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.
Create an Illustrated Bookmark
Has your kid embarked on the adventure of reading whole books? Help him build strong reading habits by showing him how to illustrate a bookmark with his favorite story scene.
Funny Food Faces
Your child will love nothing more than combining his two favorite parts of the day: snack time and playtime!
Make a 100th Day of School Top Hat
Make the 100th day celebration extra special by creating your own 100th Day of School Top Hat.
Create Picture Perfect Postcards!
Show your child how to create one-of-a-kind postcards from family photographs. As you write, address, stamp, and mail each postcard, your child will practice his emerging writing skills while learning the art of correspondence.
Hold a Columbus Day Boat Race
On Columbus Day, kids learn about the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria. Help your kids remember these famous ships by making replicas of them that you can race across the bathtub or pool.
Craft Glittery Holiday Greetings
Help your child make a fun sparkly greeting card for family and friends, and build her fine motor skills in the process.
Crayon Resist Painting
Show your child the solar system and let him explore the stars and space by making his own version of it; it's easy and fun!
Make Your Own Fun-in-a-Box!
If your first grader were the Cat in the Hat, what would he keep in his fun-in-a-box? In this activity, he'll make his own fun-in-a-box and create whatever he wants to fill it with, too!
Reading Tour
Help your first grader practice his sight words by creating a reading pointer and having him take the family on a house-wide reading tour!
Paper Bag Puppet People
This activity will continue to keep your child entertained long after you've put away the markers and glue! Help him turn a paper bag into a self-portrait puppet.
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