Painting and Drawing Bring Imagination to Life
Painting, drawing, and coloring let your child bring their wildest, most creative imaginings to life on paper. We all love seeing the final results, but let’s be honest: the mess and cleanup can sometimes be a bit of a hassle. We hear you, that’s why we’ve dedicated so much time to creating the ideal drawing pads for children that are durable, high-quality, with thick white paper. There are no worries about bleeding through pages here. You can trust us. As the saying goes: a picture’s worth a thousand words. So let’s get your kiddo painting!
The 5 Best Drawing Pads and Art Supplies For Kids
Paint, check. Brushes, check. But what about the drawing pads? Here are our favorite, bleed through-resistant art pads for art without the mess.
Drawing Paper Pad
Age: 3+
Why it’s great: This is a great go-to for any beginning artist. There’s a sheet for every creative doodle (50 sheets of premium heavy-weight bond paper in total), and it’s perfect for a whole host of mediums: pencils, crayons, markers, chalk, poster paints or watercolor artwork—you name it. And, as with all our drawing pads, there’s no worry about bleeding through!
Sweet detail: The generously sized 9 x 12-inch pad is large enough for big ideas, but not too big to take out for an outdoor painting experience.
Skills: Fine motor, hand-eye coordination, creative expression
Countless Ways to Play: These pages are perfect for making paper airplanes. Decorate the page, fold, and watch your creation take flight!
Quality Spiral-Bound Sketch Pad
Age: 3+
Why it’s great: For kids not interested in paints, this sketch pad is perfect for colored pencils and charcoals. The slight texture on the pages of this spiral bound pad gives a unique effect to every work of art.
Sweet detail: Each pad comes with two guides: one for drawing a horse and another for drawing a face
Skills: Fine motor, hand-eye coordination, creative expression
Countless Ways to Play: Give your kiddo a prompt and see if they can draw it without lifting their pen or pencil off the paper!
Scratch Art® Doodle Pad Book
Age: 3+
Why it’s great: This is the perfect tool for artists on the go! The pocket-sized note pad comes with everything your young artist might need: a stylus to draw, a stylus pocket, and 16 pages to create on. Bright colors and patterns that are hidden under a matte coating. All it takes to reveal them is a simple scratch.
Sweet detail: 8 of the 16 pages are rainbow, while the other 8 are holographic silver.
Skills: Fine motor, hand-eye coordination, creative expression
Countless Ways to Play: Create a special piece of art for a loved one to hang on a fridge or frame for a desk!
Triangular Crayons
Age: 3+
Why it’s great: This pack of 24 triangular crayons won’t roll away regardless of where your little artist puts them—on one of our premium notepads, a table, or an armrest in a car.
Sweet detail: Crayons come with a durable plastic case for easy cleanup and are made of plastic for additional durability!
Skills: Fine motor, hand-eye coordination, creative expression
Countless Ways to Play: Challenge your little one to hold multiple crayons at once to make a multicolor masterpiece. (And try our no-roll markers for a whole new type of fun!)
Durable Artist's Smock
Age: 3+
Why it’s great: What’s an artist without a smock? This one-size-fits all artist’s smock is perfect to give your child protection from paints and marker stains, while giving a creative and colorful flair.
Sweet detail: Includes a chest pocket to personalize with dry-erase marker and roomy pockets for storing tools.
Skills: creative expression
Countless Ways to Play: Practice handwriting, letters, or spelling while personalizing a smock with your kid’s name!
