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.

Make Walnut Christmas Ornaments!

Make Walnut Christmas Ornaments!

These festive little ornaments are not only indestructible, they're fun to make!

Create an Origami Puppet

Create an Origami Puppet

Here's a fun and tactile way to help your first grader build up crucial reading skills--create this adorable origami puppet!

Make a Sandy Summer Sun

Make a Sandy Summer Sun

Help your kid follow in the tradition of native and indigenous cultures around the world with a sand painting. This sandy sun is the perfect way to celebrate summer!

Spring Bingo

Spring Bingo

Make a spring bingo game to kick off the start of spring. Full of spring colors and images, it's just the thing to celebrate the season of April showers and May flowers.

Fruit Stamps

Fruit Stamps

Nothing says spring and summer like a big pile of ripe berries. This stamp-making fabric craft will get you in the mood for a picnic and get your child excited about fruit.

Make May Day Seed Cards

Make May Day Seed Cards

Make cards this May Day celebrating the arrival of springtime.

Create a Klimt-Inspired Self Portrait

Create a Klimt-Inspired Self Portrait

Spark your child's interest in art history by helping her create her own patterned self portrait in the unique style of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt.

Make a Book of Mazes

Make a Book of Mazes

Let your child use his wits to challenge people to complete his labyrinthine book of mazes. Making mazes will keep your child busy, and he'll be able to share the fun with a friend, too.

Paper Bag Bird Craft

Paper Bag Bird Craft

Craft a bird decoration out of a paper bag, paint, and some googly eyes for a fun and easy Spring art activity!

Design an Alexander Calder-Inspired Mobile

Design an Alexander Calder-Inspired Mobile

American artist Alexander Calder invented kinetic sculpture, also known as the mobile. Make your very own paper mobile in true abstract Calder style and pay homage to the work of this important artist.

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