3rd Grade Arts & Crafts Activities

Use a simple toothbrush and a splatter painting technique to create this sparkling skyline work of art!

Make these lasting felt hearts and fill them with a sweet smelling combination of rice and spices to keep the Valentine spirit alive all year long.

Make a beautiful nature silhouette to remember a family walk in the park or a camping trip with friends.

Invite your child to craft dream cloud magnets to display their hopes and visions for the future!

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

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

In this fun science project your child will get practice following directions and getting messy as they learn all about slime!

Learn how to make a trick-or-treat bag for Halloween. See how to make a decorative trick-or-treat bag with this Halloween craft tutorial.

Your child will create her own falling snowflakes using white paper and glue them over a tree, so it appears as if they are falling from the sky.

This year, celebrate the season with a pumpkin wreath! Have your kid trace and cut patterns to create multiple pumpkin shapes from a single sheet of paper.

Reinforce your child’s foundational math skills while creating small works of seasonal art with this creative Halloween rock painting activity!

Make a sweet, budget-friendly treat for your loved ones with these trick-or-treat lollipops.

Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.

Bring out your child’s creative side with this fun Halloween-themed craft.

Learn how to make a haunted house with this Halloween craft. See how to make a haunted house with a project that is fun for ghosts and ghouls alike.

Do something totally unique and new with a pumpkin this year! Practice designing patterns with stripes, zigzags, or geometric shapes. The sky's the limit!

This unique project will help your child learn the basics of assemblage and he'll create a perfectly festive pumpkin in the process.

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

This snowflake garland will bring some winter wonder to your house. Make a sparkling snowflake garland with your child this winter.

The pinwheel is a simple toy that has been around for years and uses the wonders of the wind to spin it and delight kids of all ages!

Make a poster with your child about what she wants to be when she grows up, while helping her practice her writing, researching, and artistic skills.

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

On Martin Luther King Day, help your third grader create an original "scratch art" card to thank a person who has made a difference in his life.

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

Does your child know how to read a map? Teach this important skill with an activity that makes map reading and map creating practical and fun!

Encourage a spirit of giving and sharing with this meaningful tzedakah box craft project. 

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.