Easy Animal Mosaics

Kids can make beautiful animal mosaics with just some outlines and marker pens!

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This art activity needs very little preparation – just print out some templates in advance. I decided to have an animal theme – but it could be whatever your kids are keen on right now! I printed a selection from Activity Village – they were perfect for this project.

I set out a variety of marker pens and invited them to fill the animal outline by drawing tiny shapes. I also completed one picture in advance to demonstrate the technique. I used mainly squares and triangles but any shapes work – although the smaller they are the more effective it looks. The girls happily got to work!

This art technique was perfect for a quiet Sunday morning! Here are some of the finished pieces!

They look like a really pretty mosaic – but also a bit like stained glass! And I loved that a few personal touches were added here and there!