Second Grade Arts and Crafts Activities

Second Grade Arts and Crafts activities to help show your child the fun side of learning! From easy second 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.

Seashell Necklace Craft

Seashell Necklace Craft

You don't have to be in the sand and surf to always keep a piece of the beach with you. Help your crafty kid create this seashell necklace, the perfect summer keepsake.

Design a Personalized Bookcase

Design a Personalized Bookcase

Need something extra special to spruce up your 2nd grader's room or study space? Here's the perfect activity for you: give an old set of shelves a second life by making it over into a unique and personalized piece!

Make a Spiraling Flower

Make a Spiraling Flower

Put some spring back in the season by making a paper flower spiral with your child!

Make an Octopus Duster

Make an Octopus Duster

Make cleaning fun with a duster made from a decorated tube sock.

Paint Thumbprint Bugs in a Jar

Paint Thumbprint Bugs in a Jar

Create a world of critters with your kid! This variation on finger painting is a great project to create after a trip to the zoo or while learning about science.

Make an Olympic Headband

Make an Olympic Headband

Make a simple and colorful construction paper headband to show your Winter Olympic pride. Hats are not only a quick and easy way to make the events feel more celebratory, they're also just plain fun to wear!

Make a Stained Glass Butterfly

Make a Stained Glass Butterfly

Your child will love the vivid colors that light up a room from this paper and glue activity. Help her make a beautiful stained glass butterfly!

Make a Pop-Up Story Forest

Make a Pop-Up Story Forest

If your child begs to hear magical stories again and again, show her how to turn a favorite story into brilliant pop-up art--inspired by nature's own beauty.

Use Adjectives to Craft Season Shapes!

Use Adjectives to Craft Season Shapes!

Get your child writing with this fun art activity! It's important for your second grader to practice writing paragraphs and her hone her grammar skills. In this activity, she'll do both as she uses adjectives to describe the four seasons on the back of four beautiful "season shapes"!

Hang a Team of Reindeer!

Hang a Team of Reindeer!

When cut properly, this reindeer paper craft will end up nose to nose in a festive holiday hanging.

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