Nothing brings me more joy than waking up in the morning and knowing that we have inspired kids all over the world to create art – and those that teach them.
Many of our members are homeschoolers who create art at the dining table or outside. They may teach their child while another one runs around in the background, with an uncapped Sharpie.
Others are art teachers who have had a school year that is like none other, as they’ve worked to be a safe and fun place for students, and have dealt with on and off school time, teaching virtually, teaching from a cart, and kids who have never had an opportunity to have an art class at all.
But what every single one has in common, is a creative gift to share with the world. Some may not even find themselves creative at all – but I know it’s there.
And when I get to look at all of these beautiful pieces that have been submitted, it brings me such joy. I want to recognize all of these incredible kids, students, moms, dads, art teachers, care givers, and so many more for not only making it through another year, but for showing the world all of the joy and beauty in it.
The world is a better place because of all of you – and it has been our absolute joy to serve you on your journey in it.
I hope you enjoy looking through all of these beautiful creations – and I hope it inspires you to sit down and draw and to create. And if you’d like to join us this August in our Glitterbombers Membership – we would absolutely love to welcome you inside.
~ Julie Soul CEO/Founder Soul Sparklettes Art
Click on an image to get a better look at what these kids have been creating!
Archer 5 years old Escaping Octopus (video lesson) Liquid tempera paint
Amalia 7 years old Watercolor Whales (video lesson) Watercolor pencils
Corbin 8 years old Snowy Owl (FB Live) Tempera paint
Isabelle 6 years old Mouse and the Motorcycle (FB live)
“Super Mario and the Motorcycle on Christmas Road in the Sky!”
Eleanor 6 years old The Dancer (PDF) Crayola washable paint
“The dancer looks like she is really spinning. The details make her leotard and bun look real.”
Alice 9 years old The Dancer (PDF) Crayola washable paint
“Dance is a kind of power. It is strong and bold like my painting.”
Lexi 9 years old Cockatoo (Video lesson) Tempera paint, tempera paint sticks
“I love animals and art.”
Nolan 8 years old Taco time (Video lesson) Tempera paint sticks and watercolor
“I love tacos and painting.”
Mya 11 years old Egyptian Kitties Colored pencils, sharpie
“I made an Egyptian cat picture because we were learning about Egypt. We learned how important cats are to their culture. I love cats!”
Drea 6 years old Escaping Octopus Liquid tempera, construction paper crayons
“I made an octopus picture of an octopus escaping from a jar. We were learning about the Great Barrier Reef.”
Lea 9 years old Dream Sharpie, crayon
“I created a forest because I love animals and nature.”
Henry N. 9 years old Taco Time (Video lesson) Watercolor, tempera paint sticks, colored construction paper
“It’s lunch time and Kirby’s in the mood for a taco!”
Audrey N. 11 years old Up, Up, and Away! Pan watercolors, washi tape, colored pencils, fineline markers, yarn
“Willow the Bunny reaches new heights on a journey of self-discovery!”
Dominic 8 years old Alien in Trouble (Video lesson) Watercolors
“Alien Name is Blueblood and it eats the asteroids!”
Julian 6 years old Alien in Trouble (Video lesson) Watercolors
Delana B. 2nd grade Monarch butterfly (Video lesson) Oil pastels, black sharpie
“I am currently raising butterflies and I chose this artwork to help me remember them after their release.”
Hugh Kindergarten Space Turkey (Facebook live) Watercolor and oil pastels
“The feet on my turkey look cool.”
Zoe 11 years old Grumpy Lionfish (PDF lesson) Oil pastel and watercolor
“This is a good art program, I really like it!”
Arianna 9 years old Watercolor Whales Watercolor pencils and acrylic paint pens
“I had a lot of fun making these whales! This one is called Night Whale because of the background.”
Sofia 11 years old Volcano Surprise (Facebook live) Colored pencil and sharpie
“This is one of my favorite pieces of art because it includes all my favorite things!”
Gabby B. 11 years old Tulip Fields (PDF lesson) Watercolors and oil pastels
“I really like doing Glitterbombers art – and art in general. I enjoyed doing this project because it was fun to learn how to draw tulips using a variety of different colors. I like the color blends in the sky and how the blue mountains create contrast compared to the warm-colored flowers.”
Emma 12 years old Dragon Nest (Facebook live) Gel crayons and regular crayons
Noelle 9 years old Volcano Surprise (Facebook Live) Watercolor
Rowan 3rd grade A Dragon’s Day (PDF lesson) Oil pastels, watercolors, paint
“The dragon’s name is Aardvarkeo, and he is looking at flowers while going to the palace. He is going to the castle to play a board game with the prince. My favorite part is his eyebrows.”
Milo B. 7 years old Sea Slugs in Space Tempera paint and oil pastels
“Space slugs are light-years better than Sea Slugs!”
