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Arts and crafts in Spanish
Engage your child in creative play while learning Spanish! This guide focuses on common phrases for arts and crafts, using simple commands and expressions of praise to encourage your little artist.
What you'll learn
- Learn vocabulary for art supplies
- Use simple commands for creative activities
- Express likes and preferences using 'me gusta'
- Give positive feedback in Spanish
Spanish phrases for arts and crafts
Vamos a pintar un dibujo.
Let's paint a picture.
'Dibujo' can mean both a drawing and a picture in this context.
¿Qué color necesitas?
Which colour do you need?
'Qué' is used here to ask 'which' from a group.
Dibuja un sol.
Draw a sun.
'Dibuja' is the informal command form of 'dibujar'.
Corta con cuidado.
Cut carefully.
'Con cuidado' literally means 'with care'.
Aquí está el pegamento.
Here is the glue.
Use 'aquí está' when pointing to an object nearby.
¡Qué dibujo más bonito!
What a beautiful picture!
Adding 'más' or 'tan' before the adjective adds emphasis.
No pintes la mesa.
Don't paint the table.
This is a negative command, which changes the verb ending.
Vamos a colgarlo.
Let's hang it up.
The 'lo' at the end of 'colgarlo' means 'it'.
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El papel
The paper
Masculine noun.
Las tijeras
The scissors
Always plural in Spanish, just like in English.
Los colores
The colors / crayons
Can refer to colors in general or coloring pencils.
El pincel
The paintbrush
Specifically for art; a hairbrush is 'cepillo'.
Expressing Likes (Me gusta + Verb)
To say you like doing an activity, use 'Me gusta' followed by the infinitive (the basic form of the verb ending in -ar, -er, or -ir).
| Use | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Painting | Me gusta pintar | Me gusta pintar flores. |
| Drawing | Me gusta dibujar | Me gusta dibujar con lápices. |
| Cutting | Me gusta recortar | Me gusta recortar el papel. |
More examples
Me gusta pintar contigo.
I like painting with you.
'Contigo' is a special word for 'with you'.
¿Te gusta el color azul?
Do you like the color blue?
Use '¿Te gusta...?' to ask the child what they like.
¡Mira! Me gusta este dibujo.
Look! I like this picture.
'Este' is used for masculine singular nouns like 'dibujo'.