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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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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.

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.

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.

Sticky Note Project

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

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.

Easter Egg Designs

Learn about different fern fronds with your third grader as you create lacy, natural decorations on your Easter eggs this year.

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.

Homemade Sidewalk Chalk

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

Silhouette Portraits

Here's a fun family activity: have your preschooler make a cameo appearance by creating and drawing on their own silhouettes!

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!

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.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Your child can hone her cutting skills while making this patriotically festive star collage!

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.

Baby Footprints

Your child will create adorable baby footprints using his hand and fingers!

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.

Paving Block Creatures

These unique paving block critters let kids unleash their creative side on one of the "squarest" garden supplies in stores.

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.

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