1st - 3rd Grade Activities : Page 71

Your child can help your family pet take a breather, and help herself relax, too, with this soothing activity.

It's easy to turn old magazines into a fast-and-furious finding game that's both fun and educational for kids.

Help your child explore this ancient art technique with the help of some tinfoil, black paint and the end of a paintbrush!

Help the elephant bird come back to life with this awesome paper mache craft.

Want to help your child develop stronger numeracy skills and make your dice games even more fun? Try creating some googly-eyed funny dice.

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

Create your own jigsaw puzzle using a blown-up family photo, and reconstruct the image as many times as you like. Here's how kids can make this gift.

Send big holiday love on a small budget by sending these "Elf Tickets" this year...and give your child some writing practice in the bargain.

Hisss! Make a snake pet from a recycled cardboard tube! Transport your child into nature with this fun and easy craft.

Not only is homemade wrapping paper pretty, but by experimenting with decorative tools, kids are also doing science, art, and small-motor muscle building.

Celebrate Veterans Day with your child by helping them create and send a well-deserving veteran a "thank you" card via the U.S. Veteran's Affairs Department.

Help your child craft her first pair of knitting needles out of recycled chopsticks!

In this activity, your child will hear a story and practice mindful breathing. They will paint a picture that reminds them to bring mindfulness and kindness to their puppy mind.

What is a compound microscope? Kids find out by making one of their own in this cool science fair project.

Children will reflect on how community service makes us better people. Then they will complete a service survey to gain a better understanding of their interests, gifts, and their potential role as a service worker in their community.

Childhood summers are magical, full of splashy fun and relaxing afternoons. Preserving those memories should be special as well.

Help you child burn his very own CD with all of his favorite color songs to create a compilation album that is truly one of a kind.

Made entirely out of recycled materials, this handmade decoration is a great way to spruce up a dresser, bookshelf, or the living room mantle.

In this activity, children create rising foam as they reflect on the many ways they have grown over the past months and learn how a "beginner's mind" is helpful.

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will write loving kindness notes to place around the home to serve as a reminder (for themselves and others) to see the goodness within themselves.

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

When it comes to helping your third grader manage a school backpack, small steps now bring big payoffs later.

Craft like the Colombians did in ancient times and make these line drawings out of twine, rope, or yarn.

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

This November, it's elephant versus donkey! Does your third grader understand the meaning behind the animals political parties choose to represent them?

Support your first grader's interest in reading with this decorative bookmark that illustrates a favorite scene from a loved book.

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."

Instead of piling on jackets and mittens, settle down for an afternoon of paper magic with this three-dimensional snowflake craft.