Let's Draw The Airport Craft For Kids

This week with my small crafting club of 8 year old boys we spent some time learning how to draw airplanes, airport control towers, and other things one might see in the sky like parachutes and blimps, together with some trees and clouds to set the scene. Sadly, these sweet boys do not draw very often so their skills are lacking and some of them found this exercise to be somewhat difficult.....I told them they'll thank me when they are older! We be using these long strips to wrap around recycled oatmeal cans with tops, and next week (though I didn't reveal the next step to them, shhhhh) we'll be making Q-tip airplanes that really fly to put in the can! I love the results of this drawing exercise, most of the items are courtesy of the greatest book ever, Ed Emberley's Make A World, something I loved as a child and is a must! The top version is mine, not to copy but use as inspiration!

So sweet, right? I recommended that they draw in pencil first and then go over the lines with markers, which some did, or for some of the items. I didn't show them the book as that would be a distraction for a group, instead I drew the steps for each item on a piece of paper so they passed those around as reference.

Drawing is such a wonderful thing to do, but it can be frustrating for older kids, so that is where Ed Emberley books (there are many) are truly amazing, and are just so very wonderful, for every age! I've used instructions from his books to make birthday cake toppers. PIck up a copy of Make A World, and get to work!