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100 Free Craft Printables

If you’re looking for Free Craft Printables for Kids, You’re in the right place! Crafting Jeannie is your headquarters for Free Craft Templates!

I love using printable templates to make crafts with kids. In fact, I love it so much, I made a whole website about it. I’m so glad you found me. On CraftingJeannie.com, EVERY SINGLE CRAFT comes with a Craft Printable. Let me tell you a little bit more, and while I do, I’ll share some of my favorite crafts which all come with a FREE PRINTABLE TEMPLATE .

How I discovered Printable Craft Templates

When my daughter was in preschool, I volunteered to help cut out her class crafts. My job was to trace a bunch of elephants onto the paper and cut them out. Check out my Elephant Craft with Free Printable Here . This elephant isn’t the exact one I had to trace, but he’s lots of fun and would be great for a zoo lesson plan or at home fun.

I was frustrated with how long it took me to trace all of those elephants! It took me a while to think of a solution, but I finally realized I needed a printable template. I took a picture of the elephant, pasted it into my computer, and printed it out. Now I didn’t have to trace any more elephants! And that began my love of Craft Printables!

Why I Love Craft Printables So Much and Why You Should Too?

Because, you and your kids shouldn’t have to be michelangelo to get the craft to look the way it does online. .

One of my favorite things about craft templates is that you don’t have to be creative or an amazing artist. What you see, is what you get. Using a template guarantees the craft will come out like it’s supposed to, Every Single Time! Awesome right?! So, when you use the crafts on CraftingJeannie.com, you don’t have to worry! Choose from tons of crafts (all with templates) that are simple to make and kids will love. 

And because, finding time to craft is harder than finding where your toddler hid your keys.  

It’s no fun when it takes more time to prep the craft than to actually make it. Your kiddos finish in 2 minutes and start asking “What’s next?!”

Whether your a Preschool or Kindergarten Teacher, a Mom, or a Grandma, You can loudly shout “Craft templates to the rescue!” I couldn’t believe the time that craft templates saved me once I discovered them. With craft templates, you can let the kids pick one, two, or five crafts that they want to make. Then, all you have to do is print out the templates.

For older kids, they can follow directions and do everything by themselves. With younger kids, it just takes a few minutes to have craft pieces ready to glue.

So Start Browsing through the craft templates on this site and Have Fun Crafting!

Check out these fun free kids printables:, animal craft templates (<- browse all of them here).

This paper shark craft for kids is one of my favorite crafts. He so happy and fun. You can make it while listening to the song Baby Shark. But be careful that song gets stuck in your head.

This sweet toddler butterfly craft is so simple. You can have the supplies ready in no time, especially if you use craft hole punchers to cut out the circles.

This Tiger Craft for Preschoolers is super easy. Use the template to cut out the Tiger body, Tiger head, add the muzzle and the nose. Finish your tiger by drawing on some triangle stripes. This Tiger is perfect for any zoo themed day.

Make this Owl Craft for Toddlers . Even the littlest ones can glue the pieces of these owls together. Choose between an Owl with a heart or an Owl with a circle belly. The free template even comes with a bow.

Get the Free Template for this JellyFish Craft . Like all of the crafts on this page, These jellyfish come with a free printable, it even includes the eyes. Have fun making this Ocean craft for kids.

Vehicle Craft Templates (<- Browse all of them here)

This Bulldozer craft for toddlers is so simple, but it looks amazing! You can use the free template to cut out the shapes and even your littlest ones will have fun gluing the pieces together. Make this craft while reading some fun Construction Books .

This toddler airplane craft is one of the most popular crafts on CraftingJeannie.com It’s so simple, my four year old son even made it in the car once. Although, I highly recommend taking away the glue stick as soon as the craft is finished! haha.

This Preschool Race Car Craft is perfect for the little car lovers in your life. The car craft template makes it so simple to make this fun vehicle craft. Make enough for the classroom, a party, preschool or scouts in just about 10 minutes!

Are you ready for an Out of this world craft?! Make this Easy Rocketship Craft for Toddlers . Make it with or without the heart. Talk with your little ones about outer space and get their imaginations soaring.

Holiday Craft Templates

Valentine’s day craft templates.

