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.
Write Secret Messages!
Your child will feel like a secret agent when you teach her this cool art trick. Write her an "invisible" message with white crayon, then watch her amazement as she paints over what looks like a blank piece of paper and sees a picture emerging.
Bake Pan de Muerto!
Pan de Muerto is a kind of bread traditionally baked for the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Bake up a loaf of this delicious sweet and savory bread and explore the holiday tradition of another culture!
Make Holiday Thank You Cards
Kids love the holidays because they're full of family, tradition, and - oh yes - gifts. Use this opportunity to teach your child the good manners of sending thank you cards. Your child will get some great writing practice in, too!
Oh Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells...
Improve you child's fine motor skills and sense of rhythm by helping him make a jingle bell instrument. He'll love ringing the bell and dancing to popular holiday songs such as "Jingle Bells," or even creating a holiday harmony of his own.
Vintage Silhouette Pillowcase
Make a personalized pillow complete with your child's vintage shadow image. Pre-photography these black-and-white silhouettes were used to transmit a person's image on paper. You won't be able to find these pillowcases in stores!
Tissue Box Travel Game
Are we there yet? Keep the kids entertained and distracted while playing this wonderfully home-made activity! An active brain is the best way to counteract a dull car ride.
Make Beaded Candy Cane Ornaments
Decorate your Christmas tree with beaded candy canes made by your child. This activity teaches your child an AB pattern which is taught in kindergarten and essential for learning number patterns. You can even make enough for relatives and friends or attach them to holiday gifts!
Thanksgiving Appreciation Book
Teach your child the true meaning of Thanksgiving with this Thanksgiving appreciation book. He will learn about the first feast, strengthen his fine motor skills, and practice sound and shape recognition.
Make Thanksgiving Teepee Place Cards
Keep your child busy and entertained this Thanksgiving by enlisting her to make the table's place cards! She'll be delighted to have such an important job and she'll improve her spelling and fine motor skills along the way.
Christmas Tree Counting
Here's an activity that combines counting, Play-Doh, and arts and crafts! What could be better?
