Art Classes for Kids: Draw & Paint 13 Fun Holiday Paintings

Draw a gingerbread person by outlining the head with an upside-down C, then add arms, body, legs, and decorative details like eyes, a mouth, buttons, and gumdrop candies.

Paint the background for a gingerbread person, starting with water and green paint to create a balanced green backdrop. Enjoy this fun, step-by-step painting experience.

Prepare for a drawing and watercolor project, a Kwanzaa vase and flowers, by gathering watercolor paper, paints, water, pencil with eraser, brushes, black acrylic, towel, and palette.

Draw a Kwanzaa vase and flowers by starting at the page center, shaping a vase, adding designs, and outlining with black paint for a finished look.

Add water to the red, green, yellow, and brown pans. Paint the flowers red and the vase in red, green, and yellow, using brown for the table.

Paint the background with soft yellow and a light brown table using watered-down watercolor washes. Expect color blending and a lively scene as the background and table set the stage.

Gather watercolor paper, paints, a brush, water, and red, yellow, and green oil pastels to begin a drawing and watercolor project on Christmas poinsettias.

Draw large poinsettia flowers by arranging circle centers, then shape oversized petals that overlap and peek from behind others. Add green leaves and finish with painting using oil pastels.

Apply bold yellow centers, bright red petals, and painted leaves to create a poinsettia design, leaving white spaces to help the leaves and flowers stand out.

Draw an arctic fox step by step, from the head and ears to the eyes, nose, whiskers, body, and fluffy tail, with a snowy background using oil pastels or crayons.

Draw a large reindeer face with ears, antlers, a nose, and a collar, then add cheek circles and jingle bells, finishing with snowflakes using oil pastels or crayons.

Step two teaches painting the reindeer by softening paints with water, then applying light and dark browns, pink cheeks, a black nose, yellow decorations, and a red collar.

Choose a green background for your holiday artwork, adjust lightness with water versus paint, and watch snowflakes appear as you finish the background.

Draw a penguin design with a hat and scarf using a black oil pastel, add eyes, beak, and wings, and create a snowy background for watercolor painting.

Paint a penguin with a hat and scarf, choose pink and orange accents, leave the eyes and tummy white, and use watered black for the body before adding grey feet.

Gather essential supplies for the Santa in the snow project, including watercolor paper, watercolor paints, a brush, clean water, black and white oil pastels or crayons, and a paper towel.

Draw Santa with a black oil pastel, starting with the hat, then the face, mustache, beard, and body. Add buttons and white snowflake dots to show him in the snow.

Softens paints with a little water, then paints Santa with red hat and jacket, yellow buttons, a pinkish nose, and skin tone, keeping the mustache and beard white; background next.

Paint the background in blue with a touch of water, so the wax resists the paint and the snowflakes pop out. Finish by admiring the visible snowflakes.

Begin a drawing and watercolor project featuring a polar bear on an iceberg. Gather essential supplies like watercolor paper, paints, brushes, water, a black oil pastel, and a paper towel.