Third Grade Construction & Sculpture Activities

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

This pumpkin snowman will keep your porch or backyard festive from Halloween to New Year's Day. Make a pumpkin snowman and combine the best of fall and winter.

Making gift bags for a Halloween party or tricker-treaters is a great way for your child to learn a bit about geometry and origami!

Bend, twist, squish and press a paper bag into a tree! Once it's finished, your child's Halloween tree will look like it came right out of a scary fairy tale.

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.

Your child will have a blast creating this adorable black cat with a cardboard tube and some pipe cleaners. A perfect craft for Halloween decorating!

Give your number one dad something that he truly deserves this Father's Day!

Whether your child is celebrating a great American holiday or simply feeling patriotic, this american flag craft is sure to please your little artist.

Celebrate winter with some unique snowman decor. In this activity your kid will create a self-standing sculpture that'll look great on a table or in a window.

Bring a bit of the fun of Yuan Xiao Jie to your home with this lantern activity. Happy New Year!

Grow these wheatgrass and alfalfa friends and watch their hair spring up in just a couple days!

Help the elephant bird come back to life with this awesome paper mache craft.

Make this door curtain to brighten up your home and learn colors and patterns.

Create this homemade slinky snake from recycled materials. It can move and slither about like the real thing!

This little chick is so cute that your child will want to make a whole flock to call her own.

This shamrock wreath will allow your child to practice tracing and layering shapes and is the perfect way to get everyone in the mood for St. Patrick's Day.

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

This Halloween, have your child create a ghoulish bat treat keeper. While crafting he'll learn the basic components of sculpture.

Build a paper boat that's modeled on the ones used to cross the Nile River in ancient Egypt!

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

Kids will have a hoot constructing this cute owl craft from a recycled toilet paper roll.

This Thanksgiving, make a pine cone turkey that can double as a personalized place setting for each family member.

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

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!

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