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.
Make Chocolate-Covered Apples
If you love the idea of handing out holiday tins of homemade cookies but your baking skills are non-existent, gourmet caramel apples are the perfect solution. They’re so easy to make that your child will barely need help, but the results are delicious and look beautiful.
Make Your Own Menorah
Hanukkah menorahs come in all sizes and shapes, but when it comes to kids' celebrations, the best is always handmade. Here's how to help your preschooler make a simple menorah!
Make a Pasta Pattern Necklace
Rainy day? Stuck inside? Beading is one of those activities that never seems to get stale. Here's a pasta-bead project to enjoy with your kindergartener while getting a little math practice in, too.
Make a Tube Sock Snowman!
These snowpeople are easy to make, fun to decorate, and make great indoor companions when the wind is howling outside.
Make Paper Plate Tambourines
Looking for a noisemaker that's more musical than your typical preschooler's banging and clanging? Try this quick arts and crafts activity that will produce a homemade paper plate tambourine!
Bake Alphabet Pretzels!
In kindergarten, it's pretty much impossible to overdo alphabet practice. This fun baking activity offers hands-on practice, by making delicious pretzels in the shape of letters.
Make a Thanksgiving Table Runner
Okay, so your first grader is way too little to carve a turkey. But that doesn't mean he can't help! Put him--and a sibling or cousin or two--to work on this gorgeous laminated centerpiece. And guess what? You'll be helping him develop his best kid handwriting, too.
Pressed Leaf Easter Eggs
Learn about different fern fronds with your third grader as you create lacy, natural decorations on your Easter eggs this year.
Make a Garden View Box
With just a few simple household items, you can create a "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.
Make Milk Carton Houses for Learning Math
Save those old milk cartons, do some crafts - and help your kid learn math while you're at it! Try this whimsical, imaginative activity to make counting fun for your kindergarten child.
