Creativity for Kids and Families

Suddenly, many of us are working from home with our kids at home too. On the one hand, it’s an opportunity to have more family time. On the other hand, there’s extra pressure to teach, entertain or distract the kids. Here’s some resources for kids and families. Get crafty!

Whistler Children’s Festival - Online Edition 2020

Crafts and singalong to do at home

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Get creative at home with Krafty Kids online crafts

Krafty Kids crafts that use simple, everyday materials you’ll likely have at home or in your recycling bin.

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Scavenger Hunt

It is designed for families and is best played as a competition. All ages.

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CPAWS colouring booklet

The Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society have created four stunning colouring pages to remind you of the beauty that awaits.

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Molang Paper Toy Printable

Wondering what to do for fun during the first weeks of Fall? One answer: Make Mine Molang!

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Edible Food Art

10 delicious ways to entertain your kids.

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Tah’lum Indigenous Artist Collective Colouring book

A new way to engage children and adults alike with Indigenous languages.

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Art at Home With Tina

Discover these fun tutorials from the Smithers Art Gallery.

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Colouring pages and activities

Online activities for families from the Penticton Arts Council.

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The Adventure of Super Thomas

Brycen celebrates favourite comic store with DIY comics.

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Allow space for creativity

Children turn to photography as creative outlet during pandemic.

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Build your own Batmobile!

Build your own model with the Cardboard Superheroes.

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Hands on History: Railroad Lanterns and Signals

Learn to make and use a railroad signal lantern with the Bulkley Valley Museum!

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Big Science for Little Hands at Home

These free activities are meant to serve as a starting point for early-childhood scientific exploration.

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Canadian Museum of Nature Colouring Pages

Free, for all ages. Choose from four categories: Arctic, Garden plants, Dinosaurs and Plant scientists.

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Art at Home

A Vancouver Art Gallery series of digital family programs designed to inspire you and your family to get creative at home!

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A Barbie COVID-19 day!

Watch this fun video.

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Dry Erase

Draw figures that become animated.

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Fold a Traditional Origami Crane

The traditional paper crane is probably the most famous of all origami models.

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Fox in Sox

Dr. Seuss raps over Dr. Dre beats.

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Free Worksheets and Printables for Kids

From preschool to 5th grade, find hundreds of worksheets in the subject you want.

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BuiltByKids: Engineering very 101

Encourages next generation of makers to tackle the do-it-yourself projects of their dreams.

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Online Drawing Lessons for Kids, Led by Favourite Artists & Illustrators

Well known illustrators are offering free drawing lessons for kids.

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How to turn yourself into a Robot

Ever wanted to be a robot for a day? Silly question of course you have! Here’s how.

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MOA Colouring Cards

Download and print patterns from textiles in the MOA Collections. Fun for adults and children alike.

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Alpine Learning virtual education coaching sessions

Online tutoring for students and families in all subjects from kindergarten to grade 12.

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Netflix docs on YouTube

Netflix has now made a selection of their documentary features and series available on their YouTube channel for all.

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What was there? Archival Imagery of your hometown

Allows students to type in any city, state, or country to view an archive of historical photographs and other documents. It’s a unique way to help them learn about history.

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Kids at home? Highlights can help!

Fun games, recipes, crafts, activities for children.

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All Kids Network Learning

Resources for parents, teachers and anyone who works with children.
Crafts, activities, mazes, dot to dot, etc.

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Storytime Online

Favourite kids books read by famous people

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National Geographic Kids

Find amazing facts about animals, science, history and geography, along with fun competitions, games and more.

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Canadian Farm Food Tours

11 Virtual Tours of farms from minks, pigs, and cows, to apples and eggs.

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Audible for kids - free

Kids worldwide can instantly stream E-book stories that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids.

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The Kid Should See This

Smart Videos for curious minds of all ages

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Head back to Arts Online!

New content added all the time!

While we’re all practicing physical isolation, there’s never been a better time to throw yourself into creative adventures and/or creative distractions. So we’re sharing all kinds of creative links, projects, performances and home-based arts activities to help keep your creativity in top shape.

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