Crafty Hacks' Art Tricks & Drawing Hacks: quick-fire creativity
Nine minutes of drawing tips and comedy sketches about art supplies come to life. Inspiring and a bit chaotic at the same time.
Nine minutes of drawing hacks and tricks, wrapped around a comedy bit imagining art supplies as people. It moves fast, a cut roughly every 3.2 seconds, and our review measures it as energising, not calming, so it's better suited to sparking creativity than winding down. Good for a superhero-drawing, craft-curious child who can handle a fast edit; worth knowing that our review flags it specifically as a poor fit for children sensitive to fast-paced editing.
At a glance
Will it actually calm them down?
Skip on Windy days, fast cuts and comedy bits add energy rather than settling it
Good on Rainy days for a flat mood, a solid lift
Avoid mid-meltdown, fast-paced editing is the wrong fit for that momentScores measure how reliably this video moves a child toward a settled, regulated state. In the Piko app, kids tell us their weather and we do the matching automatically.
The zone labels in that chart come from a framework your school may already use: the Zones of Regulation, for parents.
Which kids will love it?
Why it works
There are genuine drawing tips in here, delivered at a suggestion-based, medium instructional level, sitting alongside comedy sketches where the art supplies come to life. That comedy format explains the sudden sounds and high-pitched moments our review flags, alongside fast cuts and bright colours, adding up to medium overall sensory intensity.
Energy-wise it lifts more than it settles: 80 out of 100 for reviving a flat, tired mood, but only 40 for calming a wound-up child and 20 for meltdown recovery. That's an honest energising profile rather than a wind-down one, and it fits the fast, funny format rather than fighting it.
For a child who loves drawing and superheroes and wants a burst of creative inspiration, it hits the mark, and there's real fine-motor-skill value in the actual technique tips. The one clear caution, straight from our review: children sensitive to fast-paced editing are flagged as a poor fit here.
When to reach for it
- The creativity spark. Genuine drawing tips mixed with comedy, good for inspiring a session with paper and pens.
- Reviving a flat afternoon. Scores 80/100 for lifting a low-energy mood.
- Not for a child who finds fast cuts overwhelming. Explicitly flagged in our review as a poor fit for fast-paced-editing sensitivity.
Sensory & SEN notes
The engaging-without-frantic balance this video strikes is the one that tends to matter most for ADHD: what actually helps with ADHD and screen time.
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Questions parents ask
Does it actually teach drawing skills?
Yes, genuine tips and tricks at a medium instructional level, plus fine-motor-skill value, wrapped in comedy sketches.
Is it calming or energising?
Energising. Our review scores it well for lifting a flat mood (80/100) but modestly for settling a wound-up child (40/100).
Any sensory concerns?
Overall intensity is medium: sudden sounds and high-pitched moments from the comedy bits, plus fast cuts and bright colours. It's flagged as a poor fit for children sensitive to fast-paced editing.
What age is it for?
Roughly 6 to 9, drawing and superhero fans developing fine motor skills.
40+ checks per video, with a final pass from the review desk · Scored 17 July 2026 · We do not host videos; playback is via YouTube's official embed.