Arts and Crafts Activities
Arts and Crafts to engage your child's creativity. From easy arts and crafts to more advanced, we've got you covered! Use the selector on the right to narrow your search by grade.
Living Room Letter-Press
This activity combines learning about traditional printing techniques with a DIY guide for building a small tabletop press and creating linoleum cuts. Your teen will discover how a relatively simple construction project can be used to create gorgeous, unique art prints.
Map Your Middle School!
Here's a surprisingly simple back to school project that will bring big payoffs all year. Help your middle schooler make a practical "map" of her middle school day.
Branch Out: Create an Alphabet Tree!
Help your child to begin a life long love of the printed word by connecting simple letter recognition exercises with alphabet trees!
Decorate Your Own Locker Mirror!
Help your middle-schooler get off to an organized, stylish start this school year by decorating her own locker mirror. It's a fun and inexpensive way to add some personality to an otherwise dull locker!
Make a Flower Pot Pen Bouquet
As school starts, there's no better time to get your kid off to a fresh, fun, organized start. Here's a desk craft for your style-minded fourth grader!
Make a Lunchbox Magnet Board
Here's a way to get your kids involved in the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!
The Science of Sun: Transference
This science-inspired activity encourages your child to get outdoors and explore the possibilities of the sun. You and your child will create unique photograph-style prints and learn how the sun's light can transfer images from objects to paper.
Wheels on the Bus Collage
Get back into school this year by taking an imaginary ride on the art school bus! Use paper and paste to create a colorful collage of shapes that turns into a school bus right before your eyes.
Make a "First Day" Photo Book
Make a "First Day" Photo Book for your child's first day as a kindergartner. This is a great way to prepare her and get her excited about the academic adventures that lay ahead!
Create Beautiful Outdoor Stepping Stones
Food containers are just the right size to use as molds for unique concrete stepping stones. Try making a couple dozen stones and embed them in your garden to make a decorative path that's durable enough to walk on!
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