Kindergarten and 1st Grade Painting & Drawing Activities

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... on my eight limbs and eight hearts!

Use watercolors and crayons to teach your child about resistance while she creates a beautiful Easter decoration with this festive craft.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Help your child make a picture of a four-leaf clover this St. Patrick's Day. It's thought that whoever finds a four-leaf clover will enjoy good luck!

This crafty activity will help your child develop an understanding of important math concepts like patterning and spatial awareness.

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

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

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!

Celebrate Irish history and culture this St. Patrick's Day by making a miniature version of the Blarney Stone!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by painting the green Irish countryside in this 2nd grade arts and crafts activity.

With this fun and easy method of printing your child will draw patterns, trace them with yarn, paint and press their very own masterpieces.

A homemade coat of arms is a great way to get your child thinking about your family's values, and it makes a fun addition to the costume box as well!

Create a sun catcher using baby oil and construction paper in this science-experiment-meets-art-project!

A food groups plate shows your child what category her foods belong in. Make a food groups plate with your child before dinnertime.

Make a festive bunny box that will be great for gift giving or storing candy and other small objects.

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

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

Learn all about Misty Copeland, a famous African American ballerina with this hands-on, colorful art project!

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

Celebrate Saint Patrick's Day with a colorful rainbow, a pot of gold and an introduction to printmaking.

Children will love this arts and crafts activity. Write an "invisible" message in white crayon, then paint over it to reveal the secret!

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

Your child's painted handprint helps create a lucky bearded leprechaun to bring a smile to everyone celebrating St. Patrick's Day!

Does the idea of taking your child to an art museum sound daunting? Create your own museum and give your child some practice with shapes!

Celebrate the coming of Spring and Earth Day with this 3-D art project that makes use of recycled materials.

Let your child help you create a fire escape plan poster to hang in the house in case of an emergency!

This life-sized self-portrait activity encourages children to explore what makes them special, and then portray it with arts and crafts!