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.
Create a String Thing
Ever thought of sculpting with string? It's a fun and unique activity that is sure to fascinate your preschooler. All you need to get started is granulated starch, a balloon, and, of course, a length of string.
Create a Clothespin Giraffe Recipe Holder
Who says the kitchen can't be fun? Ask your child to jazz up the family kitchen by creating an adorable, yet functional clothespin giraffe to sit on the counter and hold recipe cards.
Create a CD Spaceship
The possibility of another life form visiting Earth is something most every child has pondered, or at least seen on TV. Your child will delight in creating her very own flying saucer from an old CD, rubber ball, tin foil, and toothpicks.
Make Hosiery Heads
Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own "pet." In return, gardening basics, responsibility, and creativity will be grown in your child.
Make a Milk Carton Bird House
Whether it be butterflies in the summer or animals at the zoo, kids are generally drawn to wildlife. Think about how excited your child will be to watch birds flock to his very own homemade bird feeder!
Play Pizza Toss!
It's easy-as-pie to be a master Italian chef with this target practice game played with a pizza board constructed out of felt and Velcro bean bag "toppings." This project utilizes your child's motor skills and coordination.
Make Your Own Paint By Numbers
Store bought paint by numbers are often boring and less than educational. The colorful Make Your Own Paint by Numbers activity will not only help your child to develop as an artist, but will also help your child to grow as a learner.
Make Baked Crayon Art
This is crayon art with a twist: when melted, the crayon wax creates vibrant pools of color that your preschooler will love to mix and swirl into a unique work of art.
Craft a Native American Worry Doll
Ancient Indian tribes believed that if they told their worries to tiny dolls and placed them under their pillows at night, the dolls would take care of all the worrying for them. With clothespins and fabric, your child can set his own troubles away!
Turn a Baby Food Jar Into a Pretty Votive!
This is a terrific way to recycle those baby food jars! Have your child decorate the outside of a baby food jar with glue and tissue paper or paint. Come up with creative ideas together, and make them as gifts to give away or special treasures for the home.