Use the free printable template to create this easy puzzle-themed twist on the classic I Love You To Pieces Toddler Valentine’s Day Craft . Make one or twenty. You can have a whole field full of paper flowers in no time!

How cute is this avocado craft ? It would be perfect for a food lesson plan, pair it with a real avocado to teach children about different tastes and textures. And with the heart shaped seed, it could even be a Valentine’s Day craft!

This Toddler Flower Craft is so easy. You can make one or twenty and have a whole field full of paper flowers in no time!

St. Patrick’s Day Craft Templates

Are you ready for an easy St. Patrick’s Day Craft for kids? Quickly make the supplies for this Cute Leprechaun craft for preschoolers with step-by-step instructions and Free Printable Template!

This St. Patty’s Day pot of gold is lots of fun! Make this St. Patrick’s Day Preschool Craft with your kiddos . Plus, kids can write “My Treasure” on the shamrock and write some of their favorite things across the rainbow.

This Easy Leprechaun craft is the Perfect St. Patrick’s Day Craft for Toddlers. Use the free craft printable to cut out all of the shapes and you little ones will have fun gluing it all together. Even the belt buckle is just a black rectangle glued on top of a yellow rectangle.

Easter Craft Templates

This Peeps Easter Craft with Template is so simple! Make one or twenty. Now you can have as many Peeps as you want without all of the sugar! Just cut out the peep shapes and draw on the face. Preschoolers and Kindergartens can practice scissor cutting skills with this simple and fun craft.

This Toddler Easter Craft is sooo easy. Even this littlest ones will have fun gluing and giggling. Just cut out the bunny feet from the free template.

This Hiding Bunny Craft is a perfect preschool Easter Craft. Here comes the Easter Bunny! He doesn’t want to get caught so he’s hiding in the grass. Use the Free Craft printable to cut out the bunny shapes in no time.

Halloween Craft Templates

This Paper Mummy Craft with Template is perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners. They will have so much fun ripping up the paper and gluing it to their fun mummy shape.

This Ghost scene is the perfect Toddler Halloween Craft . Just use the template to cut out different shaped ghosts. Give your toddler a paintbrush with white school glue and let them having fun putting the ghosts wherever they want on black paper. Draw on some faces and you have a fun Halloween craft.

Your toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarteners will love ripping and smushing the tissue paper and gluing it onto their pumpkin! This is a great Toddler Halloween Pumpkin Craft . Make a large or small pumpkin and have fun with this easy craft.

Christmas Craft Templates

Grab the Free Printable and make this Preschool Santa Craft . Cut out shapes for this fun Santa face and the kiddos can put it together like a puzzle. It’s such a fun Christmas craft for kids.

Make this fun Snow Globe Craft for Toddlers and Preschoolers. Just use the free template to cut out the shapes and help your little one glue it all together. Toddlers will love dipping their finger in white paint to make the snowflakes. And they will have a lot of sensory fun ripping apart the cotton balls. What a fun Winter Craft or Christmas craft for toddlers and Preschoolers.

These preschool paper ornaments are the perfect Christmas Craft for preschoolers, toddlers and kindergarteners. They are so simple, let each child make one, two or five! You can decorate the front and back, add stickers, glitter, even add a photo. Let everyone’s imagination run wild while making a fun decoration to hang on the tree.

Printable Paper Crafts

After I discovered the awesomeness of Printable Craft Templates, I was on a mission. I wanted to make my own templates for fun and simple crafts. And it worked! I was so excited, I couldn’t wait to share what I learned. That’s how CraftingJeannie.com got started.

I decided Printable Paper Crafts were the way to go and I’ve never looked back. I LOVE them. And you can find them all here! Each craft comes with a PDF of the Craft template.

Fun Printable Crafts for Toddlers, Preschool, and Kindergarten

Want More Craft Templates? How About a whole Year’s Worth?

In my eBook, A Year of Crafts , You get 350+ pages of crafts. There are over 52 Crafts, and  EVERY SINGLE ONE  comes with a  PRINTABLE TEMPLATE and Step-by-Step Instructions to make  AND  prepare each craft. It includes:

– 9 Animal Crafts with templates – 7 Vehicles Crafts with templates – 5 Food Crafts with templates – 4 Seasons Crafts with templates  – 6 Holidays (5+ crafts for each holiday)

Click Here to Learn More about A Year Of Crafts!

