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Third Grade Painting & Drawing Activities

Nurture artistic talent and teach kids how to express themselves through art with this collection of painting and drawing activities. Using paintbrushes, pens, pencils, and every tool in between, your students will love starting with the basic framework of each craft and making it their own, exploring their personal artistic independence in the process.

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Sticky Note Project
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Sticky Note Project
Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.
3rd grade
Reading & writing
Activity
Easter Egg Designs
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Easter Egg Designs
Learn about different fern fronds with your third grader as you create lacy, natural decorations on your Easter eggs this year.
3rd grade
Science
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Silhouette Portraits
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Silhouette Portraits
Here's a fun family activity: have your preschooler make a cameo appearance by creating and drawing on their own silhouettes!
3rd grade
Social studies
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Homemade Sidewalk Chalk
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Homemade Sidewalk Chalk
What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!
3rd grade
Social studies
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Scratch Art for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Scratch Art for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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.
3rd grade
Social studies
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Watering Can Craft
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Watering Can Craft
This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.
3rd grade
Science
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When I Grow Up I Want To Be...
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When I Grow Up I Want To Be...
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.
3rd grade
Reading & writing
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Reverse Glass Painting
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Reverse Glass Painting
Encourage your third-grader to create a reverse glass painting. This will help him learn art concepts and improve his critical thinking skills.
3rd grade
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Nature Poetry
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Nature Poetry
Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.
3rd grade
Reading & writing
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Create Crazy Three-Part Creatures
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Create Crazy Three-Part Creatures
Banish your third grader's rainy day boredom by guiding his play group through a collaborative art project that leads up to the unveiling of a crazy creature!
3rd grade
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Make Spider Web Art!
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Make Spider Web Art!
This craft is a great way to explore the fascinating world of spiders and their webs as you collect spider webs from around your house with your third grader.
3rd grade
Science
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Create a Venn Diagram Creature!
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Create a Venn Diagram Creature!
Help your third grader create a Venn diagram fantasy creature by combining two different creatures to create a fantasy creature based on their similarities.
3rd grade
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Painted Wooden Eggs
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Painted Wooden Eggs
Spice up your Easter routine this year by making these stunningly sparkly eggs with your third grader. This is a great activity to do to celebrate the holiday.
3rd grade
Activity
Make a Jackie Robinson Baseball Card
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Make a Jackie Robinson Baseball Card
Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having her create her own baseball card!
3rd grade
Social studies
Activity
Watercolor Fireworks
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Watercolor Fireworks
Fireworks are such an exciting part of part of summer festivities, but it's sad when the show is over. Keep them alive all year long with watercolor fireworks.
3rd grade
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Create a Story Quilt
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Create a Story Quilt
Here's a fun art activity that combines measurement and design with drawing and painting. Kids tell their own special story as they create a story quilt.
3rd grade
Activity
Haunted House Blueprint
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Haunted House Blueprint
Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.
3rd grade
Math
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Fauvist Painting
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Fauvist Painting
Your child can be a Fauvist painter using bright colors and his imagination to create wild artwork!
3rd grade
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Color Theory Made Easy
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Color Theory Made Easy
This project makes learning the difference between warm and cool colors easy and fun. And it's a great intro to complimentary colors - great for pop art!
3rd grade
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Reflection Painting
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Reflection Painting
In this painting and drawing project, not only will stars shine in the evening sky over the skyscrapers, they will also create a waterfront reflection.
3rd grade
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Printmaking Art
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Printmaking Art
With this fun and easy method of printing your child will draw patterns, trace them with yarn, paint and press her very own masterpieces.
3rd grade
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Star Collage
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Star Collage
Your child can hone her cutting skills while making this patriotically festive star collage!
3rd grade
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Baby Footprints
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Baby Footprints
Your child will create adorable baby footprints using his hand and fingers!
3rd grade
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Christmas Reindeer Decoration
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Christmas Reindeer Decoration
Liven up your Christmas decor with vibrant reindeer created from cardboard. This decoration can hang above a fireplace, over a door, or across a wall.
3rd grade
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Glitter Snowflakes
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Glitter Snowflakes
Cut out lots of geometric snowflakes and use them for creating colorful snowflake prints perfect for decorating any home this winter season!
3rd grade
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