Do you know a creative kid who’s sure to be the next Picasso or a modern Monet? Do you want to encourage their creative instincts (and maybe stop them from drawing on the walls)? You need our list of brilliant art sets for children!
When a child shows a creative spark, it’s important to encourage them. Beyond displaying their art on the fridge and loudly proclaiming their genius (!), we suggest offering an array of interesting mediums to explore. This list of ten arty sets features colour changing pens, stencils, clay modelling kits and more.
Top 10 Art Sets for Kids:
- Amazing Magic Pens – set of 25
- Glow Art – Neon Effect Drawing Board
- Aquarellum Butterflies
- Drawing School – Step by Step
- Big Box of Animal Stencils
- Secret Lockable Diary
- Rock Painting
- Butterfly pillowcase – doodle your own
- Spirograph – With Lights!
- Make a T-Rex
1 Amazing Magic Pens – Set of 25 , £17.99 £17.99
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Create 3D lettering, change colours & write invisible messages
Create amazing patterns with this clever set with pens that can change colour, erase colours easily and even write invisible messages. Built with durable, shock-proof tips, draw in one colour and the magic activator pen will change to another colour. Create 3D letters and make magical pictures to proudly display or use the special pen to reveal your secret messages. So much fun and washable too – magical pens!
2 Glow Art – Neon Effect Drawing Board (Pink) , £24.99 £24.99
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Create amazing glowing pictures
This brilliant light up drawing board uses dozens of coloured LEDs to create a glowing effect. The pink frame with built-in stand features a see-through screen so you can easily trace your favourite pictures. Or just create your own works of art, using the bright fluorescent marker pens. Then turn the frame on and watch the lights illuminate in 36 different ways and colours, transforming your picture with a bright neon effect glow. Simply wipe clean using a dry cloth and start all over again. Fantastic effects – be inspired!
3 Aquarellum Butterflies – Magic Painting Kit , £19.99 £19.99
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Easy painting guided by wax outlines
This stunning set from Aquarellum features four beautiful 25cm x 18cm picture cards of lovely butterflies to complete. Each highly-detailed image is embossed with an invisible wax outline which magically redirects the colours and keeps the outlines crisp and clean. Use the included paintbrush to apply the five high-quality watercolour inks to the luxury textured vellum paper. The kit even includes a palette, water dropper and colour mixing guide to help you create your own beautiful shades and gradients. An incredible and innovative project where the image appears just like magic.
4 Drawing School – Step By Step , £16.99 £16.99
Learn how to draw animals the easy way
Start by assembling the step by step puzzle piece guides and learn how to draw animals by copying them on the wipe clean board. The special board comes with a draw and erase felt-tip pen and stencil to aid drawing. Each of the ten animals has a four piece puzzle to put together in the correct sequence, which makes copying so much easier. Every child loves to draw animals, now they can!
5 Big Box of Animal Stencils – 150 Shapes , £16.99 £16.99
Artistic fun with animal stencil shapes, pencils & paper
Create amazing works of stenciling art with over 150 fun designs and shapes that include everything from safari, sea life, North American and farm animals to letters and numbers. As well as the five durable stencils, this creative set also includes 20 animal design sheets to draw on, six colouring pencils and a pencil sharpener. Fun and educational, perfect to encourage that artistic flair and then proudly display your finished work.
6 Secret Diary – Lovely Lockable Hardback , £9.99 £9.99
Super-cute hardback diary with a padlock – top secret!
This pretty A5 diary contains 95 pale pink lined pages decorated with pretty hearts – perfect for you to fill with fun notes and doodles. The 15cm laminated hardback cover is decorated with gold foil details and a lovely illustration of three best friends having fun at a pamper party. A silver padlock keeps your top-secret notes under wraps, with two keys included. Excellent creative fun for any little writer – too cute!
7 Rock Painting – Hide & Seek Fun to Share , £12.99 £12.99
Paint your masterpiece, then hide for others to find & enjoy
This booming worldwide craze has children everywhere getting outdoors to play hide and seek with hand painted rocks. Packed with everything you need to create your own original painted rocks, this kit includes six smooth river stones, six quality acrylic paints and two fine paintbrushes. The 48 page book is filled with tips, tricks and step by step craft projects for several quirky rock art creations, from a ladybird to a spider. Also includes suggested games to play with your rocks – join the craze for hours of outdoor fun!
8 Butterfly Pillowcase – Doodle your own! , £17.95 £17.95
Colour, wash & repeat….
This fun pack comes with a single cotton pillowcase and 10 bright wash out pens so you can doodle, wash and re-doodle again and again. This unique pillowcase depicts a lovely nature scene with magnificent butterflies and beautiful flowers! You can colour in your lovely creatures and trees as you make a stunning wildlife scene for you to rest your head upon. When you are done colouring, simply pop a pillow into the case, and proudly display your creation. Discover the world’s most beautiful butterflies…that you create!
9 Spirograph Animator – With light effects! , £21.99 £21.99
Create amazing spiral art designs that rotate & move with light
The classic Spirograph design set is back and better than ever, with a twist! Spirograph is the easy way for aspiring young artists to create amazing designs. This brilliant light up version has five fine-line pens to easily draw lovely spiral art designs, using the six design wheels. Then bring your creation to life with a spin of the animator and watch in fascination as every design moves in a different way with each of the rotating light effects. Creative fun that is simply mesmerizing – a new spin on the classic set!
10 Make a T-Rex – Wood & Clay Modelling , £14.99 £14.99
Craft a T-Rex with slot-together skeleton & colourful clay.
Cool craft kit to make your own colourful T-Rex toy. Great for dinosaur lovers, this brilliant kit contains the supplies to make your own awesome 15cm T-Rex toy. Simply slot together the numbered wooden pieces to construct the base skeleton, then add colourful air-dry clay and details to bring your creation to life! Let your dino dry overnight to reveal your own custom dinosaur model, complete with realistic green eyes, claws and stripes too. An easy project, great for a rainy day. Rawr-some!
Here are some exciting activity ideas to encourage budding artists.
- Choose a short poem and design an illustration for it.
- Draw a scene from a recent dream.
- Research an artist that you admire, then try and create a piece in their style.
- Paint the view from your bedroom window.
- Look up pictures of your favourite animal and draw them at rest, at play, eating and sleeping.
For our top 10 art sets for children and lots more cool toys and games to inspire creativity, check out our website!
What did the artist draw before she went to bed? The curtains!
