Be Creative

Get your artistic juices flowing with these fun and interactive creative activities.

Make Your Own Cardboard Robot Costume

Painting Still Life: Sunflowers

Make Your Own Water Lilies

Independent Play

Give your kids some activities for Independent Play!

Make Your Own Glass Lantern

Watercolor Painting Basics

"Introduction to Watercolor" with artist Rick Bennett is one of the Pullen Arts Center's most popular classes. In this 25 minute demo, Rick will show you what you need to start painting with this fun and fluid medium at home!

Humming Bird Food

Watercolor Painting: Chickens

Join Pullen Arts Center's watercolor instructor, Rick Bennett, for a lesson where Rick demonstrates all of the techniques you need to be successful in watercolor painting while he paints his backyard chickens.

Solar S'Mores

Create a solar oven to prepare s’mores without a fire!

Supplies Needed:

• Box
• Plastic wrap
• Black construction paper
• Aluminum foil
• Tape
• Chocolate
• Graham crackers 
• Marshmallow
   

Make Your Own No-Sew Reusable Bag

Make Your Own Bubbles at Home

Sensory-Friendly Lava Lamp

Create your own sensory-friendly lava lamp at home. Follow the instructions here or watch the how-to video below!

Fort Building

Make Your Own Pinwheel

Puffy Sidewalk Chalk

Take your sidewalk art to the next level with this new and improved version – Puffy Sidewalk Chalk! 

Supplies Needed:

• ½ a bar of sidewalk chalk
• 1 cup of water
• 1 cup of flour
• 1 tablespoon of dish soap
• Spoon
• Bowl
• Squeeze bottle

See our video below for how to:

Puppet Show

Make your own puppets and have a puppet show!

Color Rice Bins

Create color rice bins for a fun activity! 

Sidewalk Chalk Butterfly

Create a beautiful geometric pattern sidewalk chalk butterfly!

Make Your Own Cereal Jewelry

Supplies:

• Yarn, string or ribbon
• Scissors
• Circular shaped cereal (with holes)

How to:

1. Cut desired length of string/yarn/ribbon for either a necklace or bracelet 
2. Tie a knot at one end of the string.
3. Slide the cereal onto the string - leave some space at the end.
4. Tie the ends together to finish the piece of jewelry.
5. Make multiple pieces to layer together or enjoy them as a fun snack!
    

Nature Scavenger Hunt Shadow Box

How To:

1. Go on a Scavenger Hunt to collect nature items.
2. Pour glue into shoebox lid - tilt lid to cover the entire bottom (about 1/2 inch thick).
3. Arrange nature items in the shadow box.
4. Allow the glue to dry for at least 1 hour.
5. Splatter paint into the box for more fun!

Supplies Needed:

• Nature items
• Bag (to collect items in)
• Shoebox lid
• Liquid glue
• Paint & paintbrushes (optional)
   

Other Helpful Resources

Coffee Filter Butterflies

Space Discovery Bin 

Tissue Paper Flowers

Egg Maracas

Cereal Bird Feeders

Cereal Jewelry

Bird Watching Binoculars