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.

Craft a Goose Egg Christmas Ornament

Craft a Goose Egg Christmas Ornament

Try making this holiday goose egg ornament to add a festive kick to your tree this year!

Make an Olympic Torch

Make an Olympic Torch

Passed from hand to hand, and country to country, the torch must burn brightly as a symbol of the enduring tradition of the Olympics. Here's how to make your own!

Draw a Fairy Tale Map

Draw a Fairy Tale Map

See how far imagination can go when your child flexes reading comprehension muscle with a map drawing of her favorite tale!

Paint Colorful Fingerprint Fish

Paint Colorful Fingerprint Fish

What lives in the darkest, deepest waters of the ocean? Let your child's imagination go vividly wild while creating brilliant fish using her fingerprints!

Quote of the Month

Quote of the Month

Using favorite quotes and song lyrics, your child can make a quote of the month calendar for her friends to hang in their lockers or their bedrooms.

Wood Block Printing: A Blast From the Past

Wood Block Printing: A Blast From the Past

Take some inspiration from the past and create some wood block prints with your fourth grader. You'll end up with stunning masterpieces and a boost in your art skills and art history knowledge as well!

Group It!: A Skip Counting Activity

Group It!: A Skip Counting Activity

Counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s may not sound like much fun. But using "skip counting" with real objects you find or make at home is a different story...it can be hours of entertainment. Here's a hands-on activity to touch and move real stuff while building abstract reasoning...paint, shoes, and coins ...

Create a Gumdrop Topiary

Create a Gumdrop Topiary

Who knew math could be so fun? Your preschooler will delight in this counting activity that results in a beautiful holiday decoration for the whole family to enjoy.

Hear the Gusty Wind Chime

Hear the Gusty Wind Chime

The force of wind plays a powerful part in deconstructing houses in The Three Little Pigs, but it can produce positive things, too! Harness the capacity of wind to make beautiful sounds with this homemade wind chime project. Your child will ...

Sew a T-Shirt Throw Pillow

Sew a T-Shirt Throw Pillow

Recycle old t-shirts by turning them into unique throw pillows. Pillows make a great beginning sewing project and help boost those fine motor skills, too.

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