Search 2nd Grade Social Studies Arts & Crafts Hands-on Activities

With this activity, you'll create a family treasure...and reinforce social studies basics while you're at it!

Help your second grader celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with this rainbow table mat.

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

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.

Teach your first or second grader about an important Mexican holiday, the Day of the Dead, with this traditional skeleton mask made out of a paper plate.

Introduce your second grader to a fun Mexican custom by showing her how to make papel picado, a beautiful creation of cut-out tissue paper.

Your first or second grader will delight in creating multi-colored confetti egg smashers, traditional in Mexico, called cascarones!

This cultural craft makes a pretty decoration and teaches kids about other cultures.

Celebrate African heritage by making an African flag banner. This fun, culturally-inspired art project is perfect for Black History Month.

Your second grader can honor two renowned U.S. Presidents--Abraham Lincoln and George Washington--by crafting larger-than-life pennies and quarters!

Spark your child's interest in international sporting events by creating a banner of world flags.

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.

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

Your child can create an interactive map of his neighborhood focusing on the different textures he finds!

Make a Tzedakah box with your child to collect money for his favorite charity. This Jewish Tredakah box is a great way to teach your child about giving.

Explore geometric shapes and pattern as your child makes her very own Hawaiian kapa cloth.

Get started on an ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos with this easy edible sugar skull project.

Encourage your child to make a Chinese scroll painting as part of his world history or art studies, or just to pass the time on a weekend.

Make the prehistoric monsters of the past seem a bit more real with a craft that brings the chill of the Ice Age to life!

Learn about the ancient art of Japanese calligraphy with this New Year's activity about kakizome.

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Chinese New Year is a time when many different luck-bringing rituals are performed. In this activity your child will create a lucky trinket.

Teach your child about the importance and peacefulness of Ramadan as she gets creative drawing domes, minarets and prayer halls.

Celebrate Veterans Day with your child by helping them create and send a well-deserving veteran a "thank you" card via the U.S. Veteran's Affairs Department.