Art and Craft Activities for Kids

This category brings together activities that help your child draw, colour, cut, fold, trace and make. Choose from How to Draw, Drawing Practice, Paper Crafts, Origami, Masks and Puppets, Craft Templates, Cards, Tags and Bookmarks, Dot Marker Printables, and Rangoli and Indian Art. You can find topics such as How to Draw an Elephant, How to Draw a Cat, complete the picture worksheets, symmetry drawing worksheets, paper plate crafts, animal masks, shape templates and animal templates. Each sub-category keeps similar activities together, so you can move from a single worksheet to a longer craft session.

For children aged 2 to 4, start with large, simple shapes, dot marker pages, easy colouring, basic drawing lines and paper crafts with adult help. Children aged 4 to 6 can try complete the picture worksheets, simple animal drawings, paper plate crafts, easy origami and printable masks. For ages 6 to 8, offer symmetry drawing, animal templates, cards and bookmarks. Children aged 8 to 12 may enjoy more detailed drawings, origami animals, puppet making, rangoli patterns and independent craft planning. Adjust the task by giving fewer steps, larger pieces or extra details.

At home, keep a small folder of printed pages for quiet drawing time, or pair a drawing worksheet with a story about the animal your child draws. Use paper crafts to make a class notice board, a birthday card, a gift tag or a bookmark. In class, set up stations for drawing practice, folding, cutting and colouring, with one finished example at each table. Rangoli pages can support Diwali activities and conversations about patterns, symmetry and colour. For younger children, prepare scissors, glue and crayons before the activity and supervise cutting.

Open a printable activity and download the PDF from EarlyActivity. A free account is needed for downloads, and free accounts can download up to 20 printables a day. Files are sized for A4 and US Letter paper. In your printer settings, choose Actual size or 100% rather than Fit to page, then print on plain paper unless the activity needs thicker paper. Printables are for use at home or in your own classroom. Please do not share or resell the files.