Welcome to NurtureStore’s index of seasonal children’s art activities, including the festivals and holidays of the year.
Seasonal children’s art activities
Use our index of seasonal children’s art activities to plan your art lesson through the year. We have ideas for art projects for every season, plus crafts for all the many festivals of the year.
This article is part of our children’s art lessons and craft activities.
Table of Contents
Seasonal arts and crafts about:
– ready-made art curricula
– spring
– summer
– autumn
– winter
– Black History Month
– Chinese New Year
– Christmas and Advent
– Day of the Dead
– Diwali
– Easter
– Halloween
– Hanukkah
– New Year’s Eve
– Ramadan
– Valentine’s Day
Ready-made art lessons, all in one place
The best and easiest way to teach great art lessons is to use our ready-made art curricula. Choose from:
Art Spark: This kit gives you everything you need to get started with art and develop a rich and creative art practice with your children. 30+ inspiring process art projects, famous art, world culture, practical tips, and endless possibilities! See more and get your copy here.
Exploring Great Artists: This book gives you everything you need to teach an exciting art program inspired by the great artists of the world. With profiles of each artist, materials lists, lesson plans, and creative, hands-on art projects for every featured artist you’ll easily be able to deliver engaging and educational art lessons. See more and get your copy here.
Diversify Your Art Curriculum: This art curriculum bundle of five ebooks gives you everything you need to teach 25 art projects inspired by contemporary artists of colour from four continents. See more and get your copy here.
Color Theory Art Lessons: This curriculum gives you all the resources you need to learn about the color wheel and color theory and enjoy hands-on, easy, creative art projects for every lesson. It includes art history, famous artist profiles, and wider cross-curricular lessons in science, math, language arts and world culture, plus bonus printables and posters. See more and get your copy here.
Seasonal children’s art activities including holidays and festivals
Enjoy these art projects for spring, summer, fall and winter plus crafts for all the major holidays of the year.
Spring art activities
See our guide to spring art activities for children here.
Summer art activities
See our guide to summer art activities for children here.
Autumn art activities
See our guide to autumn art activities for children here.
Winter art activities
See our guide to winter art activities for children here.
Black History Month art activities
See our guide to Black History Month art activities for children here.
Chinese New Year art activities
How to make Chinese lanterns
Two pretty ways to make easy Chinese lanterns: they’re great Chinese New Year crafts for kids and a fun way to work on scissor skills.
Easy dragon crafts for Chinese New Year
Let’s learn about the meaning of the Chinese dragon and make one of our easy dragon crafts for Chinese New Year.
Spring blossom tree craft
Here’s an idea for a spring blossom tree craft that uses natural materials for some sensory exploring and printing.
Chinese New Year sensory painting
This Chinese New Year activity takes inspiration from the traditional colours of the festival for some sensory, process painting.
Christmas and Advent art activities
Christmas art lessons for children
Try these Christmas art lessons for children featuring famous artists, interesting art techniques, and seasonal motifs.
Easy Christmas craft activities for children
Easy Christmas crafts for children of all ages that are fun, creative, and use only basic craft materials. Includes Christmas crafts based on the Nativity, angels, Christmas trees, Father Christmas, baubles, wreaths, gingerbread houses, Christmas cards and gift wrap and delicious Christmas recipes.
Day of the Dead art activities
Day of the Dead activities and crafts
Ideas for Day of the Dead activities and crafts including sugar skull art lesson and collages.
Diwali art activities
Diwali activities and crafts
Ideas for Diwali crafts including paper plate diya craft, how to make clay diya lamps, Rama and Sita puppets, and rangoli designs for children.
Easter art activities
Paper plate Easter basket
This paper plate Easter basket craft is really simple to make, but ever so pretty! And each child can add their own art to the design.
Easy ways to dye Easter eggs
Three gorgeously easy ways to dye Easter eggs, using shaving foam, oil and crayons. Includes a no-dye, mess free option!
What are pysanky eggs?
In this lesson you’ll learn about pysanky eggs, the history of the pysanka egg, and traditional designs. Then you can use the egg decorating ideas to design your own colourful easter eggs.
Easy botanical eggs
Use this tutorial to make petal and leaf prints on eggs, creating botanical eggs for lovely nature-themed decorations for spring and Easter.
Easter egg bunting
How to set up an Easter Creation Station, which invites the children to glue, stick, paint, tear and create to their hearts content.
Simple Easter cards for toddlers
As easy Easter card design young children can make.
Printing with carrots
An Easter craft with a dash of fun – have you tried writing, painting and printing with carrots?
Halloween art activities
Diwali activities and crafts
Here’s a great collection of easy Halloween crafts including pumpkins, bats, spiders and lanterns.
Hanukkah art activities
Hanukkah activities and crafts for children
Here you will find ideas for Hanukkah lesson plans, Hanukkah art projects and Jewish crafts children can make.
New Year’s Eve art activities
New Year crafts and activities
Here you will find ideas for how to celebrate New Year’s Eve with children, easy New Year crafts and free New Year review printables for kids.
Ramadan art activities
Crescent moon and stars mobile Ramadan craft
Create a beautiful crescent moon and stars mobile with this free printable.
Islamic geometric art lesson for children
Let’s combine math and art to create a beautiful geometric art lesson inspired by Islamic art. We’ll be learning about symmetry and creating pictures that include squares, triangles, and repeating patterns.
Ramadan lantern craft with template
Here’s an ever-so-pretty, easy Ramadan lantern craft which comes with a printable lantern template.
Paper lanterns Ramadan craft
These paper lanterns combine an oil and water technique that my children love. They look so pretty hung across a room and are a great kids craft for Ramadan.
Paper plate moon and stars Ramadan craft
This paper plate moon and stars is a pretty but easy to make Ramadan craft for kids.
Valentine’s Day art activities
Easy Valentine’s Day crafts for children
Here’s a great collection of Valentine’s Day crafts for children that are easy to make and just use basic art supplies.
More children’s art lessons and craft activities
Use NurtureStore’s extensive resources to find more great art lessons and craft activities for your children:
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