NEW YORK— What if you want a cultured kid but you don’t live within hopping distance of a museum? No problem. In the digital age there are myriad ways to get art at your fingertips and right to your door.

1. Art books, kid-style. Many children’s books borrow famous paintings to promote new narratives. Check out Dreaming with Rousseau or Quiet Time with Cassatt for starters. Maybe try Andy Warhol’s Colors or Count Monet’s Lilies. Titles abound.

2. Youtube. Never underestimate the power of a video, especially one that can channel a modern day Bob Ross (or vintage footage of the master TV instructor himself). Type in key words like “kids’ art instruction” and dinosaur bones, paper trains, and teen weaving pop up. Watch snippets on just about any artist you desire: Andy Goldsworthy’s serpentine rocks walls; Lucien Freud’s bulbous-nosed portraits; Ron Mueck’s tiny — or huge — people. And they’re in perfect bite-sized chunks for the multi-tasking generation.

3. Interactive Web sites. Many museums have online educational components with video games and virtual art projects. The National Gallery of Art’s Faces and Places game teaches kids to create work in the style of American artists. Still Life helps them reinvent the creations of the old masters. Other suggested sites: Haring Kids; MoMA Kids Wing; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and SmART Kids from the University of Chicago's museum. Starfall.com teaches kids to read through the works of famous artists.

4. Good old fashioned art projects. Nothing like an art project as a cure-all for boredom. They can be as simple as the beloved egg carton caterpillar or as complex as a silk-screen studio set up in the pantry. For inspiration, consult Web sites like spaghettiboxkids.com, artprojectsforkids.org, and kinderart.com. Crayons and paper can’t hurt, either.

5. Enlarge your canvas or create your own gallery. Make art-making more fun by not limiting it to a scrap of paper. Line the hallway with long sheets of newsprint paper and let your child have at it with colored pencils and markers. If you have some unused wall space, try a wash of chalkboard paint over it, available at most hardware stores. Another tip: make those spaces into makeshift galleries, rotating postcards of your favorite art with his or her own creations at your child’s eye level. Let your kid curate the show.