local art museum, and I provide a wide variety of art supplies and books for them to use whenever they want.
My daughters love to do projects and also have free art time. I mostly do seasonal themed projects and projects based on out homeschool curricula (my fathers world and classical conversations). My 4 year old would do flips over these special art kits.
My kids are 5 and 3.5. Lately we’ve been making our own story books. My kids can spend hours doing that!
My kids are 14,9 and 6. My 9 and 6 year olds love art projects! I try to make sure we have good art supplies in the house and also engage them with seasonal art projects. Hands down their favourite work at the moment is book and comic creating.
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Our son is 6. We collect art in our home, we discuss art we see throughout the city or in museums, we try to incorporate art into school lessons as often as possible, and art supplies are always available for an impromptu creativity session. 🙂
At 3 and 4 we engage in finger painting and drawing smiley faces
My kids are 8, 6, and 4 and I try to do art one day a week. I used to plan out our projects but I got busier and it got forgotten. The kids have been asking to have Art Tuesday reinstated so I’m trying to do that.
My daughter is 9. She has lots of materials available to her at all times and is very creative. She took and art class last year and we’re hoping to take another one this year.
My first year of homeschooling my 5 year old and my 4 and 3 years old. We love art projects. All types of art and I let them lead on what they want to do.
My kids are 6, 3, and 5 months. I engage them with art mostly by just leaving the art supplies in their reach and giving them free time to do art as they like. I’m sure they would love more art!
We have a 10 month old, 2, 3 and 5 year old! We love art and creating around our home. I have found that if I just keep supplies out all the time and let them create when and what they want it engages them. I have been introducing some master artists to our oldest and she has been having fun learning about them and creating works of art based off of their artwork.
My boys are 3 and 6 years old. I leave most of their art supplies – that which aren’t too messy – organized and accessible to them which at our house includes: playdoh, washable crayons & markers, bits of yarn, color pencils, stamps & ink pads, stickers, scissors, drawing pads, coloring books, rulers, easels, recycled office and construction paper. My oldest is very creative and loves to draw so I try to make sure part of our lessons each day have something where he is getting to use art supplies so there’s the association of something he enjoys right there with his reading, math, science, and other subjects. I’m also working on acquiring some children’s non-fiction books about artists from different periods, places, etc. to widen their exposure to art and also planning field trips to local art exhibits this homeschool year. We also have artwork in our home not just by our boys, but also by close family members who are artistically inclined. Art is definitely a family affair at our house!
My children are ages, 17, 11, 9, 8, 6, 4, 3, 20 months. They each love art and draw all the time and paint when I allow it! We have art books that we study and the girls are trying to learn to sew. The kits look great – thanks for the chance to win!
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My children are 3 and 5. We love doing art projects, but do not follow one single program. I use ideas from blogs, Pinterest, and certain websites that I like. I try to tie our art and craft to topics we are reading or studying about, which happens most of the time, but not always. The main rules are: to be fun, and to be mostly doable for the kids (not mommy do the project and they watch, because it is too involved).
My son is turning five and I get lots of ideas from the internet. The latest project he did with his uncle is a DIY Hot Wheels race track made from old computer boxes. Of course, my son did the painting. As long as it resonates with his interests, that’s the kind of art we’ll do.