Preschool - 1st Grade Spring Activities

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Use these pretty egg carton flowers to decorate a spring table. They don't require water, they'll never wilt, and they're perfect for Easter.

Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

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

Help your kindergartener identify and sort eight different kinds of common seeds on this "seed wheel" plate you can use all growing season.

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

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

Celebrate the blooming season with your kid by showing him how to make a magical spring mosaic out of all natural materials!

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

Make a clever egg pop-up card for Easter that hides a special surprise: open the flaps, and out pops a fluffy baby chick!

Whatever the season, celebrate greenery and growth by helping your child study some delightful spring words.

Combine an introduction to shape and counting with a springtime art project by showing your kindergartener how to create a vibrant rainbow mosaic.

Help your child add some flair to the family garden with pencil pinwheels!

Looking for a way to channel your spring fever? Create a beautiful spring centerpiece with your child!

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

Celebrate April showers with a springtime arts and crafts activity: make sparkly, shiny raindrops with your kid.

Achieve the amusement of a pet without all the hassle! This easy-to-craft activity shows your kindergartener how to make his very own pet out of pom-poms.

Put old, worn-out picture books to work by constructing a book birdhouse, perfect for welcoming spring.

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

There are a lot of ways to make decorative wreaths. This wreath uses cloth and egg carton flowers!

Do this activity to help your kids see how seeds contain "baby" versions of big plant stems, roots, and leaves.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Celebrate the coming of Spring and Earth Day with this 3-D art project that makes use of recycled materials.

Enjoy the beautiful outdoors and indulge in a colorful game of I Spy while you're at it! It's just as fun as classic I Spy but twice as educational.

Invite the hungry caterpillar over to your house by creating a larger-than-life, colorful caterpillar friend out of balloons!

Merge the excitement of basketball tournaments with students’ excitement about books! This activity gives kids a chance to read and form opinions about the books.

this mosaic-inspired activity uses kid-friendly yarn and glue to help your kindergarten kid design her own vibrant, brightly-colored flower.

Here's a springtime arts and crafts activity for preschoolers: make batik Easter eggs using melted candle wax and homemade dye.

Kids make a cute pipe cleaner bumble bee craft and learn a few interesting bee facts along the way in this spring-themed arts and crafts activity.