Rainbow Trout Craft
Drive away rainy day blues by making a paper tropical fish in bright colors, jazzed up with multi-colored confetti.
Popcorn Sculpture
This activity will help your child develop her fine motor skills and build spatial awareness,and it's a great way to jazz up snack time!
Easter Egg Art
Make a beautiful waxed Easter egg relief drawing for a lesson in this unique art technique.
Make Corn Syrup Art
Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers: try finger painting with corn syrup and food coloring to make bright, colorful works of art.
Rolling Dog Toy
This adorable toy is fun to play with and easy to make. Even better, you should be able to find all the materials you need lying around your house.
Animal Dice
Looking for a fun way to encourage imaginative play? Try crafting these animal dice with your preschooler.
Create Snowy Salt Paintings
Let your preschooler or pre-kindergartener use table salt and crayons in this arts and crafts activity to make a snow painting with a textured crystal effect.
Thumbprint Christmas Tree Cards
With a little guidance from parents, youngsters can create a Christmas tree using their thumb as a stamp.
Make Recycled Modern Art
Repurpose those plastic shopping bags hiding in your house into a fun and exciting decoration your child can hang in her room!
Create an Underwater Ocean Scene
Here's an arts and crafts activity that has your preschooler or pre-kindergartener bringing home the beach with this underwater beach scene.
T-Shirt Pillow
Recycle your child's beloved old t-shirt by sewing it into a pillow! The results of activity are unique, decorative, creative, and never wasteful.
Weave a Colorful Yarn Mosaic
In this arts and crafts activity, help your preschooler make a yarn mosaic to improve her fine motor skills and color recognition at the same time.
No-Cook Play Dough!
Here's a quick and easy recipe for homemade play dough that doesn't involve any cooking! This bright and colorful modeling clay makes a great instant toy!
Make a Magnet Painting
Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.
Make Marbleized Paper!
Learn how to make marbleized paper with simple everyday ingredients in this fun activity! Your child will learn about oil and water while doing this project.
Craft a Yarn Flower Mosaic
this mosaic-inspired activity uses kid-friendly yarn and glue to help your kindergarten kid design her own vibrant, brightly-colored flower.
Heart Brooch
Kids generally can't come up with the cash to buy the bling they dream of giving mom. With this project, they can make her jewelry themselves!
Design an Easter Egg Collage
Decorate eggs for Easter without the mess by making an Easter egg collage instead in this preschool arts and crafts activity.
Fine Motor Activities
Take some of the spirit of musical chairs and incorporate it into an indoor obstacle that will fine tune your child's motor skills!
Make Baked Crayon Art
Try this preschool arts and crafts activity: make wax art by melting crayon stubs in the oven and swirling the resulting pools of color into fabulous designs.
Make Metal Cloth Embroidery Art
In this arts and crafts activity, help your preschooler make metal cloth embroidery art using only a metal screen, yarn, and other decorations!
Make Homemade Fingerpaint
You don't need to shell out big bucks to keep them in fingerpaint. With this recipe, you can stew up their favorite colors, right in your own kitchen.
Make Sand Dough
This versatile clay-like material hardens if left out and can be used for building sand castles, forts, and even school projects.
Shaving Cream Paintings
Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.
Create Line Design Prints
Teach your child how to create lots and lots of line designs by wrapping string around wooden blocks, and using them to create line-filled prints.
Trim the Tree with "Glass" Candy Ornaments
Your preschool or pre-kindergarten child can turn hard candy into colorful faux glass ornaments with this holiday arts and crafts activity.
Make a Rock Salt Mosaic
Is your kindergartener getting tired of the standard art supplies? How about making a mosaic? This recipe is kinder safe, no broken glass involved!
Play This Paper Construction Game!
What IS That Thing? is a game for kids of all ages that uses scrap paper and junk from around the house! A great way to recycle, reduce, and reuse.
No-Bake Clay
This clay doesn't need to go into the oven. Brew up a batch, let your child shape it, and dry overnight. By morning, it's ready for paint. Perfect for holidays!
Make Scented Pumpkins
Your preschooler will engage his senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.
Make Andy Warhol-Inspired Prints
Introduce your kindergartener to some art history by showing him how to create an everyday object print, Andy Warhol-style.
Illustrate a Famous Book!
What if your child couldn't see the pictures of a picture book? In this activity, she'll listen to a story without looking at the images, and create her own.
Salad Spinner Painting
Here's an arts and crafts activity for your preschooler or pre-kindergartener: use a salad spinner to paint fun designs on paper.
Make a Paper Mosaic!
Introduce your young artist to this art form with this fun and creative activity, which blends arts and crafts with patterning for hidden math practice!
Make Truck Tracks!
Create fun and imaginative works of art by using trucks to paint on paper in this preschool arts and crafts activity.
Make a Self Portrait from Nature
Add some fun to arts and crafts by having your child make a self portrait using nature as her palette.
Lace the ABCs!
