Shadow tracing for kids

The first bit of sunshine that comes your way is the perfect time to get busy with animal shadow drawing!

This African sunset shadow tracing art is a great actvity for kids. A fun way to use toys in arts and crafts for kids.

Cool Sidewalk Chalk Drawing Ideas & Shadow Art for kids. Shadow drawings are a fun outdoor kid's activity. They'll love this fun art activity on sunny days.

Trace toy animal shadows.

Today we read Shadow by Suzy Lee. This is a mostly wordless book about a girl playing in a dark attic. Her imagination comes to life with the click of a lightbulb. The black and yellow illustrations are brilliant and we just can't stop looking at this book. Each time we pick it up, we find another detail. I could not resist doing some simple art with C and R after reading this book. I began by googling blank paper doll template and printing up one that I found. I don't know exactly where I…

Guess who silhouette of our 3's preschool class at Noblesville Methodist preschool. We had shadow day and did this as a fun way to "keep" our shadows. The children sat between a flash light and the black paper while the teachers traced their shadows. Then we cut the out and mounted then on white paper. We added a photo of the child in the silhouette under the red paper to make this a fun game for the parents in our school. Can you guess who? We did all this as we studied ground hogs day!

A viral TikTok even shows how relaxing this can be for adults!

Here’s a fun idea for the kids! Let them draw pictures of their favorites animals by tracing their shadows! Be sure to check out the Baby Animal Prints Blog for more ideas for animal and nature loving kids!