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Home / Early Learning / Preschool Arts and Crafts / 15+ Watercolor Ideas for Kids to Create

15+ Watercolor Ideas for Kids to Create

Shared by Mary Catherine 3 Comments

These watercolor ideas for kids are sure to inspire your students’ creativity any time of year. Once you’re done here, be sure to check out the rest of our art projects for kids.

There are so many fun art and craft materials to use with children. Watercolors happen to be a favorite around here and that love inspired this collection of kids’ watercolor activities. If your children love watercolor art, too, be sure to check out the whole list.

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The watercolor fun shared below run the gamut from very open-ended process art to thematic projects. Take a look and choose the watercolor art projects that make the most sense for your students, based on their ages, needs, and interests.

Table of Contents

  • Watercolor Ideas for Kids
    • Watercolor Art Materials
    • Watercolor Painting Ideas for Kids
  • What are Kids Learning with Watercolor Art?
  • Even More Art Activities for Kids
  • Done-for-You Preschool Resources

Watercolor Ideas for Kids

Since this is a collection of watercolor art, each of the ideas listed below is linked to an individual project. The links match up to the picture collages. So take a look through the entire list, making note of the ideas you’re most interested in. Then click on the individual links for in-depth instructions (and more pictures) related to each art idea.

Watercolor Art Materials

Before we take a peek at the watercolor ideas for kids, let’s talk materials. Most of the projects I share below don’t require too much. Check out your art supply stash and you might already have everything you need for some of the art ideas!

Here are a few of the materials you might use with these fun watercolor art projects (I may get commissions for purchases made through links in this post):

  • Liquid watercolors
  • Coffee filters
  • Washi tape
  • Dot markers
  • Contact paper
  • Construction paper
  • Washable tempera paint

If you don’t have all of the materials needed for the art projects, don’t worry. You can do many of these art activities without all of the supplies. Or you can replace a material or two with something else you have on-hand.

Watercolor Painting Ideas for Kids

Okay, now let’s jump into the watercolor painting ideas for kids! I’ve tried many of them, either at home or at school. But I also added a few extras we want to try in the future.

4 ideas for watercolor painting with children
  • Watercolor Canvas Art
  • Geometric Watercolor Art
  • Fold and Dye Tissue Art
  • Splat Art
4 watercolor painting ideas for children
  • Coffee Filter Earths
  • Watercolor Planets
  • Catapult Art (one of our favorite watercolor ideas for kids!)
  • Watercolor Painting Collages
4 watercolor art projects for kids
  • How to Catch a Star Watercolor Activity
  • Shell Painting – Take a look at this art in action in the video below:
  • Paper Towel Watercolor Art
  • Oil and Water Painting
4 watercolor ideas for kids
  • Coffee Filter Flowers – Here’s a peek at the watercolor flowers:
  • Watercolor Paper Houses
  • Monster Watercolour Blow Art
  • Egg Carton Chimes

So, which of these watercolor ideas for kids are you going to try first? Be sure to save this post for future reference!

What are Kids Learning with Watercolor Art?

I definitely believe in art just for art’s sake. At the same time, I want to touch on what children are learning with these watercolor art ideas. Because, let’s be honest, young children are learning with everything they do.

Here’s a short list of the learning opportunities inherent to watercolor painting ideas:

  • Creativity
  • Color identification
  • Fine motor skills
  • Language development
  • Descriptive language
  • Patterns
  • Saturation

And that’s not even an exhaustive list! So kids easily explore literacy, math, and science alongside all of the art fun!

Even More Art Activities for Kids

If these watercolor ideas for kids were a hit, I have more art possibilities for you:

  • Seed Art Ideas
  • Foil Art for Kids
  • Messy Art
  • Art and Loose Parts Play
  • 3D Art for Kids

Have a blast creating with your students! Let me know some of their favorite art projects in the comments below.

Done-for-You Preschool Resources

Planning meaningful lessons for students week after week, all while balancing other teaching responsibilities and a personal life, can be a daunting task. Let Preschool Teacher 101 help with fully-developed, done-for-you early childhood resources.

We have a variety of products to help early childhood educators – from lesson plans to STEM challenges to circle time songs to classroom management guides and more! We also have The Pack, a membership for preschool and kindergarten teachers. Our members have access to our materials at a very steep discount.

Click on the images below to see just a few of the items we have:

Alphabet posters with real photos cover
Alphabet Posters
Shape monster process art with math & literacy extension activities
Shape Monster Process Art
Preschool Frogs Lesson Plan cover.
Frogs Lesson Plans

You can also find us on Teachers Pay Teachers.

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  1. Veens @ Our Ordinary Life says

    May 3, 2014 at 6:25 pm

    We enjoy watercolors! And there are some really awesome projects to try out!

    Reply
    • Mary Catherine says

      May 14, 2014 at 11:48 pm

      Thanks, Veens. I haven’t had the chance to try them all out yet, but I’m looking forward to it! What’s one of your favorite watercolor techniques?

      Reply
  2. Mary Catherine says

    May 14, 2014 at 11:50 pm

    You’re welcome, Dhiyana! I think your watercolor flowers turned out beautifully! 🙂

    Reply
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