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What is in this section?
Find a glossary of common German words that appear on the arts and crafts web sources, and then sources for a variety of creative project ideas, coloring pages, how-tos, and resources, in German!
Many of these could be suitable for many ages. Simpler things are at the top of each section and more complex things further down.
Tip: Click on any of the pictured examples to go straight to that project!
Glossary
Glossary
Anleitungen = instructions
Ausmalbild(er) = coloring page(s)
basteln = to craft
malen = to color, to paint
selbermachen = to make yourself; the abbreviation "DIY" is also used in German
zeichnen = to draw
Craft Ideas & Coloring Pages
Craft Ideas & Coloring Pages
The team from Sendung mit dem Elefanten offers coloring sheets to print out, and craft ideas with instructions. It's an easy website to navigate, oriented to kids, but many projects will need adult support or facilitation, at least for printing!
There are coloring pages and many videos with crafting ideas on the Kika Selbermachen and Kikaninchen pages.
Go here for a kid-navigable page of crafting ideas, most with photos or video explanations - and explore!
This crafting page from Sendung mit der Maus has many kinds of project ideas and materials. There are things here to interest DIY-oriented elementary and middle school students as well as adults.
How-to Video Collections on YouTube
How-to Video Collections on YouTube
On DrawTut Kids, the illustrated Tobi guides the viewer through drawing unicorns (below), monster trucks, ponys, and more. He uses very clear, simple language.
The Zeichnen lernen (Learning to draw) playlist of this channel Schule und Familie has how-to videos for many, many animals, like this snail!
Schule und Familie also has a craft playlist (Basteln) with instructions for things like this origami peacock.
Deni zeichnet has detailed videos of more detailed things to draw, like this flamingo! Some with narration (dual-language German and Russian), and some just with music.
Kunst mit Simi shows the techniques of famous painters and how you can use them yourself!
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