1st Grade Activities : Page 12

Gather the family around for this fun song and game that will get your holiday started!

Homemade Christmas crackers add some bang to your holiday celebration. Make a set of homemade Christmas crackers with your child this holiday season.

Thousands of witches that come out to celebrate Halloween. Now, your child can make her very own self-standing witch.

The meaning of Thanksgiving can sometimes get lost among the fun of food and family. Discuss the meaning of Thanksgiving with this fun activity.

Does your child still want to play in the snow, even after he has to come inside? In this activity you'll build a snowman indoors!

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

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!

It's a great time for family crafts. Here's a ghost Halloween decoration you and your child can make together.

Stock up on the colorful jelly beans available around Easter and put them to work in a piece of jelly bean art!

Teach your kid a lesson about recycling by helping him create a letter holder out of an old cardboard box.

Improve your child's hand-eye coordination with these fun dribbling drills! Before you know it he'll be a ball-handling master.

Let your child help you create a fire escape plan poster to hang in the house in case of an emergency!

First graders spend lots of time learning double digit numbers. Here's a "green" way to build skills and have some old time family fun, too.

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

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.

Build this game, and give your kid some hands-on practice ordering numbers. Soon your first grade kid will be Master of the number line!

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

This activity encourages children to sculpt in free form. The only rule is that they have to build upwards.

Create a crafty porcupine with your first grader, and use the opportunity to teach your little one about it's ingenious (yet painful!) defense mechanism.

Bring the rich history of Thanksgiving to life with a quirky and sweet paper plate craft.

Famous statues of gargoyles protect churches and houses all over Europe, and now your kid can have one of his own, complete with squishy tongue and bouncy arms!

Let your first grader get inspired by the fiery fall colors outside his window by creating a beautiful handprint tree!

Hand-painted pottery is the perfect way to add a bit of decoration to your potted plants.

Learn how to make fairy wings with these easy instructions. See how to make fairy wings for Halloween or dress-up time.

Halloween wouldn't be complete without a creepy paper hand with spider and eyeball rings to help decorate a haunted house!

Did you know that witches are a very popular Halloween costume? This October the 31st, your child will learn how to create their very own decorative witch hat.

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!

Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone's day.

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

Make a "feeling meter" that helps your first grader read key feeling words and communicate his emotions accurately to you.