5th Grade Arts & Crafts Resources

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.

This art project encourages kids to look closely at their favorite animal and recreate texture, pattern and silhouette with easy to follow instructions.

Recycle paper and old magazines with this art project that creates a great tool for artists: a color wheel!

Got a kid who loves fashion? Help her develop her own unique style with this tie-dye project using natural dyes.

Encourage your child to take a page from Bridget Riley and the op art movement, and see if she can create an optical illusion in her artwork.

Your child can explore color mixing and design while folding together a paint-filled paper and then using a marker to outline it.

This easy indoor activity teaches kids how to mix kitchen ingredients into watercolor paints, while giving a crash course in color-combining.

Your child's journal should be as unique as she is. Help her transform a simple notebook into a personalized piece of art.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

Are you looking for an out-of-this world activity that's both fun and educational? This solar system garland is a great way to introduce your child to astronomy.

Get inspired by nature and use recycled materials to create unforgettable pencil holders in time for the back to school season.

Combine your creative fifth grader's love of nature, art and poetry with leaf printing!

The special people in your life deserve a special card! Have your kid make a 3-D flower card that will let a loved ones know how much he appreciates them.

Get excited for St. Patrick's Day by making a Celtic knot.

Transform ordinary metal paper clips into wearable jewelry by adding beads and linking the clips together.

Choose a design that is as simple or as intricate as you like and create a stencil that you can use over and over again.

Help your child get creative and collect leaves of various sizes and textures that she can use to make animal art.

Celebrate the holidays by making farolitos, paper lanterns with elaborate designs and historical roots.

A package of memory wire and some beads are all that your artist needs to make a bracelet. The challenge will be to come up with a design inspired by autumn.

Have your kid create his own service ribbons and then write a fictional story about someone in the military who was awarded the service ribbons.