Art Games

Waiting for your food at a restaurant? Sitting in a doctor’s office? Lost power? Play art games! Grab the back of a placemat, or a piece of paper and some markers or pens, and you’re all set. Here are a couple of our favorites:

• Mixed-Up Monsters! Each person draws a large shape on their paper. Then, the youngest calls out a number between 1-10. Everyone draws that many eyes on their shape (wherever they want). The next in age, calls out a number and everyone draws that many mouths. Keep going around, until everyone has had at least one turn, and you’ve drawn as many body parts as you like - noses, ears, arms, legs, feet, belly buttons, antennae, etc.! Think of fun names and facts for each monster and introduce them to the group!

• Catch Me If You Can! In this abstract drawing game for two, one person is the leader and the other has to try to catch him! To start, each person puts their pen on a spot they choose on the paper. The leader counts down 3, 2,1, go and begins to randomly move their pen around on the paper. The other person tries to follow everywhere the leader goes! The leader may swerve, pivot, or go from one corner to another! You can also play this game in slow motion or make up new rules for it (maybe you can jump over each other). See where it leads you! Thank you to What We Do All Day for their inspiration!

  We also love the classic Dots game and Finish My Scribble. Do you have art games you like to play?