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Second Grade Arts & Crafts Activities

Check out these fantastic 2nd grade art projects and craft projects for your second grader! Fun art projects include creating aboriginal hand print art, and cool craft projects let kids create fun stuff like homemade candles and even do-it-yourself jewelry. Browse our selection below, or use the filters in the side bar to find that perfect 2nd grade art or craft project for you and your little one to enjoy together.

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'Handy' Thanksgiving Wreath

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its giant tentacles!

Build a Terrarium

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

This gooey, squishy recipe will introduce your second grader to the world of measurements without seeming like a lesson or a chore.

Handprint Owl Painting

Make an owl painting with your child this Halloween. This owl painting features an autumn scene created by layering images and a pair of handprint owls.

Butterfly Life Cycle

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

Hand-Dipped Candles

Try making these hand-dipped candles with your child and help bring colonial history to life!

Need another reason to celebrate Thanksgiving? Now kids can create a sunny, textured sunflower card to remember the day!

Korean Paper Fans

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

Make a Recycled Twig Birdhouse

Even the birds need to get out of the rain during the winter months. Help your child help nature and fill a lazy afternoon with this easy, cute craft.

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

Build Animal Piggy Banks!

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

Give your second-grader insight into the Huichol culture of Mexico with this arts and craft activity by creating an ojo de Dios (eye of God), or yarn weaving.

All you need to put together this guitar is an old shoebox. Soon your kid will be rocking out while saving room in the landfill.

Paper Bag Reindeer

Paper bag reindeer are perfect for handing out holiday goodies in style. Make a paper bag reindeer with your child this Christmas season.

Make Easy Clay Pinch Pots

This simple and fun project introduces kids to the art of pottery and offers them a glimpse into how ancient peoples created the very first Neolithic pottery.

Make an Apple Head Doll

Learn about dehydration with a wonderful craft project that you can do together, and enjoy this unique doll for years to come!

Craft Fizzing Bath Soaps

Help your child experiment with the combination of acid and baking soda by making these homemade bath bombs!

Create Aboriginal Handprint Art

Teach your child about the art of ancient Australia by creating your own handprint art just like Aboriginal artists did thousands of years ago.

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.

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

Bottle Race Car

Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

This fun marbled paper craft uses things you're likely to have around your house, and it teaches kids some simple chemistry too!

Velcro Dart Board

Your child will boost her gross motor skills as she has fun playing with your easy-to-make and totally safe dart board and dart balls.

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