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Inside: A collection of printable art worksheets, PowerPoints, and lesson plans to use in art class. (Most of them are FREE!)

Art class should be about more than just making art! Art lessons should introduce students to a variety of works of art and allow them to explore the process, the history, and their own personal connections to the artworks they encounter.

Keeping a class full of students engaged while looking at art takes practice, confidence, inventive activities , and a variety of approaches. But most of us weren’t taught how to talk about art with kids . That’s why I’ve gathered some of my best printable art worksheets and downloads in one place! Most of these art lesson plans can be used for any grade level and there’s enough variety to keep elementary, middle, and high school students interested and intrigued.

Free Printable Art Worksheets

My favorite go-to art lessons come from the Art Appreciation Worksheet Bundle .

It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3! 1. Pick an artwork 2. Print one of the Art Appreciation Worksheets 3. Watch with joy as your students connect with and interpret art

The bundle includes 25 printable art worksheets, but everyone who signs up for Your Weekly Art Break , my email newsletter full of art inspiration, gets six FREE art appreciation worksheets . Fill out the form below to receive your free art worksheets and weekly art inspiration.

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Art Appreciation Worksheets

In this free bundle of art worksheets, you receive six ready-to-use art worksheets with looking activities designed to work with almost any work of art.

Below, you’ll find a collection of the Art Class Curator posts that include art printables and downloads. These brains-on art activities will jump-start students’ critical thinking skills and breath new life into their  art projects . All of these art lesson plans are all free unless otherwise marked. Most are printable PDFs, but the ones containing PowerPoints are marked.

Free Elements and Principles Printable Pack

This pack of printables was designed to work in a variety of ways in your classroom when teaching the elements and principles of art. You can print and hang in your classroom as posters/anchor charts or you can cut each element and principle of art in its own individual card to use as a lesson manipulative. Click here to download the Elements and Principles Printable Pack.

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Elements & Principles Printable Pack

The Elements & Principles of Art are the foundation of every artwork, but teaching them can be a bore. Wake your students up and engage them with full color artworks, easy to understand definitions, and thought-provoking higher level thinking questions. This versatile resource can be hung in the classroom or used as an art manipulative.

Art Appreciation Printables

• Free Art Appreciation Printable Worksheet Bundle
• Art Appreciation Worksheet Bundle 25-Pack  
• I am… Dorothea Lange: Exploring Empathy
• Character Analysis Art Activity: Twitter Perspectives
• Haikus about Art
• I See, I Think, I Wonder
• “I Feel” Word Wheel: Learning Emotional Literacy in Art Education

Art Appreciation Activities & Art Appreciation Lessons

• Art Description and Drawing Activity
• Virtual Art Museum Field Trip
• Complete the Picture: An Easy Art Appreciation Game for Kids
• Interpreting the Power of the Kongo Nkisi N’Kondi

Artworks Printables

Artworks Worksheets & Artworks Activities

• Art, Horror, and The Sublime: Symbolism in Pablo Picasso’s Guernica
• Kollwitz & Cassatt: Two Views of Motherhood in Art
• Rosa Rolanda Jigsaw Art Learning Activity

Artworks Lessons

• Elements of Art Examples & Definitions
• Principles of Design Examples & Definitions
• Frida Kahlo’s The Two Fridas  Art Discussion Lesson
• Art Analysis Activity for John Gast’s American Progress
• Art Around the World in 30 Days – China
• Masterpiece Monday: Manifest Destiny Art

Art Criticism Printables

Art criticism worksheets.

• SPARK: 5 Art Criticism Steps for Inspired Art Connections and Conversations
• Art History Student Study Guide Worksheets

Art Criticism Activities

• 82 Questions to Ask About Art
• Photograph Analysis Learning Activities

Art Criticism Lessons

• 4 Steps of Art Criticism Lesson
• What is Art? – Aesthetics Lesson Bundle
• Classical Sculpture Analysis Lesson  
• Decoding Style: How to Teach Students to Read an Artwork  

Puzzles About Art Printables

Teaching students about  art and aesthetics  is a great way to make them think about art in a new way. Aesthetics puzzles ignite exciting, meaningful classroom art discussions  and flex students’ philosophical and critical thinking skills.

