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16 Easy Art Activities For Your 4-Year-Old

May 5, 2022 Anna

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A 4-year-old toddler’s mind is super creative! Harness that gift with any colorful and fun art activity for kids! Your child will love these 16 easy art activities for your 4 year olds!

16 Easy Art Activities For Your 4 Year Old
Liven up your 4-year-old’s afternoon with fun and colors!

These fun, colorful craft activities and ideas will make for an afternoon of creative fun!

Colorful Ideas for Art Activity for Kids

1. Make DIY Creative Foam Mosaic Activity for Kids

Got extra foam pieces? Your 4-year-old will enjoy cutting them up and making a foam mosaic! This art activity from The Craft Train reminds every mom to supervise your 4-year-old with scissors usage, of course!

foam mosaics, 16 Easy Art Activities For Your 4 Year Old
A colorfully beautiful foam mosaic will give life to your home walls!

2. The Perfect 4-year-old Painting Art Activity Using a Basket!

Painting is so creative that your 4-year-old can use anything to paint with aside from paintbrushes! Use a basket as a stamp with this fun art project from Kids Activities Blog!

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Your 4-year0old will have great fun while painting using a basket!

3. A Fun Art Activity Using Watercolor on Canvas!

We’re always thrilled to see an artist, right? Why not help your 4-year-old develop that creative talent and fine motor skills at an early age? Create an easy masterpiece with watercolor painting on canvas activity from Learn With Play At Home!

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Awaken the Vincent Van Gogh in your 4-year-old with this fun art activity!

4. Cookie Cutter Stencil Paintings Activity for 4-year-olds

Everybody loves cookies! Now, you can use these cookie cutters for an easy and creative art activity! Your 4-year-old can use cookie cutter stencils and paint brush to make a beautiful fall-inspired tree art activity from Kids Activities Blog!

cookie cutter stencils,  16 Easy Art Activities For Your 4 Year Old
Your 4-year-old will love designing their fall tree using cookie cutters!

5. Create an Art Masterpiece Using Broken Crayons with Kids!

Most 4-year-olds just love breaking crayons. But don’t throw them just yet! These craft ideas from Kids Activities blog make use of broken crayon pieces, turning them into a raised painting!

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Your 4-year-old will love making a colorful masterpiece with the broken crayons!

6. A Beautiful and Fun String Art Activity for 4-year-olds

This string art lesson by Preschool Powol packets makes for such interesting, swirly designs! Your 4-year-old and kids of all ages will fall in love with paint, strings, and pulling off this easy preschool art activity!

string painting,  16 Easy Art Activities For Your 4 Year Old
Make this lovely pull-string art activity with 4-year-olds!

7. Teach your 4-year-old This Paper Weaving Art Activity!

You might remember these craft projects from your own childhood! What fun to introduce your 4-year-old to paper weaving activity from Kids Activities Blog too!

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Re-live your childhood while making this paper weaving activity!

8. A Creative Bubble Painting Art Activity for 4-year-olds

Art activities with your 4-year-old are so fun! Your kids will be delighted with these cool designs and color mixture created by bubble painting activity by Housing a Forest!

bubble painting,  16 Easy Art Activities For Your 4 Year Old
Create those lovely rainbow colors using bubbles with your 4-year-old!

9. Color the Fun with Glue and Paint Art Activity

Get your 4-year-old’s creative wheels turned by combining glue and paint into a single piece of art activity with this idea from Learn With Play At Home!

glueoncanvas,  16 Easy Art Activities For Your 4 Year Old
Your 4-year-old will enjoy swirling and painting in this art activity!

10. Make an Art Masterpiece with Salt Paints for 4-year-olds!

Your 4-year-old will surely love to explore texture with these beautiful salt paints art activities from Kids Play Box!

salt paint,  16 Easy Art Activities For Your 4 Year Old
Add more creatives with this salt paints art activity for 4-year-olds!

11. An Epic and Creative Glowing Ice Paint Activity!

Add some summer fun with your 4-year-old! This glowing ice paint art idea from Housing a Forest would make a great summer cool-down activity!

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Your 4-year-old will love this glowing ice art activity!

12. Make this Creative Stapler Art Activity with Your 4-year-old

Got a 4-year-old who loves stapling? Why not let them turn staples into art with this easy art activity from Tiny Rotten Peanuts?

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Your 4-year-old will go wild making face and shape arts using staples!

13. Leave Colorful Paint Marks on the Tiles with this Art Activity

Did you know you could paint on tile? This easy and fun art activity from Preschool Powol Packets lets you preserve your 4-year-old’s art by making a print onto a piece of paper afterward! You and the kids will love the final product!

tile prints, 16 Easy Art Activities For Your 4 Year Old
Print and preserve your 4-year-old’s painting with this fun art activity!

14. Bake Those Creative Arts Dough by Your 4-year-old!

Baking can be introduced as early as 4 years old! Create a puffy paint design by “baking” your artwork in the microwave with this creative art activity by Housing a Forest!

microwave puffy paint, 16 Easy Art Activities For Your 4 Year Old
Your 4-year-old will enjoy baking their own puffy art pieces!

15. Make Circle Arts and Abstract Art Activities with 4-year-olds

Your 4-year-old should know that you can create art out of anything. Teach them that by turning simple objects from home into creative circle art with this activity from Fun-A-Day!

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Create art circles and have fun with your 4-year-old!

16. Watch the Clouds with Kids and Paint them!

Take your 4-year-old out for a stroll! An afternoon of cloud watching provides inspiration for these cloud paintings from Coffee Cups and Crayons!

cloud painting, 16 Easy Art Activities For Your 4 Year Old
This bonding art activity will ignite your 4-year-old’s creativity!

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  • Handprint crafts for toddlers are fun and unique ways to capture special moments with your little artist. 
16 easy art activities for your four year old

Ready to pick one idea for todays’ activity? Which one does your 4-year-old choose?

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