Art Enrichment Activities (K-8th Grade):
Draw/Create/Build:
Art Enrichment Padlet Page - Art Enrichment Wall / Ideas for Exploration. Click on wall board choices for art projects & activities.
Drawing Fun - Click on the objects to see where they take you in this interactive art studio room. Interactive Art Choice Board.
Snow Day Fun - Click on the objects to see where they take you. Interactive Choice Board.
Snow Art: Build Snow Sculptures, Ice Sculptures or Paint the Snow
Art Library - Choose a read aloud art story (video) to listen to. Interactive Choice Board.
Crazy / Wacky Hair Day - Create a crazy hair portrait
One Liners - Create a continuous line drawing without lifting your pencil, pen, or marker
Artistic Response Project - People of all ages are invited to create artwork from the heart in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. This is an international art project started by an art teacher in Michigan. All mailed in artworks will be shared anonymously in a virtual gallery slideshow via Facebook and google sites. See web-site for more information. See our student artwork from this project (Spring 2020).
Kids Activities Blog - Kids Activities / Arts & Crafts Ideas
Art for Kids Hub - How to draw videos
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems (kennedy-center.org) - Get inspired by doodle drawings, characters, and games with Mo Willems!
Artrageous with Nate - Sketchbook Challenges, Pizza Box Sculpture, Homemade Watercolor Paints & Paper,
Lego Phone Case, Digital Art with Procreate, Artists/Art History Videos etc...
Whitney Kids Art Challenges - Whitney Museum of American Art
Art & History of Glass Mosaics - Get inspired & create your own mosaic artwork
Fashion Activities - Jewelry, Knitting etc...
Art History Challenge
Fun Opportunity to Create Lawn Art (April - May 2020) - Create artwork to display in your yard or on your porch anytime.
Check out the inspiration gallery & view the L.A.W.N. Art with Neighbors (#lawnsgf) art event in Springfield April - May 2020.
This event may possibly take place again this spring.
Homemade Paint Ideas: Chalk Paint, Coffee/Tea Paint, Marker Monoprints, Homemade Brushes, Dandelion Paint...
Creative Word Art - Micrography, Letter Landscapes, Word Clouds, Pictography, etc.
Fun Ways to Be Creative at Home
Art Gone Wild: Visit a virtual zoo for inspiration
Switch Zoo - Make a new animal! Sketch/create an artwork of your hybrid animal.
Get Inspired with Emoji Art - Try the emoji mosaic creator
Stretch Your Imagination: Interactive Drawings / Goofy Sketches Incorporating Everyday Objects
Origami Resource Center
Nature/Land Art (inspired by Andy Goldsworthy)
Sketch Idea Prompts:
- Create a still life of at least three natural items found in your environment.
- Sketch your land art sculpture.
- Draw a landscape of the environment around you.
- Re-imagine the environment as a different season, climate, or planet.
- Sketch a portrait of yourself, a friend, or someone in your family and include the environment in your composition.
Finish the Picture Prompts
100 Sketchbook Prompts
100 Silly Drawing Prompts
DrawingNow - Learn How to Draw
Student Art Gallery Link:
Art Gallery 4th- 8th Grade - View slideshows of the Artistic Response Project Artwork (Spring 2020)
Springfield Community Art Links:
Visit the Springfield Art Museum to view exhibits & participate in family art activities. Check the website for gallery hours.
View 2020 Springfield Art Museum All School Exhibit Virtually
SAM (Springfield Art Museum) Project Bags/Family Learning Page:
Project Bags contain materials and instructions for projects inspired by works in our collection. We are offering these bags free of charge while our in-person programming for kids is suspended. Here’s how it works: Fill out a registration form on-line here.
Art Museum Links:
Tate Kids - Art Games & Quizzes / Explore Art & Artists
MetKids - Explore art using interactive map & time machine at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Art Detective/Art History Games:
A. Pintura Art Detective - Interactive Art Detective Mystery Game
Inside Art - Interactive Art Game that explores a painting from the inside out
Interactive Art Links:
ColorMandala - Design, Print, & Color Mandalas On-Line
Emoji Mosaic Creator Page- Upload any picture to turn into emoji mosaic art
Art Videos:
Art Library - Choose a read aloud art story (video) to listen to.
Artrageouswithnate - Sketchbook Challenges, Pizza Box Sculpture, Homemade Watercolor Paints & Paper,
Lego Phone Case, Digital Art with Procreate, Artists/Art History Videos etc...
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems (kennedy-center.org) - Get inspired by doodle drawings, characters, and games with Mo Willems!
Art for Kids Hub - How to draw videos
Between the Folds - Documentary about the Art Form of Origami