• Puzzles About Art: The Chimpanzee Painter
• Puzzles About Art: Call it Driftwood

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You can find more art lesson plans in the Art Class Curator store and on Teachers Pay Teachers . Sign up for  Your Weekly Art Break   to get six free art art worksheets and weekly art inspiration delivered to your inbox!

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Arts and Crafts for Kids

Play and learn with these fun arts and crafts for kids ideas and projects.

Drawing, painting, sticking, crafting and creating are essential for the development of our Arty Crafty Kids! 

Be inspired with our quick no-prep arts and craft ideas and learning resources for your Arty Crafty Kids.

Our art and craft ideas are perfect for parents and teachers of kids of all ages. E.g. baby handprint art, toddler craft projects, preschool art and craft ideas, kindergarten art based learning resources and many more art and craft ideas to inspire creativity and have fun!

Kids love arts and crafts, experimenting with different colours and techniques – painting with paintbrushes, sponges and sometimes fingers!

And we help parents and teachers with art and craft ideas to do at home or in the classroom.

Our crafts have easy to follow guides, and to keep it simple we itemise the art and craft supplies used in each project at the beginning of each post.

To help you find the inspiration you are looking for, our art and craft project ideas are split into the following categories:

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Art Ideas for Kids

Art ideas are predominantly processed led, allowing kids to explore colours and shapes. Using different techniques to create fun and masterful art.

Art Ideas Latest Projects

Andy Warhol Inspired Flower Pop Art

Our Andy Warhol inspired Flower Pop Art idea for kids is a hands-on and fun art project that invites children to explore the colorful world

Abstract Sheep Art

This Abstract Sheep Art and Craft project offers a fun way to explore landscape drawing, pattern creation, and painting techniques. Exploring a ‘folksy’, abstract style

Kandinsky Watercolor Easter Egg Art

Kids can have fun with watercolors and add a splash of abstract flair to their Easter egg painting with our Kandinsky Watercolor Easter Egg Art

Craft Ideas for Kids

Craft ideas involve sticking, creating, making, learning and having fun!

Craft Ideas Latest Projects

Tissue Paper Flower Craft

This tissue paper flower craft is perfect for preschoolers – a cute springtime project that’s both fun and easy to make, while also honing essential

Paper Plate Cow Craft

Bring the charm of the farm right into your home (or classroom!) with this easy and fun Paper Plate Cow Craft! This ‘udderly’ adorable cow

Paper Plate Dog Craft

Get ready for some tail-wagging fun with our easy-to-make Paper Plate Dog Craft for kids! Complete with a handy printable dog template, this craft is

Valentines Art & Craft Ideas

Valentines Art & Craft Ideas Latest Projects

Geometric Watercolor Heart Art

The Geometric Watercolor Heart Art project is a fun and engaging way for kids to learn how to use watercolor paints. The project includes geometric heart templates

Splatter Heart Art Card Inspired by Jackson Pollock

Make a colorful splash for Valentine’s Day with our Splatter Heart Art Card inspired by Jackson Pollock – A fun and active art idea for

Preschool Valentine Card

Our super easy preschool Valentine card idea is tailor-made for adorable pre-K artists. Where they get to work their magic with pom-poms and give heart

Easter Art & Craft Ideas

Easter Art & Craft Ideas Latest Projects

Tape Resist Easter Art

Get excited for our latest Tape Resist Art Project for kids – landing just in time for Easter! This fun-filled Easter Art activity adds a

3D Pop-Up Bunny Card for Easter | Printable Easter Card

Hop into card making with the kids and try this playful 3D Pop-up Bunny Card for Easter! Our Easter card design features a bunny hiding

Halloween Art & Craft Ideas

Halloween Art & Craft Ideas Latest Projects

Haunted House Coloring Page & Craft

Enjoy our “Haunted House Coloring Page & Craft!” for some easy Halloween-themed crafting with the kids. The pop-up style adds a fun twist to the

Frankenstein Paper Hand Puppet

This playful Frankenstein Paper Hand Puppet design will bring fun and laughter to kids’ Halloween crafty time. This paper hand puppet imagines a young Frankenstein

Printable Vampire Craft (Free Template)

