Preschool Arts and Crafts Activities
Browse through our preschool arts and crafts. We have many preschool crafts to engage the creativity of your preschooler. From homemade rocket ships to a family coat of arms, you'll find our selection of preschool arts and crafts below.
Make a Foil Painting
Here's a way to spruce up a boring art routine: make a foil painting! Your preschooler will have a great time using paints on a foil background to create a stunning, shiny work of art.
Paper Plate Ring Toss
Here's an easy activity to play a county fair favorite: Paper Plate Ring Toss! Use paper plates to create the rings while teaching your child about direction and number values. It's a fun way to mix fun with basic math.
Practice the Alphabet with Felt and Flannel Fun!
Help your preschooler get a jump start on her reading skills with this fun activity! Using homemade felt letters and 26 colorful pictures, she'll get to practice recognizing letters and the sounds they make. This fun matching game will get her acquainted with the alphabet in no time.
Make Colorful Turntable Art
In the age of CDs and MP3s, you probably think that the old record player in your attic is pretty useless. But think again! Did you know you could use an old record player to create beautiful, funky works of art? Use this creative project that lets your child experiment with color and movement!
Practice Colors and Numbers with Clothespin Colors!
To help your child have a good time practicing colors and numbers try playing Clothespin Colors, a fun matching game! It will help your preschooler with his colors, patterns, and counting!
Craft a Horse Prop
If your child wants to pretend to be a cowboy, you can bet that he needs a horse! Make one at home using an empty dish soap bottle, a broom stick, and some pieces of felt for one grade-A prop! It makes a perfect toy to use in all sorts of imaginative play!
Tissue Paper Butterfly Hunt
Need a little "Spring" in your step? Try Tissue Paper Butterfly Hunt! This fun craft activity is easy enough for your child to help, and makes a great indoor or outdoor game.
Pipes
This simple project turns hardware store leftovers into an imaginative, interactive toy. Plastic pipes and connectors are durable and endlessly re-workable. Keep some handy for a spontaneous exercise in spatial awareness and manual dexterity anytime!
Have Fun with Yellow Science
Here's an easy and fun science project that uses all things yellow! It's exciting for your preschooler because she'll get to watch substances mix together, and you'll love it because it will help her increase observation and comparing skills!
Sound Shakers
Create clear sound shakers so your preschooler can observe and compare the different sounds that objects make! He'll also get a headstart on patterning as he makes up his own musical beats.
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