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March 31, 2017 By athomewithzan 9 Comments

How to Create a Small Art Station for Kids

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Help your kids be creative, develop their skills, and maybe save some boredom by setting up an art station for them at home. 

How to Create a Small Art Station for Kids - At Home With Zan

If you have young kids at home, you probably know how important it is to have ‘activities at the ready’ for them to do at home. This will not only help cut out some boredom (supposedly) but it will also help them be creative and develop their skills and little muscles. I keep both art and craft supplies in reach so we could do activities together or that the kids can reach without monitoring.

As an added bonus, all the art will be contained in one ‘organized’ system and hopefully, would not end up in various corners of the home. If things get out of place, the kids will have a dedicated area to put them back.

Small art station for kids-

This small art station is set up close to the breakfast table where the kids love to sit and do art and crafts. Most of their art books and tools are in here except for the paint. I have a bin of kid-friendly paint stuff that I bring out when they paint. And they LOVE to paint. Although I try to be careful, paint still ends up in unwanted places sometimes (small kids). There are times when I desire a whole art room for painting with no worries about paint splattering on the floor or getting everywhere. You know – just go ‘wild’ with the imagination and paint away to your little heart’s desire. But it’s not our reality – no such room here. Meanwhile, this small art center has been a great place for them to get creative otherwise (drawing, coloring, stamping, sticker-ing, etc).

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How to create an art station for kids

  • Gather materials – coloring books, drawing books, pencils, crayons, stickers, stamp and stamp pads, etc.
  • Get an organizing system – this could be a small 3 to 4 plastic drawer organizer, baskets placed on lower shelving, a set of cube organizers, a small cart, or even a small dresser, and things of that nature.
  • Organize them – Organize all the art items in a way that the kids could find them when they need them. It does not have to be complicated.

Here’s a peek into our system with an explanation of what is in each drawer. You won’t see all of it because they are stacked to get them all to fit. But I do love how neat this little table keeps everything next to the breakfast area (still working on the breakfast nook post).

Kids art station - desk-

Top drawer: This top drawer has some coloring books, sticker books, and small journal type notebooks. Not all their coloring books will fit in the drawer so some of them are on the top (seen here). We have already went through and selected the ones they use frequently to keep in the drawer and put away the others they’ve used up or not using on a bookshelf. Once they’ve used up what is in this drawer, we move them out and refill it with another set.

kids art station - coloring books - sticker books - journals

The second drawer: It contains drawing books and some of their art work. We have another bin they can drop their already done loose art papers in – to cut down on the clutter.

Note: We try to go through the LOADS of paper and do a weekly clean up. We file the ones they want to keep and throw away the others.

Kids art station - drawing paper - construction paper

Bin: Since the desk only has 2 drawers, I created a third bin with this crate for the necessary coloring, drawing, and art tools. This bin currently holds things such as pencils and colored pencils, markers, glue, kid-friendly scissors, stamps, chalk, etc. and glitter. You gotta have glitter! Although this may not be the best place for glitter since a certain little person likes to get into it.

Kids art station with coloring books - drawing books - coloring tools

kids art station - coloring tools

As you can see, our system is not a complicated one by any means. It is a simple and kid-friendly way to keep all the kids art (except paint) activity materials in one place and in easy reach for when they need them (don’t forget the crayons).

Kids art station - with art books and art tools -

As far as the rest of the craft items, I am keeping them in kitchen cabinet drawers. We don’t have a craft room set up – just a few tiny cupboards. You can see the way I set up our craft space in our previous home. All the art stuff was in there too. Our laundry room had some opened shelving that I thought were a perfect place to keep the craft stuff. Catch the full post here.

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What do you think of this little art station? Do you have a set-up in your home for younger kids? I’d love to hear about it.

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  1. 1

    Lora says

    April 3, 2017 at 3:45 pm

    Great idea! I love having spots like this for the kids to access toys and activities.

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      flourishingathome says

      April 4, 2017 at 2:13 am

      Me, too. It’s really helpful to have something like this for them!

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    vanessa @ {nifty thrifty things} says

    April 7, 2017 at 6:51 am

    What a idea! I love setting up things for Ella to play with in every room, but it’s nice when it’s not visible when you first walk in. 😉

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      flourishingathome says

      April 11, 2017 at 8:16 pm

      I know – that is the whole point. If we don’t control the kids stuff they will totally be everywhere!

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    Sarah says

    April 7, 2017 at 11:16 am

    Such a great idea Zan! I have a small art cart from IKEA that I use for most of our art supplies but it’s overflowing. I like that this has everything tucked away!

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      flourishingathome says

      April 11, 2017 at 8:18 pm

      I have seen the IKEA ones. I had this on hand and decided it would do the trick.

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    Rosa Mario says

    April 11, 2017 at 10:35 am

    Wow! really great idea for kids art supplies in a small space. I like it. I thinks my kids love it.

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    Shani | Sunshine & Munchkins says

    April 18, 2017 at 2:24 am

    We have a closet near our kitchen that I recently rearranged so my kids had better access to all their art supplies, games, puzzles, etc. Of course, I keep the paints out of reach too, haha. 😉

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      flourishingathome says

      April 18, 2017 at 4:22 am

      I know – the paint struggle is real!!! But it’s always good to have something organized with the rest of their art supplies!!

      Reply

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