Search 1st Grade Painting & Drawing Educational Resources

Take your child outside during winter time and have them observe the leafless trees before having them make a watercolor of a tree or trees using masking tape. They’re sure to love their winter tree painting, plus they make lovely decorations in the home!

Learn all about Misty Copeland, a famous African American ballerina with this hands-on, colorful art project!

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

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by painting the green Irish countryside in this 2nd grade arts and crafts activity.

Help your first grader emboss his own design reminiscent of Middle Ages metalwork. Using foil and a wooden stylus, he'll create pretty springtime flower images.

What would it be like to be the Cat in the Hat from the famous Dr. Seuss book? This Read Across America project has your 1st grader making his own fun-in-a-box!

Transform a single sheet of card stock into a double-sided painting of opposites: on one side, a bright daytime landscape, on the other, a dusky evening scene.

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.

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

Give your kid a go at making art like master painter Michelangelo did on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel...by making her own colorful angel!

Your child can learn more about Vincent van Gogh's influential style of painting by creating an homage to Starry Night, one his most beloved paintings.

This activity will keep your child entertained long after you've put away the markers and glue. Help him turn a paper bag into a self-portrait puppet!

Kids will love painting shapes of objects in a still life while using strong colors showing highlights and shadows.

This St. Patrick's Day show your child to the fun of resist painting. It's as simple as getting out a crayon and some watercolor paints!

Your first grader can create this cute heart puzzle with craft sticks and watercolor paints to challenge her friends!

With this fun and easy method of printing your child will draw patterns, trace them with yarn, paint and press their very own masterpieces.

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

Your child can get out the acrylic paints and create a colorful paperweight perfect for dad this Father's Day!

The chalkboard surface on this desk globe tempts kids to grab their chalk and start mapping out their next adventures.