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Get Started with Canva

with tutorials made for kids, tweens, and creative beginners of all ages!

New to Canva? You’re in the right place! These step-by-step beginner tutorials are designed to help young creatives (and their grown-ups!) build confidence using Canva — one click at a time.

Whether you’re making your first poster, a social media graphic, or just exploring digital design, these videos will walk you through the basics in bite-sized lessons. No design experience needed — just a sense of curiosity and a creative spark! ✨

Each tutorial is short, fun, and focused — perfect for short attention spans, creative brains, and learning by doing.

Who These Tutorials Are For:

  • Kids, tweens & creative teens

  • Total beginners (no design experience needed!)

  • Parents supporting creative learning at home

  • Teachers or homeschoolers introducing Canva in class

Part 1: Getting Started with Canva

Why Use Canva?

Canva is a fun, user-friendly graphic design tool that helps young creatives express their ideas visually. It’s free to use, works on any device, and is perfect for school projects, creative hobbies, or just learning how to design like a pro.

Watch the video below to guide the way and get yourself familiar with Canva. 

When prompted, you will be asked to click the link below to set up your Canva account. 

FOLLOW ME TO CANVA

Part 1: Getting Started with Canva

Why Use Canva?

Canva is a fun, user-friendly graphic design tool that helps young creatives express their ideas visually. It’s free to use, works on any device, and is perfect for school projects, creative hobbies, or just learning how to design like a pro.

Learn how to:

  • Set up your first design

  • Use and customise templates

  • Add and style text

  • Change background colours

You can also use the steps below to follow along:

OPEN TO FOLLOW STEP BY STEP 👉
  • Use these steps and timestamps, if you need to refer back to something in particular:
    • What is Canva?- 0:17
    • 2. Getting Started- Setting up your account- 0:32
    • 3. YOUR TURN- Pause and set up your account
    • 4. Canva home page- 1:23
    • 5. Create a design- 1:40
    • 6. Designing on Canva- 1:58
      • Lefthand side tabs: ‘Templates’- 2:09
      • How can I tell what is only available with Canva Pro?- 2:24
      • Lefthand side tabs: ‘Elements’- 2:55
      • Searching for specific elements- 3:08
      • Using a “Pro” element, on a ‘Free’ membership- 3:24
      • Filtering results for ‘Free’ elements only- 3:51
      • Adding an element to your page- 4:07
      • Repositioning and resizing your elements- 4:13
      • YOUR TURN- Pause and search for, and add an element 4:23
      • Lefthand side tabs- ‘Uploads’ 4:27
      • Lefthand side tabs- ‘Text’ 4:38
      • Adding a heading- 4:47
      • Changing the text alignment- 4:58
      • Resizing your text- 5.06
      • Changing your font – 5.18
      • Editing the letter and line spacing- 5:26
      • YOUR TURN- Pause and add some text to your page- 5:41
      • Lefthand side tabs: ‘Photos’- 5:56
      • Add photo to your page 6:06
      • YOUR TURN- Pause and add a photo to your page- 6:33
      • Customising your elements- 6:34
      • Congratulations! You now know the Canva basics!

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