Just in time for the holidays, I have a fun giveaway for 2 lucky readers. Two winners will each receive a copy of BOTH of the games pictured above. (USA only please) I learned about 2 new drawing games from Drawing Deck, LLC. They may look familiar to you because they also made the game Createures.
The first game is called FrankenMonster5, a family drawing game. The box says 3-6 players and it involves points and art critiquing, but I found that I would be more likely to use this as a set of drawing prompts for kids. This may be fun to do at home with the art critic role, but I could imagine kids at school getting upset with other kids giving points to their artwork. Here is how I would use these instead: There are enough cards (150) that you could pass out 5 cards to each kid and have them create a monster incorporating those parts. You could even have them pick out 3 of the 5 cards they would like to use for their monster if they find 5 to be overwhelming. Then you could share the pictures and all laugh over how silly they look.
My two kids at home made these monster drawings from the cards from the game! Aren’t they fun?!
The second game is called Sketch a Moley and it comes with 66 art prompt cards (shown above). How to play the game is you pull out a card and the prompt that is facing you is the one you use. Draw a picture on your paper using that prompt. Then pass the paper to the person on the left. Draw another card and add the next prompt to that drawing. Keep going until you have drawn on everyone’s paper. Another way you can play is solo, by simply pulling 3 cards and drawing the prompts on them closest to you, but combine them in an interesting or unusual way.
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GIVEAWAY TIME!
Here’s how to enter to win the giveaway. There are two ways to have an entry. First, comment here on this blog with a favorite idea for an artsy holiday gift for someone. For an additional entry, hop on over to my Instagram account and leave a comment on the giveaway post there. I will pick one winner from Instagram and one winner from my blog post (USA only, due to shipping costs). I will randomly select the winners Dec. 18 after noon CST.
Marcia is an elementary art teacher and loves painting, drawing, sculpture, art journaling and clay. Her blog, Art is Basic, features many exciting art projects for kids.
My artsy holiday gift is having an ornament and cookie making party with my grandchildren as soon as winter vacation starts! It is a gift to me AND to them.
A great art gift could be : a few different colors of tempura paint with several different ways to use it. A plastic fork, a sponge, some q-tips and maybe some fun holiday cookie cutters. I’m an art teacher in Utah and I love your website.
My favorite artsy holiday gift for someone female is paint brush or art palette earrings. Depending on the guy I would buy him funny artist socks stuck in an artsy mug.
Favorite artsy gift to buy as a gift: a rainbow set of felt tip pens!
Favorite artsy gift to MAKE as a gift: felted soap! So fun to make and always beautiful!
Thanks for your lovely blog! Have a wonderful holiday season!
My daughter makes Clammy Pets. She sold them as stocking staffers at a craft show recently. They are clam shells(you can buy a big bag for $10 at walmart). Hot glue two together ,paint with nail polish and glue googly eyes to them. Super cute and kids love them.
Cross curriculum dream!!! Who does not want more goodies to help with integrating art into life!! Opening up opportunities for all and keeping little minds creating and exploring!
This is a great idea. We are doing STEAM at our school right now and it fits right into the lessons we are teaching.
Artsy holiday gift: My favorite gift is to go outside and draw from life. I like to go to a lake or the beach or even into town to draw the scenery. Then I frame the drawing and give it away. I just learned how to draw on Black 140 pound paper with Gouache paint leave black around the edges of the shapes to let the black paper show through. Very dramatic and fun.
I’d love to be entered in the giveaway. My favorite artsy gift is making ceramic ornaments for my parent volunteers. Each year we have a tree decorating day at school. All the parents who come in to help I have a handmade ornament to send home with them as a thankyou. 🙂 I love to encourage my volunteers to keep coming back 🙂
This looks great! I play art games with my students a lot, being an elementary art teacher. This year I had different grades decorate a tree at our school with origami stars and coffee filter snowflakes. The result looks incredible!
I need new artsy games for my classroom so I hope I win.
I have done many artsy gifts in the past…I have drawn my cousin’s daughters at Disney world and drawn a Christmasy cowboy boot for my uncle!
Although I’ve taught art for years (High School)-I’m new to the elementary art game and would love to win one of these games! Your blog is SO HELPFUL!!!
