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First Grade Arts & Crafts Activities

Looking for 1st grade art projects and craft projects? Education.com's collection of 1st grade art projects and crafts for first graders has you covered! We have everything from cool painted African masks and homemade bottle cap magnets to fantastic seasonal craft ideas like Día de los Muertos artwork. Browse our free selection below, and feel free to check out our arts and crafts projects and activities for other grades as well.

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In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

Make a Basket for Moses

This easy craft project boosts counting and fine motor skills, and will help kids learn about Jewish culture.

Make an ALL ABOUT ME! Book

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

How Make a Pig Nose

Bring barnyard fun to a rainy day by making this simple pig nose, or make several noses and round up two of your child's friends to act out Three Little Pigs.

Story Sequencing Activity

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

Help your first grader build up his sight words by creating a reading pointer and having him take the family on a house-wide reading tour!

Create a Shoebox Habitat

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Compound Word Art

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Aboriginal Craft

Imagine you're an aborigine from Australia by creating a painted boomerang made out of cardboard!

Directions First: Reading to Draw

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!

Make Your Own Piñata!

Help your child create his own pinata in this fun and easy activity. Use paper mache and fingerpaint for a party pinata everyone will love.

Patriotic Pinwheel

This hands-on activity uses just a few ordinary supplies to create an extra-fun 4th of July craft.

Paper Plate Phonics

Help your child get the hang of reading with this fun activity. Here's how to make a spinning phonics wheel out of two paper plates.

Write a Story From an Ant's Perspective

Here's a writing activity that helps first graders explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

"Oil Painting" for First Grade Scientists

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

Draw a Fairy Tale Map

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

Write a Concrete Poem For Mom

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Could your child’s room use a little bit more firecracker sparkle? Add an explosion of glow-in-the-dark color with this spectacular mason jar craft.

Homemade Playdough

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

Natural Easter Egg Dyes

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Create Changing Leaves Scratch Art

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

Get a leg up on counting concepts with this project where art and math collide.

Make a Sparkly Pipe Cleaner Crown

Is your princess missing a crown? Look no further: grab a few sparkly pipe cleaners and twist for a crown that's half jewelry, half sculpture, and 100% shine.

Make a Career Book!

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

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