Your Child's Art Kit

Fun things to add to your child's art kit or to add variety to their art experiences:

Glue

Shaving Cream

Paint

Paint Cups to store and use the paint from. They can be purchased at teacher supply stores.

Paint Brushes - different sizes and shapes

Roller Brushes

Sponges with different textures

Water Color Paints

Finger Paints

Poster Paints

Construction Paper

Fingerpaint Paper

Poster Paper

Large and small paper

Paper cut into strips

Torn paper of different sizes and shapes

Index cards

Glitter

Markers

Colored Pencils

Crayons

Pens and Pencils

Dry Erase Markers

Easel for painting

Easel with a white board and/or chalk board

Chalk

Soap Shavings

Sand

Leaves

Pine Cones

Tape - a variety, some stores even carry colored tape.

feathers

cotton balls

cotton swabs

googly eyes

popsicle sticks

stickers

wooden shapes

What you can add to your child's art experience from the kitchen:

Spices

Corn Meal

Corn Starch

Food Coloring

Dried Noodles

Evaporated Milk

Corn Husks

Straws

Plastic bags

You certainly don't need ALL these things at once. These are just some ideas to keep you thinking of what you can do to add variety to your child's art experience.