Teaching Kids Art Through Picture Books

This is a great time of year to help kids show love to others and to help them be creative! Why not combine the two by making homemade Christmas cards? These will encourage their creativity and their generosity as they make and give cards to neighbors, grandparents, teachers, or friends who are far away. They could even make cards and gift them to a nearby homeless shelter or retirement community. Here is a simple way to make a Christmas card with children. It takes simple materials, which you probably have at home.  If your child can color and cut paper, she can make this card!  For this Christmas card, you will need: (These are Amazon Associate links)

• oil pastels
• 2 pieces of construction paper, any colors
• scissors 
• glue, gluestick, or double sided tape
• hole punch

Here are the steps, or you can watch the 7 min. video to see exactly how I did it. 

1. Fold both  pieces of construction paper in half.

2. Draw half a Christmas tree shape on the fold of one of the  papers.

3. C...