Get into the spirit of Halloween with this fang-tastic Printable Vampire Craft – An adorable vampire paper toy with a cleverly designed cape that opens

Christmas Art & Craft Ideas

Christmas Art & Craft Ideas Latest Projects

Kandinsky Christmas Tree Circle Art

Complete with 4 different Kandinsky Christmas Tree Circle Art templates, this fun and simple circle art project is great for kids of all ages from

How to Make a Paper Roll Santa Claus

Looking for an easy low-cost Christmas craft? If so, it’s time to dig out some paper rolls and make a Paper Roll Santa Claus with

Flow Drawing: How to Draw Santa Claus

Learn how to draw Santa with our easy to follow step-by-step ‘How to Draw Santa Claus’ tutorial. Our flow drawing technique makes drawing Santa super

Spring Art & Craft Ideas

Spring Art & Craft Ideas Latest Projects

Summer Art & Craft Ideas

Summer Art & Craft Ideas Latest Projects

How to Make a Paper Plate Frog Craft

This simple Paper Plate frog Craft is perfect for adding a touch of creativity to teaching children, particularly preschoolers, about the fascinating life cycle of

Autumn Art & Craft Ideas

Autumn Art & Craft Ideas Latest Projects

How to Make a Rocking Deer Craft (Easy!): A fun Coloring Craft

Get crafty with forest animals and learn how to make this playful rocking deer craft – a fun and easy coloring craft for kids of

Paper Thanksgiving Turkey Craft

Are you looking for a fun and easy craft this Thanksgiving Holiday? Our design your own Paper Thanksgiving Turkey Craft is the perfect activity for

Fall Leaf Face Craft

This simple Fall Leaf Face Craft is designed to inspire kids to create face shapes and playful self-portraits with Autumn Leaves! Starting with a fun

Winter Art & Craft Ideas

Winter Art & Craft Ideas Latest Projects

Winter Bird and Birch Tree Painting

This Winter Bird and Birch Tree Painting is a perfect blend of art and craft for Arty Crafty Kids! In this art project, kids will

Polar Bear Coloring Pages

Color your way into the icy realms of Antartica with our collection of 20 polar bear coloring pages! The coloring sheets feature lots of cute

Watercolor Painting of a Polar Bear with Abstract Line Art

Create a beautiful winter-themed watercolor painting of a polar bear using fun abstract line art techniques! This art project is perfect for kids of all

Arts and Crafts for Kids | Teachers

The art and craft projects on this site can be used for inspiration or completed using the simple guides accompanying each idea.

Our unique and original art and craft ideas are used in classrooms all over the World and as well as being creative and fun, we make use of different art and craft techniques to experiment and explore.

We also have learning resources and activities to help make learning fun!

Straw Blowing Rainbow Art

Leaf Painting

Accordian Paper Fold Crafts

3D Polar Bear Winter Craft

3D Spring Lamb Craft

Learning resources and activities.

Learning through Art & Craft! Easy to use and follow, these learning resources and activities help kids learn numbers and math, letters and the alphabet. 

To make things easier and save you time, all of our Art & Craft templates & printables are available in the Members Area.

Arts and Crafts for Kids | Parents

Arts and crafts for kids can be an amazing way to create special keepsakes from fun projects.

Handprint Art

There can be no better way to get a little messy and have fun making arts and crafts with handprints and footprints. Fun for budding artists and keepsakes for parents!

Mother’s Day Handprint Flower Craft

Cool Handprint Art

Easy Handprint Sunflower Craft

Clay handprint shell keepsake.

Special Occasion Homemade Cards

A lovely way to celebrate a special occasion with a personalised greetings card made by your Arty Crafty Kids!

Love Bug Handprint Card

Cute Printable Panda Card

Watercolour Flower Card

Arts and crafts for kids | benefits.

Arts and crafts for kids have many benefits for children and we believe the following benefits are direct and indirect when kids are carrying out art and craft projects following a set guide or experimenting and using their own creativity! 

Brain Development

Fine motor skills, shape matching, colour matching, communication skills.

Working together following a simple guide helps to develop communication skills including listening skills and verbal communication when the child explains what they are doing and what they have done.

5-Minute Fun Art and Crafts for Kids

To get you started we have a few of our popular and easy to do crafts using simple items found around the home or in a scrap box!

