Tactile Arts and Crafts

Art can be accessible for all children! Learn how to create tactile art and tactile crafts for kids with sensory impairments.

A boy with glasses folding a large paper for origami.

Tactile Arts and Crafts

10 Surprising Ways Origami Can Empower Blind Children

Accessible origami presents a myriad of benefits for blind children. Learn how to get started with this paper folding craft!

Two watercolor paintings of popsicles.

Play, Tactile Arts and Crafts

Watercolor Popsicle Painting for Kids

This watercolor popsicle painting activity is easy and adorable. With just a few steps and materials, your child can create their own popsicle painting.

Six blue origami birds being led by one yellow origami bird.

Tactile Arts and Crafts, Visual Impairment

Accessible Origami for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Accessible Origami provides basic text-only step-by-step instructions on how to fold popular origami figures for people who are blind or visually impaired.

toddler holding crayons

Tactile Arts and Crafts, Visual Impairment

Tactile and Raised Line Coloring Books for Kids Who are Blind or Visually Impaired

Can coloring books really be accessible for kids who are blind? Yes! Find places to buy raised line coloring books or learn how to make your own!

fun fall activities

Holiday Crafts and Ideas, Tactile Arts and Crafts, Visual Impairment

Fall Sensory Art Projects for Visually Impaired Kids

Choose from five wonderfully crafty art projects adapted for blind children that celebrate fall! Make prints and wreaths with apples and leaves, create your own tree, or decorate pumpkins!

A rose necklace made with the 3Doodler

Tactile Arts and Crafts

3Doodler Pen & Accessories

The 3Doodler Pen is a 3D printing device that can be used within minutes. It heats special plastic string and you control what you draw and create just as if...

Accessible Preschool Arts & Crafts

Tactile Arts and Crafts, Visual Impairment

12 Easy Tips for Accessible Preschool Arts & Crafts for Kids who are Blind or Visually Impaired

Can a blind preschooler be included in preschool arts and crafts? Of course! With a little planning and forethought, preschool crafts can be completely accessible.

potpourri

Tactile Arts and Crafts

Apple Potpourri Sensory Art Project

Learn how to make an apple potpourri sensory art project with your blind child. It's easy and fun!

Bolang gu craft

Holiday Crafts and Ideas, Music Play, Tactile Arts and Crafts

Make Your Own Chinese New Year Drum!

Although it's often seen as a children's toy or a fun sound effect at Chinese New Year, the Bolang Gu is actually an instrument that dates back to ancient China....

Handmade Tactile Book

Holiday Crafts and Ideas, Tactile Arts and Crafts

Make Your Own Tactile Summer Memory Book

Make a tactile summer memory book with your child who is blind or visually impaired so they can remember what they did over summer break and share with their classmates...

sticky collage

Tactile Arts and Crafts

Sticky Collage Art Project

Sticky play is so much fun (and a great sensory activity for children with visual impairments), but can sometimes be really messy! This sticky collage art project is actually relatively...

yarn pot

Tactile Arts and Crafts

Make Your Own Textured Pot

Create a pretty and tactile pot for your garden and plants with just a few easy techniques and simple craft materials. And since your hands will get sticky making this...

puffy paint

Sensory Activities, Tactile Arts and Crafts

Puffy Paint Art Project

Learn how to make a puffy paint sensory art project with your blind child. It's easy and fun!

Holiday Crafts and Ideas, Tactile Arts and Crafts

Autumn Wreath Art Project

Learn how to make an autumn wreath sensory art project with your blind child. It's easy and fun!

making tactile art

Tactile Arts and Crafts, Visual Impairment

Sensory Art for Children who are Visually Impaired

There's much more to art than the visual! Learn how easy it can be to get your blind or visually impaired kids involved in tactile art projects.