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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 a Wind Chime

Make a Wind Chime

Get kids busy with this colorful craft activity, and sneak in some math practice without them even realizing it! This beaded wind chime is fun to make, and it gets kids experimenting with patterns, a key kindergarten math skill.

Tissue Paper Candle Holder: A Gift Kids Can Make

Tissue Paper Candle Holder: A Gift Kids Can Make

This homemade hurricane candle holder is a breeze to make, and its pretty glow really brightens up a table or mantle. Get kids gift crafting! All you need is some tissue paper, glue, a paintbrush, and an old jar.

Tissue Box Thanksgiving Turkey

Tissue Box Thanksgiving Turkey

Looking for a cute craft project for Thanksgiving? Look no further than this tissue box turkey! Not only is it fun to create, but it makes a great holiday centerpiece.

Halloween

Halloween's Coming: Weave a Web for this Spider!

Spiders and Halloween go together like costumes and candy. Help your kid weave some creepy fun by creating a web, then make a spider to live in it!

A Martin Luther King Day Project

A Martin Luther King Day Project

Martin Luther King Day is a great excuse to show how just one person can make a difference in the world, and teach kids that they can be that person! This hands-on activity gets them brainstorming about what needs change in the world, and how they can help.

Make Paper Snowflakes

Make Paper Snowflakes

Snowflakes offer endless delight for curious little kids. If you live in Maine or Wyoming, your first grader can step outside in December to collect the real thing; but if you live in warmer climes, no worries! You can make your own.

Homemade Sidewalk Chalk

Homemade Sidewalk Chalk

Any excuse is a good excuse to get outside. And homemade chalk ranks right up there! Not only will making your own chalk bring hours of hopscotch and drawing entertainment, but all that sidewalk fun builds the hand muscles, which helps young kids as they learn to write.

Make a Tissue Paper Bouquet

Make a Tissue Paper Bouquet

Whether you're a kid or a grownup, spring flowers are just about irresistible. Here's a classic first grade activity to make flowers, anytime, with just a few sheets of tissue paper and some pipe cleaners.

Make a Thank You Frame!

Make a Thank You Frame!

Looking for a great gift to give your child's teacher? According to a recent poll by the National Education Association, what most teachers want most is a simple "thank you". Heres a great way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her ...

Make Number Rubbings

Make Number Rubbings

Kids love using crayons for just about everything, even things we don't want them to be used on! Put their art streak to good use by introducing them to "rubbings". They'll work the small muscles in their hands and hand-eye coordination (both key for writing!) and experiment with different ...

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