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 a Giant Woven Masterpiece!
Get your child to create artwork as large as his imagination! This life size woven masterpiece will encompass his entire room and display smaller pieces of art within it.
Make a Prickly Porcupine!
This prickly porcupine project is more than just crafty fun! It will actually teach your child about the ingenious defense mechanism found in the common porcupine.
Paint with Q-Tips!
Use Q-tips to create a variety of squishy paint brushes that are incredibly fun and easy to use! This "tip painting" project was designed especially for children with special needs, although most any child will find this activity delightful.
Kick and Tumble with Kid-Size Blocks!
Here's a great activity for rainy or sunny days! There's no need to visit toy stores to buy expensive building blocks. Your child can make his own giant, yet soft building blocks out of paper bags and newspaper.
Make Felt Pillows
Let your child express himself with a personal statement in pillow form! He'll have a blast attaching colorful felt cut-outs to his pillow in wild and wacky designs.
Make a Milk Carton Train
Let your child take his imagination to the tracks with this green arts and crafts activity. Household items that usually get tossed in the trash get a second life: an empty milk carton and toilet paper tube morph into a fun toy train!
Make a Magic Turtle
Your child can make his very own shy little turtle using a plastic cup, dowel, and some ingenuity. His turtle buddy will magically keep his head in the shell until your child urges him to make an appearance.
Make Mud Brick Buildings
Young kids love the tactility of mud, and chances are your preschooler has already gotten into his fair share of mud adventures. Why not join in the fun (and make it educational while you're at it)?
Perfect a Piggy Bank
It's never too early to instill the value of saving and spending wisely in your child. This activity combines crafting with financial management, as your child makes his own "Piggy Bank."
Scrapbook with Envelopes
This activity is a slight variation on scrapbooking, swapping expensive albums and pages for everyday envelopes. Include your child by teaching him how to use multiple envelopes to create an accordion-style photo book.