Toilet Roll Craft Ideas

Toilet roll crafts can be simple and easy, and usually there is at least one toilet roll available to make something with!

Let these toilet roll art and craft ideas inspire your kids next fun project!

Paper Plate Crafts

Another great mainstay of quick and fun art and craft projects are Paper Plate Crafts. Check out these crafts for inspiration.

Paper Plate Unicorn Over the Rainbow Craft

Paper Plate Craft Goldfish Bowl & Puppets

Paper Plate Lion Craft

Artist inspired art and craft for kids ideas, kandinsky art.

Kandinsky’s famous concentric circles’ painting is a fabulous source of inspiration for kids and is often used by art teachers to explore colour mixing concepts.

Kandinsky Heart Art Project

Claude Monet

Claude Monet experimented with his art, creating a ‘reflective’ surface that was key to Monet’s exploration of capturing patterns of changing light.

Claude Monet Water Lilies Art Project for Kids

Children's Book Inspired Craft Ideas

Children’s books are a fantastic source of inspiration for art and craft ideas and help children enjoy the story from the book.

The Day the Crayons Came Home

The Day the Crayons Came Home , written in a similar format to its predecessor, The Day the Crayons Quit. Duncan receives a pile of postcards from his lost, broken and aggrieved crayons who are not happy about being left behind and forgotten!

The Day the Crayons Came Home Inspired Craft

Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell Inspired Craft

Inspired by Sue Hendra’s charming story ‘Norman The Slug with the Silly Shell’, our Paper Plate Snail is all about letting imaginations sparkle to create snails with very silly shells.

Nature Art Ideas for Kids

Nature Art is one of our favorite art mediums, combining natures colorful and glorious texture, that children will LOVE to explore, touch and experiment with.

This collection of Nature Art Ideas for Kids will inspire creativity without being overly complicated or material intensive and most importantly, are kid-friendly!

They’re bold, bright and beautiful, using the full spectrum of materials from stones to sand, petals to tree stumps. So no matter where you are in the world there will be something for you and your Arty Crafty Kids!

• This beautiful Petal ‘Stained Glass’ Display from The Artful Parent is the perfect activity for very young children.
• I love the playful appearance of these Stick People from Mollymoo.
• These gorgeous Dyed Rocks from Twitchetts are given a semi-precious stone quality that can created at home. You will love the technique and coupled with the positive affirmations, they double up has charming kindness gifts between friends.
• I adore the bold colours of these Chalk Painted Leaves – this is a no-fuss easy art idea for kids!
• How amazing does this Paper Weight Beach Rock from Happy Hooligans look?
• Using a Tree Stump or Wood Slice as a canvas, why not try making Nature Portraits (by Adventure-in-a-Box) ?
• Transform sticks, leaves and foliage into fabulous Nature Paint Brushes (by Messy Little Monster).
• These Nature Collages are certainly bold, bright and beautiful – An inspirational post with many creative designs from The Craft Train.
• Mud, glorious mud…. Children will love to get their hands stuck into to this activity to create Muddy Mandala’s and Art (By Rhythms of Play).
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Russian Art for Kids – Art Collection and Activity

Learning About Russian Art with kids

Russia has a history rich with talented artists.  During one of my visits to Moscow, I was fortunate to be able to visit the Tretyakov Gallery. The museum houses a stunningly beautiful collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures, and icons.

Although you cannot begin to get the depth and feel of a piece of art by looking at it on the screen, you can preview their collection here.

What I am continuously amazed at is the artistic talents of this generation. My husband purchased this gorgeous egg to display in our home in Moscow. One can find these symbols of love and faith in churches, stores, and street markets and most are painted by local artisans.

This particular icon egg is made of wood and sits upon a pedestal, modeled in part after Faberge’s Eggs, the historical extravagant carved and hand painted eggs.

I personally am drawn to local art that represents a cultural tidbit. I purchased a painting in the Udmurt Republic that represents more of the traditional, rustic dacha (garden home). Although Russian flats (apartments) are mostly modernized with washer machines, dishwashers, coffee pots and other appliances, many dachas still remain simple with just the necessities for weekend and summer living.

