4 Easy Block Painting Art Ideas for Kids

Foam blocks are great for building, but did you know that they’re also great for painting? Most moms would have blocks of some sort in their toy cupboard, why not bring them out and give Block Painting a go.

Blocks come in a variety of shapes. Circles, triangles, squares. Any picture can be broken down into these basic shapes. If your little ones are too young to make an actual picture, don’t worry, it’s still a lot of fun dunking the blocks in the paint and making shapes on a page.

Check out these four paintings that you can make using blocks. I’m sure that they’ll spark your imagination and you and your kids will enjoy creating this easy art for kids.

Disclosure: Adult supervision is required for all activities at all times.

Table of Contents

• More Shape Art Ideas
• What You’ll Need
• Block Painting Ideas to Try

Shape Arts and Crafts for Kids

Help toddlers and preschoolers learn their shapes with these easy shape-themed kids art ideas.

1. Giant Shape Art for Kids
2. Black Glue Shape Art for Kids
3. Shape Stamp Painting
4. Kandinsky Shape Art for Kids
5. Recycled Shapes Process Art

For more ideas, read all 19 Shape Arts and Crafts

Materials Needed

1. Foam blocks
2. Paper
3. Acrylic paint in different colors
4. Paintbrushes

Block Painting Art Ideas to Try

Actually making any sort of block painting is very easy. Just dip the block into some paint and press it onto the paper like a stamp.

I used foam blocks for these different art activities because they are so easy to wash, and you can use them again and again.

Free Form Shape Art

This is both a shape picture, and a shape matching activity. All you need to do is:

1. Paint the blocks and press them down onto the paper in a random pattern. 

2. When the paper is dry, match the original blocks that you used to paint the picture, to the shapes on the paper.

Block Painted Hyacinths

Use your finger to paint green stems, then use a circle block to make the purple flowers. I used two different shades of purple for this picture, but you can use whatever you like.

Block Painted Car

Use a rectangle, semi-circle and small circles to make this car picture. This is a fun way for kids to see how regular pictures are essentially made up of different shapes.

Block Painted Boat

This boat is made from triangles, circles and a rectangle. I made the background using colored paper, but you don’t need to. A boat on a regular white sheet of paper would still be a wonderful art activity for little ones to try.

Are you going to try any of these Block Painting Ideas with your kids?
Don’t forget to pin the idea for later.