Gifts For Kids

The best art gifts for kids will stimulate their creativity, nurture experiences, and cultivate learning. When looking for art gifts for kids, age is a major factor. Once you’re aware of the age group you’re shopping for you can make a better selection from Arteza’s wide assortment of arts & crafts products. First, choose a surface, like a sketchbook, coloring book, or canvas. Then, you may be inclined to pair the surface with complimentary creative tools, such as colored pencils, watercolor markers, real brush pens or acrylic paints, etc. Be sure to preview our bundles and sets as you will receive greater value for your budget. 

What to get a kid who loves art? For ages ranging from 1-3 years, gifts that enable them to develop their motor skills are essential, think: finger paints, thick markers, and even slime!  For younger ages, it's all about introducing children to new ideas and reinforcing their worldview. Because the 1-3 age group has under-developed motor skills, any tool that can stimulate touch, feel, and grip is fantastic. Different textures help to stimulate a child's sense of touch. Bright colors are visually stimulating as well, which engages a child’s visual senses. With multiple senses engaged, kids learn more effectively while also having fun!

For school-age kids, we offer creative tools that are more developed; clay, paintbrushes, real brush pens, and colored pencils are appropriate for this group. Oil pastels are also interesting for school-age kids, as they can blend, smear, and draw with them. Other ideas may include: paint-by-number projects, felt, fuse beads, or glitter for creating on poster boards. For acrylic, watercolor, or gouache paints, select primary colors first — red, yellow, blue, white, and black. From there, the child can mix a variety of colors! Gradually add to their paint collection, using open-stock paints as you'd like.

While children often like the process of making messes, the adults in their lives are typically not particularly fond of the aftermath. Don't forget your clean-up items. Floor mats and aprons are musts! Try to select products with bright, fun colors. Making cleaning up a game or a competition, is often very helpful. Find out your kid's favorite color and see if you can find things they love using and wearing. Aprons can also be customized, tailored with fabric paints to really incorporate your kid's preferences. Anything we can do as adults to foster a child’s love for creating art and then encouraging them to help clean when the fun is over is a gift to everyone.