It can be hard fitting creativity into a busy family schedule, but here are 7 ways to make time for art in your daily routine!
Updated July 2025
We know how busy life can get. Between work, school, errands, and everything else on your plate, it can feel almost impossible to carve out time for art and creativity in your family’s routine.
But here’s the good news: you don’t need to feel overwhelmed or add extra stress to your day. Bringing artful experiences into your kids’ lives (and even your own) can be simple, joyful, and totally doable.
Whether you’re a seasoned artist or just looking for easy, fun ways to spark creativity, we’re here to help you find moments that fit naturally into your everyday life.
Here are 7 practical and inspiring ways to make time for art, so everyone in your family can enjoy the magic of creating together!
7 Ways to Make Time for Art
1. Fit the Art and Creativity to Your Family
This might mean fewer and simpler art activities for now, with a bigger focus on ways to connect over art. We’re thinking drawing games and reading to the kids while they draw/create.
2. Remember to Include Younger Siblings
It doesn’t have to be everyone doing an art project at the same time. You can do art and other creative activities with younger siblings even when the big kids are at school or doing homework.
3. Do Art for Yourself
You don’t have to get the kids involved to justify creating. You can do it on your own, too.
4. Keep it Easy with Simple and Easy Open-Ended Ideas
If the activities don’t require a lot of set up or clean up, it’s easier to make time for them.
5. Set Up a Workable and Inviting Art Space
This way they can create what they want, when they want.
6. Try Strewing
Create little art, learning, or creative invitations around the house. It’s so fun to see your children getting drawn in to one of your irresistible invitations.
7. Simplify Your Life as Much as Possible
Declutter, keep meals simple, and minimize after-school activities and commitments.
Basically, let’s just do the best we can to fit creativity into our busy lives here and there, in the ways that make sense. And also think of how to make our lives less busy when we can.
More Ways to Make Time for Art
- 10 Art Invitations to Create for Kids
- 5 Easy After School Art Invitations for Kids
- How to Set Up Creative Invitations for Kids
- The Art of Strewing for Kids
- 10 Art Prompts for Kids to Foster Creativity
- The Best Kids’ Art Ideas for 2025
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