Like freedom and fun, creativity is an inborn need. If you haven’t discovered this need in yourself, it’s possible you haven’t yet found your medium. It’s also possible that this checklist of art and craft skills will pique your interest.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS: FINE ARTS
- Drawing: chalk, charcoal, crayon, marker, oil pastels, pen, pencil
- Painting (with acrylic paint, oil paint, watercolor on canvas, glass, fabric, human body, plaster, wood, walls with brushes, sponges, hands, stencils and more; this includes murals)
- Sculpture: wood, wax, stone, metal, clay and mixed media
- Performance art: Dance, theater, music
- Collage, fresco and mosaic
- Conceptual and installation art
- Multimedia art, including recycled material art
ESSENTIAL SKILLS: APPLIED ARTS
- Architecture
- Carpentry/woodworking
- Building (go-karts, playground structures, garden trellises, etc.)
- Ceramics/pottery
- Film making
- Culinary art
- Glass blowing
- Lighting design
- Landscape architecture
- Graphic narratives/Comics/Cartooning
- Photography
- Printmaking
- Fashion design
- Model making
- Collecting
- Scrapbooking
- Textile arts: Crocheting, sewing, knitting, macrame, weaving and more
- Graphic design/electronic art (creating brochures, magazines, etc.)
- Website creation
- Digital printing
- Video game creation
Easy Crafts for Children
- Clay/Play-Doh modeling
- Braiding and weaving
- Making wrapping paper
- Beading
- Making bean-filled heat packs to heat in the microwave
- Making greeting cards
- Making bound books
- Making Christmas ornaments
- Weaving paper baskets
- Making masks
- Making paper chains
- Making edible necklaces and Christmas strings with popcorn or apples
- Making mobiles
- Making hand and finger puppets
- Making miniature villages or people from various materials
- Plastic bag painting (putting paint and small objects in a plastic baggie and shaking)
- Coloring
- Stamping
- Making leaf and hand prints and rubbings
- Gluing and taping with recycled materials
- Hole punching and tying string
- Making egg carton treasure boxes
- Making stick and popsicle stick art, such as a flower pots or a birdhouse
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