First Grade Arts and Crafts Activities
First Grade Arts and Crafts activities to help show your child the fun side of learning! From easy first grade 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 Leaf Rubbing Gift Cards
Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.
Make a Story in a Bag
Make puppets and put them to work! Teach kids the importance of telling a story in order: beginning, middle and end.
Create a Wax-Resist Nightscape!
Children often draw beautiful pictures of suns and rainbows but seldom do they venture into drawing the scenes around them at night. Here's an activity that has your child using crayons and black paint to create a beautiful wax-resist nightscape.
Quill an Easter Card
Celebrate spring with a colorful art form! Show your child how to shape and glue together thin, rolled strips of bright paper into fantastic designs.
Drinking Gourd Window Cut-Out
In this craft your child will create her own Drinking Gourd to hang in her window. Not only is this an excellent way to learn about African-American history, but it also provides fine motor practice.
Make Your Own Bowling Game
Do you want to turn basic addition into a fun game for your child? Simply save up some old paper towels for a do-it-yourself bowling game, chock-full of fun!
Countdown to Christmas on Santa's Beard!
In this fun Christmas craft, your child can countdown to Christmas by making a Santa beard and adding a cotton ball representing each day until the 25th!
Make Brag Sashes to Celebrate an Amazing School Year!
Looking for a special way to celebrate a special school year? The Girl Scouts have the right idea: Nothing says "I rock" more than a brag sash. These sashes are easy to make and even easier to personalize.
Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel: Make it Out of Clay
As the song goes, your child can make his own dreidel out of clay, and modeling clay works best! It dries quickly, is quite tidy, and can easily be decorated with marking pens.
Embrace Flower Embossing
Help him emboss his own design reminiscent of the metalwork of the Middle Ages. Using foil and a wooden stylus, he'll create pretty springtime flower images.
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