Carolyne 11 years old Rainy Day (Video lesson) Tempera paint, paint sticks, Posca paint markers
“I created this piece on a “Rainy Day” in the spring. I used my surroundings as inspiration! Between the pouring rain outside and the parade of neighborhood umbrellas, creating this was a very authentic experience. I love how the colorful subject ‘pops’ against the black/grey background. The rainbow design is a perfect compliment to this piece, because the vibrant colors contrast the rain very well. Adding my favorite color, ‘rainbow’, is one of my signature touches in my art!”
Jasper 14 years old Gelli plate video Tempera and acrylic paint
“This is winter; look at it.”
Ruby Clark 9 years old Photobombing Puffin Oil pastels and liquid watercolor
“I really like to do art with my family and friends.”
Bjorn 8 years old Cockatoo (video lesson) Acrylic paints
“I really love Glitterbomb art classes! I think they’re great.”
Oliver 6 years old Mouse on a Motorcycle (Facebook live) Markers
“This piece is about a rabbit and its colored motorcycle and they are the only colored things in the whole world (the white world).”
Thomas Second grade Dragon Mania Watercolor and crayons
“Momma Dragon on a cliff holding her egg.”
Z Second grade Griffin Wonderstix and tempera paint
“I tried to make the griffin look like it was flying!”
Clara 7 years old Mouse House (Video lesson) Sharpie, watercolor, crayon
“I’ve made many pieces like this, including a house for squirrels, mice and other animals. I think it looks nice and cozy, I like engineering so it’s the perfect art project for me.”
Lilly 4 years old Capybara (Video lesson) Tempera paint and oil pastels
“I love my art lady and I like my drawing. Sometimes I think my art is funny. I usually I really really love my art.”
Glesni 9 years old Clare West Hummingbird Watercolors and oil pastels
“To make the background flowers, I took existing flowers from my backyard as inspiration – like the violets, the clovers, and the dandelions. I also used a real dandelion pressed into the paint to make the spots in the background.”
Joshua 7 years old Dragon Nest (Facebook live) Marker and watercolor
“This is a tired mother aqua dragon looking at her new hatchlings.”
Evelyn 9 years old Dragon in a Bag (Facebook live) Crayon, watercolors
“This baby griphon-axolotl-uni-mer-dragon hopes she will grow to be big enough for her owner to ride her someday!”
EV 12 years old Dragon in a Bag (Facebook live) Permanent marker, watercolors, crayons
Bryn 7 years old Blast Off Tempera paint and chalk
“Ms. Julie art is my favorite!”
Ela Seventh grade Sea Dragon (Facebook live) Watercolor and Sharpie
Lucy 7 years old Monarch Butterfly (Video lesson) Construction paper and wonderstix
“I really liked using wonder stix and I like how the colors turned out. This piece of art makes me really happy.”
Leila First grade Golden Eagle Chalk pastels, India ink & gold acrylic paint
“This is called ‘The Eagle & the Aurora Borealis.’ I wanted to make this because those are two of my favorite things because they are both MAJESTICAL!”
Kara PreK Golden Eagle Chalk pastels, India ink & gold acrylic paint
“My eagle’s name is Lightning Strike and he’s looking at the beautiful trees because I love trees so much I want to hug them. I like making things that are cool and shimmery.”
CJ 8 years old Dragon Nest (Facebook live) Sharpie and crayon
“Dragons are my favorite!!”
Ryan Grade one Monarch Butterfly (PDF lesson) Chalk pastel
“This is my favorite picture with butterflies!”
Alex Grade three Winter Cardinal (PDF) Oil pastels
“Birdies are so cute!”
Grace First grade Flamin-GO! (Facebook live) Tempera paint
“I liked doing this flamingo. I like flamingoes and art!”
Allie Banks 10 years old Papyrus Scroll Tempera paint and Posca pens
“I love all the projects and how beautiful they are when they come together.”
Carson Banks 5 years old Winter Cardinal (PDF) Watercolor and oil pastel
Emily 9 years old Hanging Gardens of Babylon Tempera paint and oil pastels
“I picked this project because I wanted to use tempera paint and oil pastels together and because the project is very colorful!”
Alex 10 years old Cat-apult Arteza Blendable Markers, Pencil & Sharpie
“I like that I can take regular projects and add things that are of interest to me (i.e. Clone-trooper-apult).”
Noah Henderson 9 years old Dragon Mania Crayons and watercolor
“Silk wing dragon holding a ball of flame silk.”
Grace 5 years old Taco Time Watercolor, gel sticks, crayons
“The dragon grabbed the taco from the platter. I put a tulip on the rainbow table cloth.”
Olivia 7 years old Howl at the Moon Crayon
“Momma and baby howling at the moon.”
Evie 7 years old 3D Tree Oil pastels, crayon
“I liked trying to put a different animal in my tree – a peacock with water powers who protects the forest!”
Gordon 8 years old Fire Bird: Tempera paint Cardinal: Watercolors Sunflowers: Tempera paint Frogs: Oil pastels and water colors
“These projects are awesome. I really liked making the Van Gogh sunflowers.”
