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 a Fabric Collage

Make a Fabric Collage

Want a fun craft project that gets your kid using his senses? Create a colorful, abstract piece of art using unwanted clothes and recycled cardboard.

Lace a Paper Plate Snowman

Lace a Paper Plate Snowman

Your child will "build" a snowman and lace her way around the paper plates, boosting her manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination.

Make Your Own Picket Puzzle

Make Your Own Picket Puzzle

Does your child love puzzles? In this activity, he'll use craft sticks to design and create an original puzzle of his own!

Santa Shadow Puppet

Santa Shadow Puppet

Introduce your child to a new cultural practice and give a Southeast Asian tradition new life by making a silly shadow puppet of Santa.

Design and Create Your Own Family "Money"

Design and Create Your Own Family "Money"

With this fun craft activity, your child can design and "make" his own money, for use as currency and math practice at home.

Blast Off with a Homemade Rocket Ship!

Blast Off with a Homemade Rocket Ship!

Shoot to the moon with this imaginative craft for kids. Perfect for any budding astronaut, it lets kids be creative and offers plenty of out-of-this-world adventure.

Make Beaded Candy Cane Ornaments

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 essential for learning number patterns.

Sew a Rice Heat Pack

Sew a Rice Heat Pack

An easy afternoon craft, this reusable heating compress is just the thing for warming cold limbs on chilly winter days.

Lace Up A Valentine Tote!

Lace Up A Valentine Tote!

Here's a Valentine craft to collect all those Valentine's Day messages in style.

Go on a Self-Portrait Treasure Hunt

Go on a Self-Portrait Treasure Hunt

Give your child a chance to reflect on her identity and values in this fun photography activity! By creating a self-portrait album, your child will understand more about herself while making something she can be proud of and keep forever.

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