A favorite creative gift from my past…one Christmas, I decided to make Nutcrackers of each member of my sister’s family for Christmas. Now…that was ambitious, and I only got as far as her husband…but he LOVED it! I purchase cheap, generic nutcrackers and just repainted them. Come to think of it…the other four are still in a plastic bin in the basement. Maybe time to complete that gift…10 years late!
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Artsy gifts are the best. I am working on printing kicthen towels, buttons and in the past ornaments.
My artsy holiday gift is having an ornament and cookie making party with my grandchildren as soon as winter vacation starts! It is a gift to me AND to them.
A cool holiday gift for an artist could be a monogrammed apron. Also, you can never have enough brushes or paint.
My Middle School Christmas craft hit was always the Sock Snowmen. Looking forward to introducing them to my tween Granddaughter this year.
A great art gift could be : a few different colors of tempura paint with several different ways to use it. A plastic fork, a sponge, some q-tips and maybe some fun holiday cookie cutters. I’m an art teacher in Utah and I love your website.
Loved making knotted fleece blankets with art printed fleece… found Monet Waterlilies one time.
My kids love fun art supplies they don’t normally use. My father-in-law got them some brush markers and they LOVE them.
Art calendars make practical and pretty gifts.
My favorite artsy holiday gift for someone female is paint brush or art palette earrings. Depending on the guy I would buy him funny artist socks stuck in an artsy mug.
Pens…alcohol pens, paint pens, sharpie pens, flair pens, gel pens, watercolor pens!! One can NEVER have too many pens.
Art supplies gift certificate
Favorite artsy gift to buy as a gift: a rainbow set of felt tip pens!
Favorite artsy gift to MAKE as a gift: felted soap! So fun to make and always beautiful!
Thanks for your lovely blog! Have a wonderful holiday season!
My daughter makes Clammy Pets. She sold them as stocking staffers at a craft show recently. They are clam shells(you can buy a big bag for $10 at walmart). Hot glue two together ,paint with nail polish and glue googly eyes to them. Super cute and kids love them.
Just found your site! So impressed in your ideas and thoughts. Will be a regular fro now on!
Cross curriculum dream!!! Who does not want more goodies to help with integrating art into life!! Opening up opportunities for all and keeping little minds creating and exploring!
These games look super fun!
This is a great idea. We are doing STEAM at our school right now and it fits right into the lessons we are teaching.
Artsy holiday gift: My favorite gift is to go outside and draw from life. I like to go to a lake or the beach or even into town to draw the scenery. Then I frame the drawing and give it away. I just learned how to draw on Black 140 pound paper with Gouache paint leave black around the edges of the shapes to let the black paper show through. Very dramatic and fun.
Imagination generator!
I’d love to be entered in the giveaway. My favorite artsy gift is making ceramic ornaments for my parent volunteers. Each year we have a tree decorating day at school. All the parents who come in to help I have a handmade ornament to send home with them as a thankyou. 🙂 I love to encourage my volunteers to keep coming back 🙂
This looks great! I play art games with my students a lot, being an elementary art teacher. This year I had different grades decorate a tree at our school with origami stars and coffee filter snowflakes. The result looks incredible!
Love art games. We have used Pick and Draw at family nights and ended up with a hallway of pictures.
My artsy gifts to go are making personalized ornaments! I also am doing free-handlettered signs to family members this year!
I need new artsy games for my classroom so I hope I win.
I have done many artsy gifts in the past…I have drawn my cousin’s daughters at Disney world and drawn a Christmasy cowboy boot for my uncle!
These look so fun and inclusive for the whole family! An artsy gift is a set of posca markers! They work to decorate and design on almost anything!
favorite artsy gifts are handpainted ornaments!
These games look super fun and my students would love them I’m sure. Thanks for the free give aways.
Kimberly, You are the randomly selected winner! Kimberly, please email me your address: marciadotcom@yahoo.com
Although I’ve taught art for years (High School)-I’m new to the elementary art game and would love to win one of these games! Your blog is SO HELPFUL!!!
A favorite creative gift from my past…one Christmas, I decided to make Nutcrackers of each member of my sister’s family for Christmas. Now…that was ambitious, and I only got as far as her husband…but he LOVED it! I purchase cheap, generic nutcrackers and just repainted them. Come to think of it…the other four are still in a plastic bin in the basement. Maybe time to complete that gift…10 years late!
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