1st grade Painting & Drawing Resources

Scary Spider

All your child will need are her hands to create a kooky, spooky spider. While making her spider she'll get practice both drawing and cutting out shapes.

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Write a Concrete Poem For Mom

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Write a Concrete Poem For Mom

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Create Changing Leaves Scratch Art

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Create Changing Leaves Scratch Art

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

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Science

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Cinderella's Carriage

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Cinderella's Carriage

Jump into the story of Cinderella by making a pumpkin coach of your own!

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Group It!: A Skip Counting Activity

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Group It!: A Skip Counting Activity

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

1st grade

Math

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Create a Fish Art Print!

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Create a Fish Art Print!

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

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Science

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"Oil Painting" for First Grade Scientists

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"Oil Painting" for First Grade Scientists

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

1st grade

Science

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Directions First: Reading to Draw

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Directions First: Reading to Draw

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!

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Paint and Learn

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Paint and Learn

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

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Reading & writing

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Create an Animal Folk Tale

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Create an Animal Folk Tale

Invite your first grader to follow a African tradition by coming up with an explanatory African folktale and assembling a book to go along with it.

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Social studies

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Make Kitchen Sponge Heart Cards

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Make Kitchen Sponge Heart Cards

In this activity, kids use sponges to make textured stamps for homemade, artistic Valentine's Day cards.

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Paint an Olympic Portrait

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Paint an Olympic Portrait

If your first grader aspires to be an Olympic superstar, this portraiture project is for him!

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Make Bathtub Paint

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Make Bathtub Paint

Great for bath time, or anytime your child is feeling creative, these bright bathtub paints are a fun and low-mess way to spice up art time.

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Flower Greeting Cards

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Flower Greeting Cards

Give Hallmark a run for its money with these handmade printed cards.

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Russian Nesting Dolls

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Russian Nesting Dolls

Make your own Matryoshka out of simple craft materials in this easy how-to!

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Make a 3-D Cartoon

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Make a 3-D Cartoon

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

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Sandpainting

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Sandpainting

Whether you're teaching your kid about this important cultural art form or simply looking for a fun project, sandpainting is a fun activity you'll both enjoy.

1st grade

Social studies

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Make a Lunchbox Magnet Board

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Make a Lunchbox Magnet Board

Here's a way to bring young children into the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!

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Art Supply Box

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Art Supply Box

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

1st grade

Science

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Sculpt Clay Snowflakes

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Sculpt Clay Snowflakes

Enjoy the beauty of winter from the comfort of your home with this first grade art activity: make sparkly snowflake sculptures using modeling clay and glitter.

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Make Stenciled Heart Paintings

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Make Stenciled Heart Paintings

Create striking pieces of art using handmade heart stencils in this hands-on Valentine's Day arts and crafts activity!

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Homemade Cookie Cutters

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Homemade Cookie Cutters

Everyone loves homemade cookies, but have you ever thought about making the cookie cutters at home? Here's some instructions for making homemade cookie cutters.

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