Lacing is a great way to practice hand-eye coordination, which helps with writing. Turn it into a fun preschool art project, by stringing up some ABCs!
Make Colorful Turntable Art
Create colorful paintings using the turntable on an old record player, and help your child experiment with color and movement!
Go Green: Turn T-Shirts into Totes
Make this stylish tote bag out of a T-shirt, and make a difference for the planet.
Make Jewelry Using Your Favorite Photos!
Make unique jewelry and accessories using photos and shrinkable plastic sheets! It's like Shrinky Dinks, but better.
Create Ironed Wax Paper!
Here's an arts and crafts activity for your preschooler or pre-kindergartener: create ironed wax paper with crayon shavings, wax paper, and an iron!
Plant an Indoor Sponge Garden
When the wind starts blowing, you and your child can plant a sponge garden in the comfort of your own kitchen. Here's how:
Paper Plate Art: Sunny Side Up!
This sunshiny art project is perfect for a rainy day and it helps preschoolers with fine motor skills.
Make a Foil Painting
Your preschooler will have a great time using paints on a foil background to create a stunning, shiny work of art!
Make Homemade Castanets
Why buy musical instruments when you can make your own castanets quicker than you can say, "ole!"
Paint with Bubbles!
Want to create some really unusual paintings? With a small container of bubbles and some paint, kids can put soap suds to work, and make some beautiful prints.
Marble Art
Here's a fun way for your preschooler to practice making predictions. Shake up marbles covered in paint to see what colorful design you'll make!
Cork Stamp Art
Explore the changing seasons with your preschooler by helping her create a cork-stamped masterpiece.
Make Tie-Dye Baby Wipes
Give your preschooler the opportunity to work on color recognition and fine motor skills while creating a beautiful tie-dyed piece of art!
Make a Decorated Clay Wall Pot
This hanging wall pot made from homemade clay is a perfect arts and crafts activity for preschoolers.
Paint with Ice
In this fun activity, frozen cubes of paint provide your preschooler with a cool new way to paint a masterpiece.
Make a Papier-Mache Bracelet
Here's a fun arts and crafts activity for preschoolers: make papier-mache bracelets decorated with tempera paint and felt pens.
Make Rice Pictures
Forget markers or crayons. For a really unusual art project, close the art supply cabinet, and crack open the pantry! Use rice to make pictures.
Create a Painted Rock Mosaic
Make a colorful rock mosaic that will help your child practice her patterns, shapes, and colors while making a beautiful work of art!
Make a Blow Painting
Here's a fun painting activity that lets your preschoolers blow the paint around on the paper rather than using a paintbrush. Here's how to get started:
Make an Architecture Shape Collage!
Try this fun and interactive collage activity with your preschooler to teach her the "building blocks" of math and architecture.
Homemade Periscope
Make a periscope with milk cartons and mirrors! This preschool activity is great for playing secret agent and learning simple physics.
Make a Decorative Paperweight!
Using water, corn syrup, and sequins, your child can create a unique art project while exploring what happens when different liquids are mixed together!
Mardi Gras Wreath
Craft your own Mardi Gras wreath to celebrate the holiday and help your kid build her fine motor skills while you're at it!
Tissue Paper Flower Bouquet
Create an ever-lasting bouquet of flowers using plastic straws and tissue paper!
Design Your Own Wrapping Paper
This painting activity uses gross motor skills to create art and home made wrapping paper using paint, an easy holiday activity for your child.
Make Paper Bowl Hats
Put those paper bowls to good use! Enjoy a preschool classic craft, great for passing the time on a rainy afternoon.
Treasure Chest Craft
Make a vintage-style cardboard treasure box using leathery boiled paper colored with fabric dye.
Leaf Lion Craft
Be the mane attraction by creating a lion out of leaves! This wild craft keeps kids engaged and makes for fabulous art.
Swinging Paints
Try this art activitythat has your preschooler making chaotic paint designs with just a paintbrush pendulum!
Create Seashell Texture Prints
Perfect for a hot summer day, this cool arts and crafts activity has your preschooler painting a beautiful, textured print from seashells.
Make a Plaster Bag Sculpture
Try this simple preschool arts and crafts activity: make a plaster of Paris sculpture in a plastic sandwich bag!
Bumble Bee Craft
Let your child experience the fun of collage art while jumping into a little bee science by helping him make his very own bee-utiful busy bee.
Fossils for Kids
Make these homemade shell fossils and introduce your child to the wonders of science!
Praying Mantis Anatomy
This art-project-turned-anatomy-lesson will give your child a larger than life model for scientific scrutiny, right down to the movable legs!
Egg Carton Goggles
Preschoolers can ply their creativity making recycled egg carton masks in this clever eco-friendly arts and crafts activity.
Make Your Own Clay Beads
Here's a fun preschool arts and crafts activity: make homemade clay bead jewelry. All you need is flour, cornstarch, and salt to get started.
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