Cecelia 9 years old Blue Footed Boogie – Metallic Sharpie, Tempera paint sticks Fire Bird – Tempera paint Sunflowers – Tempera paint Ursa Major – Chalk Pastels
“I really enjoyed making these. Glitterbombers projects are always creative and fun. It was so hard to choose my favorites to submit. I want to make all the projects!”
Logan Benjamin Fifth grade Tulip Fields Oil pastel and watercolor
“I really love all the art projects and enjoy doing them.”
Miles First grade Van Gogh Sunflowers (Video lesson) Tempera paint
“I really liked not rinsing or cleaning off my brush.”
Evie W. 9 years old Jim Dine Anatomical Heart Paint sticks/chalk pastels
“I chose this piece because it’s one of my neatest and I like all of the colors.”
Julie W. 8 years old Big Penguin, Little Penguin Crayon and sharpie
“I chose this piece because its my neatest and I love how fuzzy my chick is!”
Chelsie W. 6 years old Safari Season Paint sticks
“I chose this piece because its my neatest one and it’s my second favorite anmal in the zoo!”
Levi H. Fifth grade Beatriz Milhazes Flowers Colored pencils
“I loved my first art project!”
Noah H. Third grade Beatriz Milhazes Flowers Markers
“Feeling happy!”
June W. Davis Elementary School First grade Rainy Day (Video) Tempera and Kwik sticks
June W. Davis Elementary School Fifth grade Desert Tarantuals Classroom instruction/PDF lesson Oil pastel/tempera paint
June W. Davis Elementary School Fourth grade Pattern Piranhas Permanent marker, liquid watercolors Classroom instruction – teacher directed
June W. Davis Elementary School Fourth grade Monarch Butterflies – classroom instruction – teached directed Oil pastel and permanent marker
June W Davis Elementary School Second and Third grade Great Wall – classroom/teacher led Kwik Sticks
Mara 10 years old Blue Footed Boogie (Video lesson) Crayon, oil pastel, marker
“I liked that I got to do art of my favorite bird and dancing and use a lot of colors!”
Oren 12 years old Black Hole Op Art Pencil and washable marker
“I like it because it’s orange and the way the 3D optical illusion works so that there’s a hole in the paper.”
Felix 7 years old Busking Beaver with a Banjo Sharpie and beeswax crayon
Amalia First grade A Sweater for Squirrel Yarn, cardboard, tempera paint sticks
“I love weaving and it was fun to make animals and weave on them. I love this project because my mom made it!”
Scarlett 11 years old Volcano Surprise Crayons, watercolor, sharpie
“I think this is my best art project yet! Ice cream for everyone!”
Silas 7 years old Iris Scott Elephant Pencil, crayon, tempera paint
“To make this art colorful I used paint on my finger and a cu-tip. I liked making it. The elephant I drew is a boy.”
Jasper 8 years old Snow Queen Palace Air dry clay, acrylics; paper, tape and marker
“The Snowy Day – I like to create artwork, particularly clay, paper, scissors, folding and cutting projects, and paint. Art is important for you to thrive.”
Maxwell P. 7 years old Monarch Butterfly Wonderstix, tempera paint sticks, marker
“I did a really good job on my butterfly. This is my favorite art project!”
Firefly Learning First and Fourth Grade (plus mom!) Blue Footed Boogie Tempera paint sticks, crayons, colored pencils, markers We loved this project and created several together to give as gifts. Each piece has different blue-footed boobies and other critters. For this one, the 1st grader added a frigate bird to the blue-footed boobie crew and the 4th grader chose to have his bird breakdancing on its head.
“I thought it would be cool to add a frigatebird.” -1st grader “I love how it came out with us working together.” -4th grader
Ben 9 years old Flamin-GO! (Facebook live) Tempera paint
“My flamingo is an undercover police officer. He just saw a burglar. Now he’s chasing it on his rocket boosted skateboard.”
Jack 7 years old Flamin-GO! (Facebook live) Tempera paint
“My flamingo is riding down the street from a home to go to the grocery store on a sled. In the background you can see his home.”
Mason 4 years old Flamin-GO! (Facebook live) Tempera paint
“My flamingo is wearing sunglasses, riding on water with a skateboard. The water is the road and he didn’t see a stop sign and went skating past the stop sign.”
Shepard C. 7 years old Sea Dragon (Facebook live) Gel crayons
“Art makes a better place in the world.”
William C. 10 years old Dragon Mania Crayons and watercolors
“I really like this project because I have read the books that go along with it and they are very good. “
R. Scott 10 years old Big Penguin, Little Penguin Crayon, marker
“I made this for my Dad. I picked this project because I thought it was really cute.”
Adelina 8 years old Woodland Animal House Watercolor, india ink, and gel pens
“I really try my best. I love chickens and to design. I also used this project to make an Encanto house.”