Summer Art Activities for Kids | June & July Arts and Crafts
Crap! It’s summer!
Even as a homeschool mom of 2 littles, I sometimes fall into the depths of boredom when summer rolls around. Scrolling on Instagram reels, binging the shows I’ve missed, and seemingly endless time for rest can sometimes get me feeling like I’m wasting my time off. Also, is summer actually even a break for moms? 🤪
I really don’t want to waste that time! How awesome is it that I get extra time in the warm weather with my kids?
But just like I don’t want to waste my time, I don’t want to waste their childhood, especially during the warm summer months!
That’s why I’ve been on a mission to get my son into more art activities at home, more time outside, more time with animals, more adventures, AND less screen time.
I’ve put together is summer art activities blog that will provide your kids with an entire summer’s worth of fun educational art projects.
If your kid loves art, adventure, and summer, you’ve gotta check these out!
Here are my top 10 summer art themes that your kids will go crazy for!
This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase from some of these links, I may receive a small commission.
⬇️ Share on Pinterest if you love this blog! ⬇️
My 10 Summer Art Activity Themes
🦈 Shark Art 🦈
My son grabbed a ton of shark books from the library one day, and that’s when I knew I had to make some shark art activities to share!
SHARK ART ACTIVITIES
🦈 Shark Art Journal for Kids by ARTventurous Animals
Let’s get your kids journaling with great white sharks and art! 🦈🎨🌊
They’ll learn how to draw a great white shark while diving into the principle of movement in this printable art journal for kids.
🦈 Shark Color and Learn FREE Worksheet by ARTventurous Animals
Color and learn about great white sharks and the ocean food web works
with this art worksheet freebie!
Dive into the sea by learning how to draw Rufus the Great White Shark.
Learn how to draw her step-by-step, then color in the food web!
🦈 Thumbprint Shark ART freebie by Panda Speech
This activity was designed to be a simple, no-prep activity to compliment any ocean animal theme or lesson.
You an use the blank shark as a fun art project with any student!
🚀 Space Art 🚀
What kid doesn’t want to build a rocket ship or paint the planets, right?
SPACE ART ACTIVITIES
🚀 Mini Coloring Pages: Cats in Space! by The Art Kit
Cats and space! What more could you want. 😅
These adorable cats in space coloring pages are a fun activity for kids! And they’re FREE!
🚀 Rocket Craft - NO PREP Center Activity by Krazy for Kindyland
BLAST off into space with a NO prep color, cut, and glue rocket craft activity!
Perfect for morning work, center time, indoor recess, writing prompts or fast finisher work!
🚀 Galaxy in a Jar: Free Video Art Lesson by Soul Sparklettes Art
In this lesson, kids will create a jar with a sample from outer space!
If you have been inspired by the James Webb Telescope Images then this is the project for you!
🌌 MOON & STARS Art 🌌
Kinda space-y, but more close to home! Get your artists outside and looking at the night sky with these art activities.
MOON & STARS ART ACTIVITIES
🌌 Moon Phases Free Printable Activity by the Art Kit
Learn about the phases of the moon with this layered wheel printable pack.
This FREE printable moon phase download is fun for kids and even adults!
🌌 Ss is for Star: Art and Learning Activities by Playing for Hours
Study the stars with this free constellation printable.
Instructions included for how to turn this into purposeful play with your child using nature.
🌌 Solar Eclipse 2024 Crafting Activity by Teacher Supply Station
This resource will help you teaching about solar eclipse and lunar in a funny engaging way
This requires students to color, cut and glue all the parts that complete the eclipse.
🐚 Beach ART 🐚
Add a bit of creativity to your beach trip (or wanna-be beach trip) this summer!
BEACH ART ACTIVITIES
🐚 Free Shell Fine Motor Skills Mat Printables by 3 Dinosaurs
These free shell mats work great in a beach fine motor center…or actually at the beach!
You have three types of shell fine mats to use. You have shell template printables, a shell tracing printable, and a shell dot marker printable
🐚 Watercolor Shells Beach Activity by ARTventurous Animals
Super easy art activity for the beach!
SUPPLIES:
-kids watercolor set
-shells
-paintbrush
-water (could be from the ocean!)
🐚 Summer Day Coloring Pages by Roommate with Books
This is a set of 8 Summer Coloring Pages for kids and adults, which cover different topics like:
Beach, Ice creams, Fresh Drinks, Summer fruits, Island and Surfing
🐚 Sunset Sunglasses Easy Art Project by ARTventurous Animals
If you’ve got kids longing for the beach, you need to try this easy painting!
SUPPLIES:
-paper
-acrylic paint
-paintbrush
-pencil
-black marker
🧳 Travel 🧳
We tend to do a lot of international travel, especially over the summer. Here are some ways to turn the plane flights and new places into less iPad time and more creativity!
TRAVEL ART ACTIVITIES
🧳 Travel Art Membership by ARTventurous Animals
Your kids can embark on a global artistic journey without leaving your home!
In this membership, your 5-12 year olds will unleash their creativity as they:
🦊Create their own fox
🌊Sketch an orca
🐆Watercolor a cheetah
🐸Design a poison dart frog
🦋and so many more!