The perfect place to get away from city life, relax, garden and drink a cup of chai (tea). It is my daily reminder to find joy in the simple pleasures of life and not to get consumed by the modern technology.

Making Learning About Russia a Hands-On Experience Through Art:

I try to teach my children that artwork, both well known and local takes time and skill.  If we are putting a project together, most often it is a craft. Although I do feel that many projects tend to walk a fine line between the two.

If you are hoping to do some crafting with your kids to learn more about the history, architecture, art, and geography, here are some activity links worth reading.

• Russian Cathedral Drawing at Art Projects for Kids
• Construction Paper Building at Having Fun at Home
• Making a Dyimkovsky Toy  at Crafty Crow
• Kandisky Project with Several Printable Coloring Pages at DLTK’s Crafts for Kids

For our activity today, we will be looking at Kasimir Malevich, an abstract Russian painter (1878-1935)  He is revered as a “pioneer” in the abstract art movement.

A quick Google search will give you and your kids an idea of Malevich’s style. We talk about the changes in art and how his pieces were made not to represent shapes, but a feeling.  We used color, shape, and size words to not only describe what we saw but to reinforce and increase my preschooler’s oral vocabulary.

Our goal for the Russian Art Activity today is to arrange rectangles in a way that represents a feeling, going beyond the actual shapes and colors of the rectangles.

Russian Art Activity: Rectangle Abstract Art

Materials Needed:

• Paper: red, orange, yellow, black, green.
• Scissors (you can either pre-cut a variety of rectangle shapes and sizes or with proper safety measures, let the kids make them)
• Large White Sheet of Paper

Directions:

1. Cut out rectangles in varying sizes.

2. Glue them onto the paper in such a way that they represent a feeling.

Additional Activities about Russia for Kids

To learn more about Russian Language and Culture, please visit our other Russian Posts here at The Educators’ Spin On It.

• Seven Ways to use Matroshka Dolls to Teach
• Chalk Replicas of Russian Buildings – a lesson in art, math, and geography
• Sharing Russian Culture with Friends
• A Guest Post at Mama Smiles about Russian Food
• Where to find resources to teach Russian
• Russian Books for Kids
• Making Borsht and labeling your fridge
• What environmental print looks like in my home
• How to build a bilingual book collection
• Including traditional toys in play
• Russian Recipes for Kids to Make
• A Virtual Field Trip to Izhevsk Russia

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K - 12 masters reading teacher, author and mom to 3. Amanda is a National Board Certified teacher with oodles of experience in early childhood education.

January 8, 2014 at 7:47 pm

Thanks for the ideas! my 4,5 years old loves drawing old buildings and castles. I talk a lot to him about different styles of art and the Malevich project would work just right for us!

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The ultimate guide to Russian handicrafts: From Matryoshka dolls to Gzhel

Handicrafts are among the most popular souvenirs à la russe that tourists buy when in Russia. Zhostovo paintings, Matryoshka dolls, Vologda lace, Gzhel, and many others examples of folk art with long, distinguished histories are the perfect presents for friends and family – forget vodka and fur hats! Russia Beyond highlights some of the most interesting handicrafts we’ve featured over the last 10 years.

Matryoshkas

Russian nesting dolls or Matryoshkas are among the most well-known symbols of the country and a favorite souvenir for tourists and even Hollywood stars . You may be surprised to learn that the craft is only a century or so old – it feels like it has been around since the prehistoric times. Find out other facts about the dolls and watch a video of an artist at work, and read our report about the Dmitriev family from Sergiyev Posad who are preserving the tradition of painting Russian dolls.

Palekh lacquer miniature

The Palekh miniature is a folk art that developed in the village of Palekh in the Ivanovo Region. The style of painting springs from the traditions of the ancient Suzdal and Moscow schools of icon painting (15th to 16th centuries).

Beginning in the 1920s, Palekh artists began decorating boxes, brooches, powder cases, spectacles cases, and ashtrays. The motifs for these miniatures were typically taken from everyday life, classic works of literature, fairy tales , folk poems, and songs. The works even won prizes at the World Expo in Paris in 1923.

Today, every tenth resident of Palekh is a graduate of the Palekh Art School. Here’s our video from the village and school . You can also take a look at our gallery showcasing the art, and another video report about contemporary Palekh icon painting .

