About This Video

In this guided activity video, JD leads viewers through drawing and coloring a castle scene.

The art activity includes castle doors, pillars, walls, windows, flags, a bridge, a river or moat, grass, clouds, and color details. JD talks through each step while also reminding viewers that there are many different ways to draw a castle.

Viewers can follow JD’s example or make their castle their own by adding different shapes, extra towers, a dragon, a taller castle, more pillars, or any other creative details they imagine.

This video gives viewers a step-by-step art activity that supports drawing, coloring, imagination, creative choice, and pride in a finished piece.

Supplies Needed

• Paper

• Black marker

• Markers for coloring

• Art binder

• Three-hole punch, if adding the finished artwork to a binder

Good For

• Adults with IDD who enjoy drawing, coloring, castles, fantasy themes, architecture, flags, bridges, or creative art activities.

• Caregivers looking for a guided art activity with clear steps, flexible choices, and a finished project viewers can save or display.

• Adult day programs, home routines, or group activities about art, creativity, fine motor practice, following directions, imagination, and self-expression.

• Viewers who benefit from calm pacing, encouragement, visual modeling, and the chance to make creative choices.

How to Use This Video

Use this video as a guided drawing and coloring activity for a home routine, day program, small group, or independent creative time with support nearby.

Caregivers can gather the supplies ahead of time and help viewers set up their paper, black marker, and coloring markers. It may also help to place an extra sheet of paper underneath the artwork in case marker ink bleeds through.

JD gives step-by-step instructions, but the castle does not need to match his exactly. Viewers can pause the video, rewind, add extra details, change the colors, or repeat the activity later to make a different kind of castle.

Because this activity involves markers and optional hole punching, caregivers can provide support with setup, staying oriented on the page, using a three-hole punch, closing the binder safely, or adding the finished artwork to an art binder.

At the end, viewers can sign their artwork, show it off, save it in their binder, and revisit the activity later to build their collection.