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.
Make a Family Tree!
Teach your child about his heritage with this fun project.
Smash Cascarones Art
In Mexico, many festival days, holidays, and saint day celebrations involve the making and smashing of cascarones. Introduce your child to this fantastic custom by helping him make is own!
Explore Mexican Traditions: Papel Picado
In Mexico, few holidays go by that do not feature colorful tissue paper banners strung along the streets. Help you child discover the beautiful results that can be achieved by folding tissue paper multiple times before cutting it.
Play Upsy Daisy and Other Games
The cup-and-ball is a traditional children's toy that consists of a wooden ball attached to a cup with a length of string. In this activity, you'll create your own inexpensive cup-and-ball out of recycled materials from around the house!
Construct a Fruit Car!
Show your child how to make her very own vehicle out of fruit! Whether you find the materials from a neighbor's fruit tree, or a stall at the local farmers' market, choosing fruits to invent unique toys is half the fun of this project.
Create a CD Spaceship
The possibility of another life form visiting Earth is something most every child has pondered, or at least seen on TV. Your child will delight in creating her very own flying saucer from an old CD, rubber ball, tin foil, and toothpicks.
Make Hosiery Heads
Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own "pet." In return, gardening basics, responsibility, and creativity will be grown in your child.
Turn a Baby Food Jar Into a Pretty Votive!
This is a terrific way to recycle those baby food jars! Have your child decorate the outside of a baby food jar with glue and tissue paper or paint. Come up with creative ideas together, and make them as gifts to give away or special treasures for the home.
Create Wholesome Snowflake Snacks!
Cut and decorate these wholesome Snow White Snowflakes from tortillas to make your child's school lunch more memorable!
Make Homemade Hand Sanitizer!
With new diseases appearing each day, it's important to keep your child's hands clean and germ free. Here's an activity where you and your child will make your own scented hand sanitizer to keep those nasty germs at bay!
