Be Creative Websites
Resources for Younger Kids

Ziggity Zoom
A fun website where you can color pictures, play games, read and listen to stories, explore play worlds, and do other activities.

Art Safari
A resource from the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Art Safari encourages kids to explore paintings and sculptures by sharing their interpretations.

MoMA's Destination Modern Art
Designed for 5 to 8-year-olds, this website guides children through works of art with a range of activities including music, math, reading and more.

DSO Kids
Developed by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, this site is a "magical doorway to a world of musical fun and learning for students, teachers and parents."

New York Philharmonic's Kidzone
An interactive and educational website about the symphony orchestra. Kids can create their own compositions, learn about composers and musicians, play games, and travel through the site on a musical scavenger hunt.

Boohbah Zone
Interactive entertainment for preschoolers based on Ragdoll's Boohbah TV show.


Resources for Older Kids

SmARTKids
SmARTKids is a website from the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago. It combines learning about art with reading and writing.

Artopia
Artopia is a website for exploring the visual and performing arts, including dance, theater, media arts, music, painting, and sculpture.

Cartoonster
Cartoonster is a collection of fun and interactive tutorials to teach children how to create their own cartoons.

Arty Factory
Arty Factory was created by an art teacher to provide free art and design lessons, ideas, and techniques to improve your skills.

DSO Kids
Developed by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, this site is a "magical doorway to a world of musical fun and learning for students, teachers and parents."

New York Philharmonic's Kidzone
An interactive and educational website about the symphony orchestra. Kids can create their own compositions, learn about composers and musicians, play games, and travel through the site on a musical scavenger hunt.

Giggle Poetry
Giggle Poetry is a fun resource for young poets that features the poetry of Bruce Lansky and other poets.

The Art Zone
Hosted by the National Gallery of Art, The Art Zone consists of interactive art that you can make online.

The Artist's Toolkit
An interactive website that teaches kids about visual elements and principles like line, color and shape that artists use to build works of art.

Inside Art: An Art History Game
"During an art museum tour, you're sucked into a vortex and find yourself inside a mystery painting. Your only hope of escape is to answer the questions Who? What? Where? and How?. A fish named Trish is your guide in this exploration of Van Gogh's Bank of the Oise at Auvers in its artistic and historical context."

A. Pintura: Art Detective
"A distraught woman asks you to identify the artist who made a painting she found in her grandfather's attic. To do so, you must examine paintings by famous artists from Gauguin to Van Gogh."

Kerpoof
You can make original artwork, animated movies and stories, among other things, at this interactive website sponsored by the Walt Disney company.

Writing with Writers
Work with authors, editors, and illustrators to develop your skills.

Caricature is Fun
Create your own caricatures!

Hands on Crafts
A partnership between the Mint Museums and the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County "to open the world of NC crafts to children and families in an interactive, fun, and engaging way."


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