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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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Black Bat Treat Keeper
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Black Bat Treat Keeper
This Halloween, have your child create a ghoulish bat treat keeper. While crafting he'll learn the basic components of sculpture.
3rd grade
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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
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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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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
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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.
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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
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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!
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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.
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Fashion Craft: Spin the Wheel Designer
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Fashion Craft: Spin the Wheel Designer
mix and match your own creative outfits while also predicting clothing combinations -- style and statistics practice all in one!
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Heart Ornament
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Heart Ornament
A heart ornament is a adorable decoration that shares the love on Valentine's Day. Make a heart ornament with your child this February.
3rd grade
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Melted Crayon Art Heart
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Melted Crayon Art Heart
Turn up the heat this February with a melted crayon heart, a crafty and colorful decoration for Valentine's Day.
3rd grade
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Mood Collage
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Mood Collage
Channel the artistic spirit of Romare Bearden by making a mixed media collage to express different moods.
3rd grade
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Political Party Animals
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Political Party Animals
This November, it's elephant versus donkey! Does your third grader understand the meaning behind the animals political parties choose to represent them?
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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Woven Heart
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Woven Heart
A woven heart makes a thoughtful and heartfelt gift for a special friend or family member on Valentine's Day. Make a woven heart with your young crafter.
3rd grade
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Painting Clay Flower Pots
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Painting Clay Flower Pots
Create a face of a person or animal on a small terra cotta flower pot and grow herbs or a flowered plant for their hair! As the herbs grow, the hair grows.
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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Rubber Band Printmaking
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Rubber Band Printmaking
Create your very own rubber stamp using rubber bands and cardboard. This is a simple way to create a beautiful design that can be used again and again.
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