Art Activities

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Habitot At-Home Art Activities have been funded in part by a grant from the City of Berkeley’s Civic Arts Commission — thank you!

Shaving Cream Winter Art

Open-ended play with shaving cream can be a learning activity all by itself, and it can be used to make wintery art!

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Early chemistry
  • Creativity
  • Color mixing
  • Sensory development

Family Collage

Collaborating on art can spark experimentation and discovery, and make cooperation a fun and creative experience.

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Creative expression
  • Storytelling
  • Collaboration
  • Communication

Halloween Window Clings

Sticky, fun Halloween decorations that can be displayed on any glass surface!

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Fine motor skills
  • Color mixing
  • Creativity
  • Collaboration

Pipe Cleaner Firework Prints

Practice creative tool use, pattern recognition, and fine motor skills while making colorful firework prints.

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Creativity 
  • Fine motor skills 
  • Tool use
  • Pattern recognition

Asymmetrical Handprint Butterflies

Learn about asymmetrically-winged Chimera Butterflies – an example of an animal that is non-binary – and make your own!

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Language acquisition 
  • Collaboration
  • Early biology 
  • Gender diversity

Rainbow Ice Painting

Explore the concept of changing states of matter while creating colorful ice cube “paintbrushes” to make art with! 

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Changes in states of matter 
  • Sensory awareness 
  • Temperature 
  • Friction

Watercolor and Lemon Juice Paintings

What happens when lemon juice is added to watercolor paintings? Using a few common materials, let’s find out!

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Early chemistry
  • Fine motor skills
  • Experimentation
  • Language acquisition

Stamping with Everyday Objects

Your child will learn the concepts of printing and patterning as they use three-dimensional objects to create two-dimensional, repeated images.

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Tool use
  • Creativity
  • Pattern recognition
  • Experimentation

Mixed Media Painting Inspired by Basquiat

Using Basquiat as inspiration, we invite you and your child to experiment and create art with a sense of improvisation and adventure.

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Creativity 
  • Trial and error 
  • Color identification
  • Shape identification

Rhythm in Nature: Painting with Paper

Two activities inspired by the art of Alma Woodsey Thomas.

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Fine motor skills
  • Observation of the natural world
  • Pattern & rhythm
  • Fluency in Black History and Art History

Black History Month Story Quilt

Inspired by the work of Faith Ringgold, create a quilt with your family using common materials!

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Collaboration 
  • Storytelling 
  • Measurement
  • Pattern recognition

Salt and Glue Design Hearts

Create art that celebrates the heart as a vessel for creativity and expression using salt, glue, and watercolors.

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Creativity
  • Experimentation
  • Fine motor skills
  • Absorption

Sponge Print Peace Dove

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., let’s make a peace dove decorated with colorful sponge prints.

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Creativity
  • Fine motor skills
  • Color mixing
  • Cultural symbolism