As Art teachers and homeschool moms, finding ways to inspire a child’s God given creativity can be exhilarating and exhausting! With so many fears and insecurities distracting kids from their own abilities, helping a child find their own creative ability and personality is our mission.
Between us, we homeschooled 4 kids and each had their own learning style and area of creative interest. That’s what encouraged us to create Christian homeschool art ideas and lesson for kids.
Visit our Bible Art Lessons on Youtube for creative ways to teach Bible using Art and Art using the Bible.
We combine Bible and Art to help kids see their God given creativity through:
Let’s begin with why creativity is important and then ways you and your children can be creative with God in your homeschool and daily life. Just click Why or How to discover more about God’s amazing gift of creativity!
Through the years, we have incorporated multiple artists and their works into our lesson plans. We cannot take 100 kids a week to the art museum, but we can bring the art museum to them.
We want them to be inspired! But we also want them to see that if we present 24 artist’s renditions of flowers, no two flowers or styles of art will be the same.
We are all individually made with our own DNA and fingerprints. Your art will not be exactly like someone else’s art, because you are you!!
Coloring with crayons is one of the first creative art moments we have as children at an early age. But coloring books are not just for kids. Finding coloring books and coloring pages that remind you in the Lord is our goal.
All through Forget Him Knot, you will discover art lessons and art projects of numerous themes to encourage you in your creativity and help your remember God’s Word. These are some of our favorites.
Create this fun, bright and memory making bouquet of me flower arrangement with paper. Look closely and you will see the profile, hands, fingerprints and even the breath of a child. Great Mother’s present, grandparent or just art for the home. We’ve included steps to make a Bouquet of Me.
Let’s combine salt, glue and watercolors with a little Monet!
Crayons are not just for coloring… although we only use old crayons for melting. Try a fun crayon melt and any silhouette you like.
Here is a list of more homeschool art ideas to inspire you in your God given creativity. Don’t be afraid to try different art mediums with any of the lessons. Art should be fun. And remember, practice makes progress…. not perfection. So give yourself seom grace and permission to play. .
A special day to inspire creativity with toys and art supplies…should be a National day.
Our homeschool Art curriculum, Young at HeART was written with the mom in mind who does not have a background in art, but wants to learn and teach her children Art and the Bible! God gave us all the ability to be creative and we want to give you the tools to express it!
We connect the elements of art to the heart through God’s Word. Bible verses lead the direction of each lesson. This course is filled with multiple guides using worksheets, book ideas, easy art supplies, projects and extra activities.
You never outgrow sidewalk chalk! Rub the chalk into concrete with your hands or add water to use it like a paint! Cross Bible Art Lesson with sidewalk chalk.
Our tea towels have coloring books floral designs that are fun to color.We used watercolors to paint these tea towels.
Use those tired, broken and naked crayons to create suncatchers!
A fun texture project that creates a metal relief using aluminum tape from the hardware store and some yarn.
Painting doesn’t have to be only paint! Add color and texture to art with yarn
Grab the chalk pastels or even sidewalk chalk to create flowers that resemble watercolor paintings.
We have selected some of our favorite children’s books for each Element of Art illustrated through stories. Kids love a good story and the books help the visual and auditory leaners in their art education.
What inspires your art and creativity?
Grab those plain white sneakers and add designs with colored Sharpie Markers.
Print our free coloring pages from our freebie library, all with Bible verses.
Create a Christmas ornament artwork with scrapbook paper and pens.
Ornament template made with scrapbook paper and beads.
Print our template and created a thankful pumpkin for your Thanksgiving table!
2017’s list of our favorite art and creativity toys, but they are timeless to us.
Tape resist cross with spring flowers.
Tape resist cross and watercolors.
Tape resist with chalk pastels -cross and tomb. He is risen! Great Easter art project.
Also in our ReMEMBERers, Bible Art Resource Library, is our creativity inspiring mini course to help you find the creative HeART of you. You are surrounded by God’s Art everyday and amazing things to inspire you. You may even already enjoy an art medium, but never realized it was a creative outlet!
We hope you will work through the course at your own pace and share with your children. He is the heart of our art!
Discover how we love combining 2 of our favorites to teach Art using the Bible and Bible using Art. This post is filled with how creativity is a God given gift we all have and can use to glorify Him in many ways.
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Our desire is sharing God’s Word and love through creative resources for all learning styles.
