Arts and Crafts Activities

Arts and Crafts activities to help show your child the fun side of learning! From easy arts and crafts activities to more advanced, we've got you covered! Browse the activities below or use the selector to find similar activities.

Fold Paper Bugs

Fold Paper Bugs

Your child can explore color mixing and design while making a symmetrical painted paper bug. This a fun activity exploring color mixing and the anatomy of bugs for kids of all ages.

Butterfly Handprint Craft

Butterfly Handprint Craft

Who doesn't love the feeling of wet paint on her hands? With this butterfly handprint craft, your child will have a fun, sensory experience while exploring the wide world of butterflies.

Create an Advent Countdown Christmas Tree

Create an Advent Countdown Christmas Tree

Count down the days to Christmas by creating your own advent calendar! Each pocket holds a tiny treat or a special message.

Homemade Paint

Homemade Paint

Make your own watercolor paints at home with simple ingredients found in the kitchen cabinet. Kids will have a blast creating paintings with homemade paint they're mixed up themselves.

Rudolph Card Holder

Rudolph Card Holder

Want Rudolph to help guide you through the holidays like he does for Santa? Make this cute holiday card holder so you can keep track of them and share them with the world.

Plastic Bottle Dolls

Plastic Bottle Dolls

These plastic bottle dolls are as unique as all the different people in the world, and give your child practice with crafting and pretend play.

Candle Centerpiece

Candle Centerpiece

Before you sit down for a delicious holiday dinner, feast your eyes on this festive candle centerpiece! This easy paper craft is made from recycled toilet paper tubes, and takes minutes to create.

How to Make a Scary Mask

How to Make a Scary Mask

This easy craft teaches kids how to make a mask similar to Native American tribal masks that were used to keep spirits away. It makes a great easy homemade mask for Halloween too!

Paint a Garden of Flowers

Paint a Garden of Flowers

Your child can create a vibrant and dazzling array of flowers by blending and scraping into paint, and then creating a collage.

Do a Contour Drawing with Fruits and Veggies

Do a Contour Drawing with Fruits and Veggies

Explore the positive and negative shapes of a piece of fruit or a vegetable in your fridge. Your child will see the colorful results when a solid color shows through a contour cut-out drawing.

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