1st and 2nd Grade Activities : Page 33

Get active at home by pretending to be different animals! Use this fun and engaging activity to move your body, get silly, and practice gross motor skills.

Using beautiful oil pastels and their own wild imagination, your child will come up with their own spooky, spectacular, or spine-tingling monster.

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

Who said snow globes have to be round and made of glass? Here’s our take on this holiday favorite, using paper and plastic.

These Thanksgiving place cards are a fun turkey-twist on traditional place markers. Make a set of these Thanksgiving place cards with your child this November.

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.

Next time your second grader needs to send a card, consider this goofy writing and craft project.

Make this easy homemade tie for a great Father's Day gift this year.

Have your child assemble a tiny bunny that she can carry with her and pull out whenever she needs a friend.

A heart wreath is a pretty and festive Valentine's Day decoration. Make a heart wreath with your child this Valentine's Day.

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

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

Learn about borrowing in subtraction using a deck of cards and a die! Your first grader will have fun playing this math game.

Create your very own Sleep Book filled with a menagerie of made-up nonsense creatures and discover how different animals catch some zzz's.

Celebrate National Drum Month in November by using a couple of recycled yogurt cups and making a groovy set of bongos!

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

A valentine garland makes any home look more lovely on Valentine's Day. Craft a simple valentine garland with your child to add some heart to your day.

Here's a St. Patrick's Day card your child can make, write, and give. Great learning and lots of fun--a "lucky" combination for a lucky holiday!

Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

Encourage your child to help make dinner special this holiday season! If your child is loves to help in the kitchen, this is a great activity. They will build mini-penguins to enjoy while waiting for dinner!

Your child can make a sweet and savory spinach strawberry salad; two ingredients that come together for a light and fresh summer dish!

This twist on the same old Hide and Seek is a great weekend or rainy-day activity.

Inspired by the crispy, crunchy leaves of fall, this fanciful project is simple, easy and completely affordable. Now that's something to be thankful for!

The Egg in a Basket, a traditional British breakfast component, is a simple snack that kids and parents can cook together!

Make a campfire crown, complete with roasted marshmallows!

This stocking craft will get your child to make a fun and textured collage for Christmas. Make this stocking craft with your child this holiday season.

Challenge your kid's creativity with a fun fall art project that features you as the collaborator.

Your child will make her mark on the world with unique homemade ink stamps.

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!

Ahoy, mateys! Your child will get in touch with his inner pirate when he makes his own pirate eye patch with this fun activity.