Here's a coloring activity that's fun for the whole quirky family!
30 minutes
Occasionally when you suggest that your child spend some time coloring or drawing, you will hear this response: "Yeah, but I don't know what to draw" or "I don't feel like coloring anything."
Try this activity then, which we call "Characteristics." It is one of our absolute, all-time favorite kids games and it's fun, do-able, and creative.
Long pointy hair
Big pointy things coming out of his toes—the same as a T. Rex
Ears that stick out
Curly curvy horns on his head
Once you've made a list of 10 characteristics or so, go back through and read each one out loud. Have your child draw each characteristic you read until the "thing" takes shape.
We play this almost every day in our house and find it to be an enormous crowd pleaser. It gets the kids' brains thinking and their fingers conjuring up art. And there's an added benefit: you can show off around the preschool by having your kid explain to other parents the meaning of the word "characteristic."