Here’s a D-I-Y kids birthday party gift idea that costs very little but will open up a whole new world for the artistically inclined child. I know- I have a daughter with the ‘art gene’ and a similar gift gave her so very many hours of joy.
Put together an inexpensive ‘art case’ at your local stationary store or if you have one, your local Michael’s or other craft/art store. Include a nice zipper pencil case, 2 or 3 art pencils or a nice package of colored pencils, plus an an art eraser. Now comes the fun part.
Make up a cute little card that will fit inside your art case. Use any art related graphic you like- the Clip Art On-Line tool included with your Microsoft Word software is always a good place to start when looking for graphics. Size your chosen graphic and then make a word text box that will fit on the reverse side of your graphic when cut out. When done, paste the two together to make your graphic two sided with your note on the back side.
In this text box, direct your birthday girl or boy to the following website:
http://drawsketch.about.com/od/improveyourdrawing/u/drawing-projects.htm
If you follow this link, you’ll see it’s essentially several self-directed drawing courses, the first being for cartoons which will undoubtedly capture your gift recipients interest because cartoons are just plain fun. Next is a tutorial on drawing animals, then flowers, then landscapes. Clearly, the progression here is from easiest to hard, and likewise for the various projects within each category. This will allow the budding artist to start simple and feel good enough about that to then tackle the more difficult stuff.
You can find almost anything on the internet, and for ‘how to’ instruction, there’s a wealth of good resources. This particular kids birthday party gift makes good use of this source to save you some money while creating a meaningful gift for the right child.
