There's something magical about putting a pencil to paper - it may start as a simple line but can transform into a world bursting with all of the color and imagination your little one can muster. Art supplies are a toy little ones never tire of, because they can create something new each time they pull out a crisp new piece of paper. Here are over twenty fun gifts you can buy your little one that will encourage their creativity:
1. Whale Tape Dispenser ($28 Anthropologie)
2. Blackboard Chalk ($11.99 Imagine Childhood)
3. Animal Crayons ($7 Giggle)
4. Kid Made Modern Colored Pencils ($6.99 Target)
5. Dino Rubber Stamps ($24.95 Wee Gallery)
6. MALA Easel ($14.99 IKEA)
7. Kid Made Modern Crayon Gems ($3.99 Target)
8. Veggie Finger Paints ($35 Uncommon Goods)
9. Natural Beeswax Crayons ($18 Anthropologie)
10. Doodles at Dinner Placemats ($10.99 Anthropologie)
11. Stencils ($28 Kimmel Kids)
12. Fingerprint Art Book ($10.17 Amazon)
1. Animal Masks ($20 MoMA Store)
2. Table Top Art Easel ($60 Giggle)
3. Cloth Artist Set ($22 Giggle)
4. Drawing Desk ($29.95 Imagine Childhood)
5. Chalkboard Laptop ($68 Anthropologie)
6. Color-Play Coloring Book ($16.99 MoMa Store)
7. MUJI Funny Face Stamp Set ($20 MoMa Store)
8. Endangered Species Bath Crayons ($8.95 Natural Parenting)
9. Fluorescent Colored Pencils ($25 MoMA Store)
10. Shark Art Pouch ($38 Minne Bites on Etsy)
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we love giving Taro Gomi books! They are super fun. http://www.amazon.com/Doodles-Really-Giant-Coloring-Doodling/dp/0811852504/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1355242872&sr=8-1&keywords=taro+gomi
We're giving the Melissa & Doug Complete the Picture Pad - http://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Complete-The-Picture/dp/B004OFFXMW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1355244777&sr=8-1&keywords=complete+the+picture+pad
I recently found this and thought it was genius for artist kids - just as long as they don't have strong attachments to their art. :)
$12 for chalk, $25 for MOMA pencils? That's more about unnecessary design packaging for adults than giving to kids. As someone who has children I recommend you spend $12 on a huge tub of crayola chalk. And I won't even go there about those pencils. A special shame on you, MOMA.
Ok for once I'll agree with an art for kids post- ink stamps are the BOMB for little (old enough not to try to eat them!) kids. SO much fun. I mean, you could give a kid a pack of post its, ink and a stamp and come back 5 hours later. Kids LOVE stamps. I do to ha!