This time of year it is sometimes hard to keep your children's attention for homeschool lessons. Perhaps it has been a long winter, and they are anxious for spring and summer, and a break from all the school work. Perhaps you have completed some difficult units and just want to give them something fun, but educational to work on. YouTube to the rescue!
9 Crafting and Drawing YouTube Channels for Kids
YouTube is such a wonderful resource for tutorial videos, especially for kids. If your kids love to draw or craft and they’re looking for fun new ideas or projects, videos are a great way for them to learn through a visual aid. Here are some of the best YouTube channels for kids who want to improve their drawing skills or find new craft projects.
Charlis Crafty Kitchen
Charli’s Crafty Kitchen is a fun baking channel where your kids can learn to make their own healthy popsicles, fruit kebabs, cupcakes, and more. Spending time in the kitchen has never been so fun.
Kids Crafts by Three Sisters
Kids teaching kids! Three sisters will teach your kids a variety of crafts using things they can find around the house. There’s even a category for Recycled Kids Crafts and fun Mod Podge art.
Kids Cooking and Crafts
If your kids love to bake, this channel will help them take their baked goods from boring to amazing. They can learn to make a giant taco cake or a St. Patrick’s Day Rainbow Rice Krispie Treat plus so much more.
Easy Kids Craft
With a variety of holiday and everyday crafts, your kids will definitely find a craft they love. Using paper plates, popsicle sticks, toilet paper rolls and tissue paper, your kids can make unique gifts and toys for themselves or for sharing. They can even make their own birthday cards for their friends.
Draw Kids Draw
Your kids can learn to easily draw some of their favorite characters. They can watch videos that will teach them to draw Santa and his elves for Christmas. Are they Star Wars fans? They’ll learn to draw their favorite Star Wars characters too. From easy to more difficult projects, this channel has a variety of great choices.
Drawing 4 Kids
If your kids love cartoons, this is the place to be. Drawing for Kids has great, step-by-step videos for your child’s favorite cartoon-style animal friends. Kittens, puppies, horses, and hippos; you’ll find them all here. With step-by-step tutorials, your child will quickly improve their drawing skills.
How to Draw and Paint
This channel offers easy tutorials for beginners. They break down every step of the drawing process for some of your child’s favorite characters. From floppy ears to cute noses, every step is detailed and easy to follow.
Art for Kids Hub
This channel is great for step-by-step visual aids of your some of your child’s favorite things. From birthday cakes to tacos to animals and cartoon characters, this channel has a variety of drawing projects any child would love. With over a million views, they must be doing something right!
Bible Crafts for Kids
A channel that provides a variety of crafts for kids with a biblical theme. From Jonah and the whale, to Moses in the basket, to Jesus on the cross. Your kids are sure to find activities they want to try.
With summer fast approaching, maybe instead of giving them a reward now, you want a way to educationally entertain them in the summer. YouTube can help to keep your kids entertained all day. They’ll even learn something new in the process. Let your kids explore their artistic side with these great channels.