Khokhloma painting on wooden objects is pretty famous and it has certainly put the city of Nizhny Novgorod on the map. Did you know that Khokhloma and Matryoshka dolls have the same roots? Previously, they were all made by one association but in 1928 Khokhloma painting broke away and began to focus purely on tableware and furniture. Check out stories and a video about Khokhloma here , and these patterns are definitely worth a look!

Gorodets painting

Gorodets painting is a phenomenon of so-called naive art. It sprang from carved distaffs manufactured in villages near the town of Gorodets in the Nizhni Novgorod Region. Initially local craftsmen used the incrustation technique to decorate distaffs. Gorodets artists traditionally paint genre scenes (merrymaking, tea drinking, riding the famous Gorodets horse), decorative images of birds or animals (roosters, horses, lions, leopards), and flower patterns. Take a look at our videos about Gorodets and modern masters of decorative wood painting .

Kazakovo filigree metalwork

Craftsmen from the village of Kazakovo in Russia's Volga Region have been creating amazing filigree metalwork for almost 80 years. Sadly, today this distinctive craft is in danger of dying out.

Vintage USSR style tea cup holders, caskets, cigarette cases, icon frames, and even hockey helmets made out of wafer-thin silver-plated wire are hunted in Moscow souvenir shops by tourists. But only a few of them know how these works of artisan jewelry are born . By the way, this metalwork inspired one collection by Dolce & Gabbana ! 



The famous blue and white Gzhel ceramics are among the most beloved souvenirs from Russia. Handmade and handpainted in a small town outside Moscow, each piece produced by local craftsmen is unique.

Gzhel (57 km southeast of Moscow) has long been known for its outstanding clay, so it’s no surprise that local potters were Russia's pioneers in producing porcelain. Beginning in the early 19th century Gzhel artisans began producing tableware and sculptures featuring the trademark blue painting on white background.  Read about the history and modern life of Gzhel ceramics here and see how Gzhel inspires fashion designers .

Pavlovsky Posad shawls

With its natural texture and traditional, colorful patterns, the Pavlovsky Posad shawl boasts 200 years of history and remains in vogue. Why do young girls in Moscow still wear such shawls? We asked some!

We also visited the Shawl Museum in Pavlovsky Posad and were given a special tour of the town’s shawl factory .

Orenburg shawls

You can use Pavlovsky Posad shawls in all seasons but Orenburg shawls s are only for winter. This particular shawl was created thanks to a special breed of goat native to the Orenburg Region, which has firm, soft wool. The goats have long since adapted to the harsh winters, snowstorms, and low temperatures. The animal's hair is about 17 micrometers thick, which is four times thinner than human hair and 1.5 times thinner than the hair of the Angora goat.

Zhostovo painting

The Zhostovo method is an old Russian folk handicraft style of painting on metal trays, which still flourishes in the village of Zhostovo, 40 km from Moscow ( see the video ). Today, Zhostovo masterpieces exhibited by major national museums, included in the state index of most valuable cultural objects of the Russian Federation, have become an inspiration for Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana, Dries van Noten, and other designers .

Kasli casting

Do you know that in 1900, when Kasli participated in the World Exhibition in Paris, something very amusing happened? A sculpture called “Russia” by Nikolai Laveretsky stood in front of the pavilion – an allegorical image of a woman in armor and a sword in hand, which personified Russia. Many inquired about buying it but after long negotiations a reply came: "Russia is not for sale!" Check out other fascinating facts here.

Rostov finift

Painting on enamel appeared in Rostov Veliky (200 km northwest of Moscow) in the 18th century. The handicraft got its second wind after the Russian Revolution in 1917, when local masters started creating miniatures with colorful floral patterns. Look some examples and discover the history.

Vologda lace

Lace from Vologda has a much longer history than the Sicilian lace Dolce & Gabbana loves to use. Skilled workers in Russia’s North weaved gold and silver threads in the 17th century. Read our report about how Vologda lace is produced and widely used by Russian designers (even Beyoncé wears it!).

Dymka toys are truly unique. Each has its own subject and design. The toys are one of the oldest crafts in Russia, born in the Kirov Region in the village of Dymkovo more than 400 years ago. To this day, the toy masters safeguard their traditions – but some secrets have been revealed here!

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