4th Grade Arts and Crafts Activities
From cool card games that teach place value, to outdoor activities that introduce buoyancy, reading activities, writing, and more, we've got what you need to keep learning on the go. So, clear off the kitchen table and round up the family. Here's a stack of things to do with your fourth grader.
Decorate a Homework Clipboard!
This school year, try this fun activity watch your fourth grader do homework in style!
Create a Secret Storage Book!
What child doesn't love to have a secret hiding place? And what better hiding place than an old book? Here's a fun activity that has you and your child creating a book with a secret hollow!
Craft Your Own Abacus!
Countries around the world have been using the abacus throughout history to make arithmetic easier to calculate. Here's an activity that has your child making an abacus, a tool that can make learning arithmetic highly visual and tactile!
Make Summer Sun Tea!
Take advantage of the summer sun to make you and your child a delightfully refreshing treat--sun tea!
Make a Family Encyclopedia!
Help your fourth grader affirm her place in the family, and in the march of recent history, with this family album project.
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!
Make Your Own Trading Cards
Boost your child's imagination and creativity by having her design her own deck of trading cards.
Make a Patriotic Picnic Caddy
Planning a Fourth of July picnic? Give your kids a chance to help out by making this creative (and practical) caddy for all of your picnic wares. As an added "green" plus, this project uses recycled materials!
Bake Molasses Cookies!
Mix up a batch of molasses cookies, and you'll have a delicious chance to teach your child some math and social studies in the process as she celebrates our colonial history this Fourth of July!
Host a Pancake Buffet for Father's Day
Dads are breakfast people. Moms might want breakfast in bed for their day, Dads just want to make sure that there is breakfast and lots of it. Pancakes are always a popular choice, but which kind to serve? Plain? Blueberry? Banana and Chocolate Chip? Pecan? Why not all of them?
