1st and 2nd Grade Construction & Sculpture Educational Resources

Craft butterflies from coffee filters in this sweet spring craft project!

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its tentacles!

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

Keep your child active this summer by transforming old milk jugs into scoops and newspaper into a ball with this exciting game of catch!

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

Get a leg up on counting concepts with this project where art and math collide.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Design a colorful leprechaun trap—and make some memories—with this fun St. Patrick's Day craft project!

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

Make a bouquet of colorful duct tape flowers in this hands-on spring craft.

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

Flowers will brighten up anyone's day! Share the joy of spring by making a picture of a vase with fun 3-D flowers that will never wilt.

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

Spark your child's interest in international sporting events by creating a banner of world flags.

Your child will boost her gross motor skills as she has fun playing with your easy-to-make and totally safe dart board and dart balls.

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

Give your second-grader insight into the Huichol culture of Mexico with this arts and craft activity by creating an ojo de Dios (eye of God), or yarn weaving.

Make a gingerbread house with your kid with this tutorial. Learn how to make a gingerbread house using a milk carton, graham crackers, and frosting.

Reindeer decorations make the iconic animals stand nose to nose as they decorate your home. Make reindeer decorations with your kid and spread Christmas cheer.

Fly into some rainy day fun with a cardboard airplane project. Making paper airplanes is fun, but you can add a new twist by using recycled materials instead.

Give your child an American history lesson as you create a colorful mini totem pole!

Instead of buying new sunglasses this summer, why not use recycled materials to make some of your own?

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

Ever wonder how those kooky kazoos work? Get to know the science behind this silly instrument by making your very own kazoo!

Make your own dreidel from modeling clay with this Hannukah craft activity!