🧳 Travel Journal for Kids by Writing Star Academy
Do you have a kiddo that would love to
keep track of their travel adventures?
Grab this free travel journal printable and let the adventures begin!!
🧳 Travel Brochure Design - STEM / STEAM Project by MathwithMitola
You are a Travel Agent hired by a client to provide information about a specific international destination of your choosing.
🚗 Road Trip 🚗
Jump in the car and…stare at a screen? How about grabbing some of these art activities to inspire your roadtrip and make the “Are we there yet?” a bit more bareable.
ROADTRIP ART ACTIVITIES
🚗 Line Bubbles: Car-friendly Art Activity by ARTventurous Animals
This art activity is a great screen time replacement on a long roadtrip!
SUPPLIES:
-paper
-clipboard
-cup
-markers
🚗 Printable United States Map Outline by the Art Kit
Going on a road trip? Clip a page from the FREE pack onto a clipboard.
Each time you enter a state line (or see a car with a license plate from a different state), color in that state on the map!
🚗 Squirrel Masks - No Prep Craft by Smiley Brains
Fun National Squirrel Appreciation Day Activity
Perfect for playing and creating in the car!
🪸 Great Barrier Reef 🪸
If you’re not able to get to the real one, play around with these art activities that will help your kids explore the Great Barrier Reef!
REEF ART ACTIVITIES
🪸 Ocean Art Themed Lesson by ARTventurous Animals
Create a coral reef, learn about the ocean habitat, and practice literacy skills…all with the stuff you have at home!
Check it out on Instagram.
🪸 Shark in the Reef: Ocean Habitat Art Project by ARTventurous Animals
How Well Will Your Shark Survive?
Through this project, kids discover biological adaptations, environmental factors, and the variability of an organism's survival in different ecosystems.
🪸 Australian Animal Coloring Book 3: Free Wildlife Colouring Pages by Go Wild With Paper
Includes seven colouring pages of Australian animals:
- Tasmanian Devil
- Gilbert's Potoroo
- Grey-headed Flying Fox
- Dugong
- Cassowary
- Great Barrier Reef
- Coral and Fish
- Dingo
🌊 Ocean Layers 🌊
Dive deep into the cold ocean and explore the layers of the deep. There are some CRAZY things down there!
OCEAN LAYERS ART ACTIVITIES
🌊 Ocean Habitat Art Project by ARTventurous Animals
Super easy and FUN! Kids play with water, simulating how debris sinks to the bottom of the ocean.
SUPPLIES:
-glass jar
-water
-rice
-food coloring
-chopstick
-shark
🌊 FREE Ocean Life Printable Packet! by The Homeschool Compass
Included in this download is an Ocean Zones Activity.
Learn about the five different ocean zones, then cut out different creatures and paste into the correct ocean zone.
🌊 PRINT Oceanography Primary Level Unit Study by Harbor and Sprout
Each of the 20 modules has a list of pertinent subject applications including science, nature study, language arts, writing, history, geography, art, music, math, and life skills. Writing and language arts are also inherently woven into the whole unit through notebooking.
Enjoy your adventure in deep history!
Page count: 295
🧜♀️ Mermaids 🧜♀️
Head into the mythical and magical world of mermaids! Imagine what life would be like as a mermaid and create your own through art.
MERMAID ART ACTIVITIES
🧜♀️ Mermaid Activity Sheets for Kids {Free Printable Pack} by The Art Kit
This mermaid printable pack is so versatile and perfect to use with either playdough and shells or glitter glue, shells, sequins, and buttons.
🧜♀️ How to Draw Mermaid & Friends Printable Book by Tiny Little Bundles
The How to draw Mermaid & Friends Printable Book is super simple with the grid drawing method to teach kids how to draw cute Mermaids and others.
185 pages ready to print!
🧜♀️ Mermaid Step by Step Drawing by Tamara Martin Spady the Art Lady
Learn how to draw a mermaid using the step by step method of simple lines and shapes
Oh, and it’s free!
☀️ Summer Solstice ☀️
Celebrate the summer season and enjoy that extra sunlight with solstice arts and crafts.
SOLSTICE ART ACTIVITIES
☀️ Summer Stained Glass Art Game by The Art Kit
In this fun game of summer stained glass match-up, you’ll need to use your keen eye for detail!
We included vibrant sunset pictures to celebrate the first day of summer but this free printable is fun to use any day of the year!
☀️ SUMMER Nature Study Set by Blossom and Stardust
A beautiful set of 3 full nature studies to journey through June, July & August.
Summer:
-Bees
-Pondlife
-Woodland in Summertime
☀️ 9 Summer Solstice Drawing Challenges by Miss Jessica’s Art Classroom
A Drawing Challenge for the Summer Months!
Great extra assignment, summer challenge, etc.
Let me know in the comments below if you try out any of these summer art activities!
Got your own educational resources that would fit into these unit studies?
Email me at artventurousanimals@gmail.com and let me know your suggestions!
Thanks for being a part of this adventure!
