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.
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.
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.
Decorate a Homework Clipboard!
This school year, try this fun activity watch your fourth grader do homework in style!
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!
Create an Expressionism Plaque!
Learn about expressionism, an art form all about expressing yourself. Make your own masterpiece by sculpting dough and painting it so it represents an emotion!
Craft Unique Fridge Magnets
If you're looking for a way to display your child's artwork on the fridge, look no further! This activity recycles old magnets from insurance companies and turns them into pieces of flair for your fridge. Get creative as you make one-of-a-kind magnets for your one-of-a-kind kid!
Create a Classroom Pop-Up Book
Make going back to school fun with this surprising pop up book! Your child can create a classroom design filled with desks chairs, tables, and more that will pop up to life each time a page is turned.
Explore Symmetry: Draw the Other Half
Get your middle schooler to explore artistic symmetry in this activity that has her practicing art and math measurements by drawing the other half of a given face.
Make a Paper Mache Apple for Teacher!
This art activity encourages your child to create her own paper mache apple sculpture to give to a special teacher.
Make Your Own Ruler
This activity encourages young learners to explore math and measuring concepts within a practical craft activity. Get ready to measure the fun that your child will have creating his own ruler!
