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.
Dye Eggs with Onion Skins
Why eat a plain white hard boiled egg when you can eat a bright red one? Learn to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, they're perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.
Plant a Mini Herb Garden
Grow delicious herbs while teaching kids about science and nature -- a truly tasty way to learn!
Blast Off with a Homemade Rocket Ship!
Shoot to the moon with this imaginative craft for kids. Perfect for any budding astronaut, it lets kids be creative and offers plenty of out-of-this-world adventure.
Sidewalk Cave Paintings
Give your kids the opportunity to act like cavemen . . . or at least draw like them!
Paint with Food!
Here's one time when "playing with your food" is not only acceptable -- it's science, history, and art!
Make a Roar with Leaf Lions!
Be the mane attraction by creating a lion out of leaves! This wild craft keeps kids engaged and makes for fabulous art.
Make Homemade Castanets!
Why buy musical instruments when you can make your own castanets quicker than you can say, "ole!"
Paper Patchwork Placemats
When you're preparing big holiday meals, it's always wonderful to involve your kids in any way you can. Here's a placemat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of quiltmaking.
Tin Can Phone
Even in the era of the cordless and the mobile, there's a lot to be said for the old-fashioned tin-can phone. There's nothing flashy about this model, and you can't send email through the wire - er, string. But it's a fun and dramatic illustration of vibration and sound waves.
Tin Can Lanterns
Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.
