Winter art and winter painting ideas for kids and teens make it easy to get creative on rainy days and snow days. This collection of winter art ideas for children includes winter tree art, snowman art, winter animal art, snowflake art, and winter landscape art project ideas!
Keep the kids busy this winter with any of these fun winter art projects for children.
This post originally contained 10 children’s winter art projects–It has been updated to include even more kids winter art!
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Winter Art Ideas for Kids
I hope you find some inspiration to create some beautiful winter art with kids after seeing these amazing examples. Little ones will need guidance from a parent or teacher to complete these winter art projects while older children can complete most of these winter painting ideas their own.
The winter art projects below are placed into categories so it is easy to find the type of winter art ideas for kids you are looking for. Click on the creator of each art idea to see the full tutorial for each children’s winter art project. Have fun connecting with the kids creating winter art!
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Winter Tree Art Projects for Kids
Kids and teens love winter art for kids with trees and landscapes. More winter tree art projects can be found in “Winter Landscape Art Projects” below.
- Silhouette Winter Tree Art | Buggy and Buddy
- Stunning Winter Tree Silhouette | Inner Child Fun
- Easy Birch Tree Painting for Kids | The Educators’ Spin On It
- Birch Tree Winter Art project | How Wee Learn
- Colorful Abstract Winter Trees | Mary Making
- Alpine Trees | Painted Paper Art
- Oil Pastel Alpine Tree | Buggy and Buddy
- Bubble Wrap Snowy Tree| Glued to my Crafts
- Colorful Winter Tree Art (NEW! Not pictured)
- Winter Handprint and Fingerprint Tree Art (Click the link to create all four seasons or just a winter tree.)
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Winter Landscape Art Projects for Kids
There were so many gorgeous winter tree projects I had to separate them into “winter tree art projects” and “winter landscape art projects.” Each of the landscapes below consist of trees except for one art project and many of the trees in the section above could also be considered landscapes or created as landscapes.
- Torn Tree Landscape Art | Art Projects for Kids
- Northern Lights Winter Landscape Art Lesson | Katy’s AnelNik Designs & Art Project Ideas
- Winter Watercolor Pine Tree Forrest | Craftsy
- Newspaper Winter Landscape | i Heart Crafty Things
- Winter Holiday Tree Squeegee Painting | Hello Wonderful
- Snowy Day Landscape Collage | Krokotak
- Sharpie Trees Winter Landscape | Art Projects for Kids
- Snowy Alpine Tree Landscape Watercolor Resist Art
- Snowy Town Watercolor Landscape | Adventure in a Box (not pictured)
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Winter Animal and Snowman Art for Kids
What could be more fun than learning about winter animals and then working on a winter animal art project? Any of these would make a great addition to a winter themed homeschool unit.
- Mixed Media Winter Birdhouse | The Pinterested Parent
- Polar Bears | That Artist Woman
- Snowman Painting ~ Winter Art Projects for Kids | Housing a Forest
- Penguin Art Project | Deep Space Sparkle
- Polar Bear Pattern Art | The Crafty Classroom
- Handprint Cardinals | Artsonia Art Museum
- Cardinal Art Project | Runde’s Room
- Snowman Directed Drawing | Proud to be Primary
- Thumbprint Owls in the night sky | Kids Artists
- How to Paint a Simple Snowman | Flower Patch Farmhouse
- Fingerprint Snowman Art
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Winter Sky Art for Kids
Winter skies may not be regarded as the most beautiful of the year, but the winter sky art projects below will put that idea to the test!
- Windy Day Winter Art
- Winter Sky Art for Kids | Craftulate
- Bleeding Tissue Paper Winter Skies | Art Projects for Kids
- Winter Sky Mosaics | ARTventurous
- Sparkly Mixed Medium Winter Paintings | Stay at Home Educator
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Winter Rain, Snow and Ice Art Ideas for Kids
Most of the winter art projects featured below use real rain, snow, and ice to create beautiful winter art! Snowflake art projects are listed in their own category below.
- Painting Rain Art Prompt | Adventure in a Box
- Snowy Day Tissue Paper Art | Fireflies and Mudpies
- Winter Rain Watercolor Resist | SmArt Class
- Ice Painting | Messy Little Monster
- Painting on Ice Winter Art Project | Nurture Store
- Rainbow Rainy Day Art STEAM
Related: 20 Ways to Play in the Rain
Winter Snowflake Art Projects for Kids
Snowflakes are like winters butterflies. Help your children learn about symmetry and create gorgeous patterns making winter snowflake art with the kids!
- Watercolor and Oil Pastel Resist Snowflake | Arty Crafty Kids
- Winter Watercolor Resist Art with Free Printable Snowflake Template | Fun at Home with Kids
- Snowflake Art Trading Cards | Art Projects for Kids
- Winter Snowflake Stamp Art | The OT Toolbox
- Bleeding Tissue Paper | The Pinterested Parent
- Sugar Paint Snowflakes | Kids Craft Room
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Winter Handprint Tree Art
Another fun seasonal project is this Four-Season Hand and Fingerprint Tree. Create all four seasons using four canvases or simply create a winter handprint tree with one piece of paper or canvas. Another option is to make a regular tree with fingerprints for snow. Click the link to see the complete tutorial!
Related: Best Fingerprint Art Ideas for Kids
Christmas Art Projects for Kids
Since Christmas occurs at the beginning of the winter, we have decided to include a link to our Christmas art round-up. Pop over to have a look at this collection of fun and easy Christmas Art Projects for Kids!
We have collected lots of fun Christmas art ideas including cute Christmas handprint, footprint, and fingerprint art complete with fingerprint lights, handprint carolers, and fingerprint snowmen that the kids will LOVE!
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Valentine’s Day Art Projects and Painting Ideas
Finish off the winter with some fun Valentine’s Day art ideas! Click on the link to see this awesome collection of Valentine’s day handprint, footprint, fingerprint and heart art projects and painting ideas!
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Winter Art Projects for Kids
Creating winter art is a fun way to connect with nature during the colder winter months. For more fun winter ideas be sure to check out winter solstice celebration ideas and our winter bucket list seasonal activity guide.
You may also like to have a look at our whole collection of fun art and craft ideas for kids. Learn more about Rhythms of Play HERE!
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Emma says
atThese are beautiful!That birch tree project is going to be first on my list to try out!
nell says
atI love them all too! It was hard narrowing this list down to 10. There are several amazing birch tree winter art projects. I picked the simplest one with the best tutorial. 🙂
nell says
atThanks! I would love to see how it turns out. I’d love to see a photo if you would be willing to share. 🙂
Di says
atI am very excited to try the Northern Lights with my older adults in skilled nursing and rehab. It’s a neat little project that is simple, promotes creativity, hard to do wrong, and isn’t too childish for adults. Several of these others are going in my bookmarks, too. Thanks for the compilation!
nell says
atSo glad you appreciate the resource Di! Yes, although I have created this post for kids many of the projects are wonderful for adults too. My daughter and I love doing art together. It’s a great way to spend time connecting. 🙂 Enjoy the projects!