Drawing and Painting

Preschoolers will learn about mixing and matching colors in this fun art activity.

This activity describes six different chalk art techniques that will inspire your child.

Food coloring will stain your toddler's fingers for a day, but his art will be shiny and beautiful!

Follow the directions to make stencils for your child to use in stencil painting.

Wet paper really makes paint colors flow and blend, for a beautiful effect.

Laundry soap and food coloring make a stiff, sudsy paint for your toddler.

This art project lets your preschooler incorporate her thumbprint into a sketch of a mouse!

A sprinkling of powdered tempera paint and a sliding ice cube can make painting more fun and exciting.

Dip a rock in paint, drop it into a container with a piece of paper, put on the lid, and shake, shake, shake to create an interesting design.

Preschoolers love this loopy coloring activity. Read the instructions and help your child get started.

Follow this recipe for homemade paint, and let your toddler use it in a squeeze bottle.

Spin art is a little messy, but it's a fun painting activity for older toddlers.

In this activity, your preschooler will work with traced images of his hands and feet.

Instead of throwing away dried up markers, let your toddler use them as an alternative to paint brushes.

For this colorful toddler painting activity, you can use feathers from the craft store, or bird feathers you find outside.

Dying paper towels with food coloring is incredible fun for preschool children.

This alternative to paints can make your toddler's art projects less messy.

Mix rubber cement and tempera paint to give your toddler's homemade place mat a unique appearance.