2nd Grade Arts and Crafts Activities
Looking for games and activities to keep your child busy? Second grade is all about real world applications - from math activities that teach about money, to games that develop reading comprehension, we've got fresh ideas to keep learning going long after the school bell rings.
Create a Cubist Self-Portrait!
Teach your child a fun and valuable lesson in art history by helping him to create a cubist self-portrait! He'll boost his math and spatial skills long the way. Picasso and Braque would be proud!
Invent Your Own Chore Helper!
Take the "bore" out of doing chores with this fun and creative project that helps your child use that growing imagination of hers to invent her own chore-helper.
Make Brag Sashes to Celebrate an Amazing School Year!
Looking for a special way to celebrate a special school year? The Girl Scouts have the right idea: Nothing says "I rock" more than a brag sash. These sashes are easy to make and even easier to personalize.
Make an Apple Head Doll
Learn about dehydration with a wonderful craft project that you can do together, and enjoy this unique doll for years to come!
Craft a Butterfly and Chrysalis
Butterflies offer us a special glimpse into nature's constant rebirth. This arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.
Creative Creature Pop-Up Card
Next time your second grader needs to send a card, consider this goofy writing and craft project.
Make a Sparkling Fish Decoration
This fishy activity combines cutting with lots of bright colors, recycled materials and learning about fish. In the end, your child will have abeautiful and glittering fish to hang in her bedroom.
