I am the mother of 4 boys, and began framing their artwork a few years ago. They are so proud to see their art on the wall, framed like a fine painting. I also encourage their artistic work by having a box of scrap art supplies...beads, yarn, sequins, stickers, cut outs, etc. And I cut out old greeting cards and save them to make new "creations" down the road.

I have 3 daughters who love to draw and paint - we've never been to the art museum (having been under the same misconception about it being kid-friendly) but after reading this, I would love to take our family there! My girls have a blast drawing and coloring with everything from crayons to pencils and markers but I think their two favorite ways to color are on the computer and with sidewalk chalk on our driveway. :)

We always enjoy bringing our girls to Festival of the Arts each year and included Art Prize last year. It gives them an opportunity to see how many different mediums to art there are. They have their own art room where they can let their imagination run wild. I would love for them to be able to create at the museum itself!

Being new to the Grand Rapids area we are enjoying our exploration of all the area offers! Our family's ages are wide ranged with those at home ranging from a college student to three elementary aged children whom I homeschool. What a wonderful opportunity to explore Grand Rapids Art Museum,observe art and then be creative ourselves! Sounds like an outing all our family members would enjoy :-)

We bring Art to Life with sidewalk chalk,crayons and encouraging drawing and coloring. We also read poetry aloud and instruct the children to draw what they picture in their minds. Lots of outdoor appreciation of God's great masterpieces and Meijer Garden visits.

We bring art to life by allowing our children to have access to as much medium as possible whether it is paint, chalk, playdoh, or just plan old recyclable material and heavy on the imagination and let her rip. We end up with marvelous pieces of art they we keep or share or dismantle.

My daughter is the artist in our family. She is 4 and creating little masterpieces everyday. We have an art corner in our dining room area where she can use all kinds of mediums to create whatever she can imagine. She would absolutely love to spend a day at the art museum, I am sure it would inspire more creations at home!

We just moved to Michigan this summer and we are enjoying seeing how Grand Rapids embraces the arts. We have not yet been to the GRAM but loved ARTPRIZE and looking at art in local galleries. Two things we like to do when we visit art museums is bring along our sketch pads and colored pencils and try our hand at sketching works of art (mostly sculpture) or I will buy a few postcards of works of art at that museum and we will try to find the pieces in the galleries. Both my girls, 10 and 12, love arts and crafts as well. We would really enjoy the opportunity to see the GRAM and to see what works of art we could find and sketch there!

We've never been but would love to go! I had no idea the art museum was "kid friendly" now!

I never thought to take my toddler to the art museum. We regularly take him to the children's museum and at least once or twice a year to the meijer Gardens. He loves "Creating" whether with crayons or sculpting or gluing and building. I'll have to make plans to check out the GRAM this spring!

We enjoy all kinds of art in my family from art museums to theatre to musical performances. We LOVED going to Art Prize last year and still need to get to the Art Museum to see the winning painting!

My kids love art and both want to be artists when they grow up. They love to visit they GRAM on Saturdays to participate in the art projects and tell all their friends about it. We would love to win tickets. Thanks for letting us enter.

Art is SO needed in everyday life!! Would to take my kids!