Skip to Content

Join The KinderArt Club, for Premium Art Lesson Plans.

Drawing and Painting Numbers

Drawing and Painting Numbers
Print Friendly, PDF & Email

This art activity focuses on the shape of numbers. A good tie-in to math for younger students.

By Andrea Mulder-Slater

What You Need:

  • Cardboard or poster board
  • Pencils
  • Safety Scissors or an X-Acto knife (and adult assistance for the little ones)
  • Tempera paint or markers
  • Paint brushes (if you are using paint)

What You Do:

  1. Choose a number (if working in a classroom situation, you might want to have children draw numbers out of a hat to avoid a class full of the same numbers).
  2. Draw the number on cardboard or poster board.
  3. The number should be large and bulky (not small and skimpy). Concentrate on the shape of the number.
  4. Cut the number out.
  5. Outline some fun designs on the number shape.
  6. Using markers or paint, fill in the designs.

Further Review:

Study artist Jasper Johns and his paintings of numbers.

Recommended Books:

MathArts
by MaryAnn F. Kohl, Cindy Gainer

Math Art: Projects and Activities
by Carolyn Ford Brunetto

Cartooning With Math
by Bill Costello


Join Our Club

You are currently on the KinderArt.com site which features lots of free art activity ideas for kids (I hope you are enjoying them!) HOWEVER, if you are looking for more detailed art lesson plans, drawing lessons, printables, sketchbook starters (and more) provided monthly, you will LOVE The KinderArt Club - a membership portal designed for parents, homeschoolers, classroom art teachers and studio instructors.

Inside the club you will find hundreds of printable PDF art lessons designed to work in small or large group settings, with a range of ages (from 5 to 12 years).

Get creative teaching kids at home, instructing students in a classroom, leading workshops in a studio, or sharing online, as you explore artists, art periods, science, nature, history, cultures and themes, with creativity and flexibility in mind.

Join us today at: TheKinderArtClub.com



Sign up for our Newsletter