Hobbies And Interests
Blind portraits
Gather the kids into a circle and have them sit next to each other. Give each person a pencil and a piece of paper. Tell them to draw the person sitting on their left. Give them about 10 minutes to do this. After the time's up, blindfold all of the kids and give them a new piece of paper. Tell them to draw the person on their left again, though this time, they must do it without the use of their eyes. After another 10 minutes has passed, take the blindfolds off the kids. Let them compare their first drawings to their second to see which picture they liked better.
Picture gallery
Begin the game by handing each of the kids a piece of paper and some drawing and coloring utensils like crayons, pencils and markers. Once ready, say a word--either abstract or literal--like "friendship" or "dog." The kids all draw their own representation of that word. Once a few minutes has passed, tell all of the kids to hold up their art work. Pick whichever piece of art you feel best depicts the word and tape it to a wall for the kids to view. After several rounds of this, your kids can feel proud of all their art work as their pictures hang on the wall.
Art matching game
To educate your children on the works of famous authors, try playing this game. Prepare by printing out two copies each of a famous work of art, such as the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci or The Scream by Edvard Munch. After you've printed about 20 copies of about 10 different paintings, place each of the copies down on a table so that you can only see the blank side of the papers.
Gather the kids around the table and have one player start the game. She picks one of the papers for you to flip over. After viewing it, she picks another paper, attempting to get a match. If she gets a match, take those two papers off the table and give her a point, as well as another turn. Let all of the kids take turns trying to get matches. The player with the most points when all of the papers have been matched wins the game.