Kindergarten and 1st Grade Activities : Page 17

Pine cone decorations are fun and festive for the Christmas season. Make pine cone decorations with your child to celebrate the beauty of winter.

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

This spider hat activity challenges your child to learn about spiders and improve fine motor skills. Make a spider hat with your child on Halloween or any time.

Help your daughter organize all of her barrettes with this fun and colorful activity!

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

Help your child create his own pinata in this fun and easy activity. Use paper mache and fingerpaint for a party pinata everyone will love.

In this awesome science fair project idea, kids will be attempting to pick up different objects using snail slime.

Collect 26 rocks and paint each one with a letter of the alphabet for your very own alphabet rock collection.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

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

Hop over to the craft table and make this easy bunny puppet!

Make vibrant faux stained glass art inspired by the art of Piet Mondrian, a Dutch painter who explored repeating shapes using the primary colors.

This flannel board will give your child hands-on practice with math, but in a fun format, full of ladybugs.

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

Using just a deck of old playing cards and some general craft supplies, you can create a unique and fun Valentine's Day decoration that's made with love.

Help your child harness some of her festive holiday spirit with a paper plate craft that doubles as a musical instrument!

Your child will decorate a headband with any bugs they can think of, then they'll add antennae so they can pretend to be a bug!

A tall glass of lemonade is the perfect summer treat. Make it even better with these creative twists on classic lemonade!

Create a little magic with this special craft that transforms a regular paper tree into a Valentine masterpiece.

This autumn science project magically turns green leaves into autumn leaves by using crayon shavings and heat.

Make a shiny decorative Menorah using an egg carton and light bulbs.

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!

Travel back to the Jurassic age with this creative dinosaur activity that would make a great addition to any wall or fridge.

Entertain your next batch of energetic youngsters with a Halloween-inspired candy hunt!

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with your child and teach her about Mexican heritage with this fun arts and crafts activity.

This colorful foam pencil topper will glam up any boring pencil and is guaranteed to add personality to any pencil case!

This St. Patrick's-themed color game reinforces your kindergartener's recognition of green objects, and also gives her reading and listening skills a work out.

Explore African culture by helping your child make his very own djembe drum! Help your child explore music and rhythm as he celebrates Black History Month.

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.