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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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Make a Cat in the Hat-Inspired Hat

Make a Cat in the Hat-Inspired Hat

Let your second grader channel a famous Dr. Seuss character--the Cat in the Hat--with this hat-making activity inspired by the main character.

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Patriotic "Quilts"

Patriotic "Quilts"

Strengthen math and social studies skills with this beautiful patriotic placemat "quilt" project!

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American Melting Pot Craft

American Melting Pot Craft

Introduce your child to the concept of the melting pot by decorating a patriotic 4th of July planter.

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Hand-Dipped Candles

Hand-Dipped Candles

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

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Invent Your Own Chore Helper!

Invent Your Own Chore Helper!

Help your child to invent her own chore-helper to help her put that growing imagination to good use!

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Ojo de Dios

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.

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Spiral Paper

Here's a great homemade card idea that supports fine motor skills and creativity in addition to introducing your child to the art of quilling.

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Tissue Paper Prints

Tissue Paper Prints

Here's an arts and crafts activity that has your first-grader experimenting with math concept of multiples and patterns with her own printing plate.

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Make Your Own Stepping Stones

Make Your Own Stepping Stones

Re-use old plastic food containers to create these uniquely beautiful stepping stones to embed in your backyard!

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Homemade Slip and Slide

Homemade Slip and Slide

Looking for hot weather fun? Cool the kids down with a homemade slip and slide! You can create your own water park atmosphere for just a few bucks.

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Flower Prints

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your second grader creating pretty flower prints.

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Make a Back to School Calendar

Make a Back to School Calendar

Get fired up for the new school year with a "Back-to-School Calendar" you and your child can make at home.

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Seascape Art

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

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Velcro Dart Board

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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Build Animal Piggy Banks!

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!

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Homemade Bird Bath

Homemade Bird Bath

Looking for something to do with all those plastic 2-liter bottles that seem to accumulate endlessly? Turn them into a unique mini birdbath.

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How to Make a Duster

How to Make a Duster

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

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Leaf Banner

This nature craft is a great way for your child to learn about the fall season and make a festive decoration to display in your home.

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Backpack Charm

Help your child's backpack stand out from the crowd by attaching trinkets or decorations that are as one of a kind as she is.

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Make Back to School Business Cards!

Make Back to School Business Cards!

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

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Papier-Mâché Characters

Papier-Mâché Characters

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

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Make a Family Memory Jigsaw Puzzle

Make a Family Memory Jigsaw Puzzle

Create your own jigsaw puzzle using a blown-up family photo, and reconstruct the image as many times as you like. Here's how kids can make this gift.

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Create a Recyclable Creature

Create a Recyclable Creature

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

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Make a Self Portrait from Nature

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.

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'Handy' Thanksgiving Wreath

'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.

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