Kindergarten Arts & Crafts Learning Resources

Teach the kids how a bird's nest is made by making your own nests using only natural materials!

Make a color coded "mood meter" with your kindergartener to help her recognize and tell her feelings while building reading and writing skills.

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

This homemade parachute toy is incredibly easy to build. Plus, it gives kids an excuse to investigate and experiment...the backbone of kindergarten science.

This fun craft will teach your child a little bit about the human skeletal system and can be adapted to teach the biology of many different living animals.

Help your child make a festive woven basket using paper bowls and yarn that is sure to please and fun to make.

Try this goofy, first grade phonics craft that focuses on the letter "F" as in "Frog" and helps build crucial reading and spelling skills in your first grader.

Your first grader or preschooler will love this arts and crafts activity. Write an "invisible" message in white crayon, then paint over it to reveal the secret!

Make an eye catching sun catcher with your child that not only brightens any window but also builds his fine motor skills and creativity.

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Music instruments can be expensive. Sidestep steep prices with this art project that uses recycled materials to create a melodious music maker!

Here's a fun and magical art activity, where kids paint an invisible picture that can only be revealed when painted over with watercolors!

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

This science project lets kids explore what happens when water and paper interact, and it produces homemade paper perfect for gift tags or stationery.

This underwater painting is as colorful as it is fun!

Craft a sparkling magic wand and let your child pretend she's a fairy, wizard, or magician!

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery--and then he'll make a texture book!

Ignite your kindergartener's love of adventure and learning with an imaginary trip under the sea.

Kids entranced by Little House on the Prairie? This popsicle stick "log cabin" is a great introduction to pioneer history.

This beaded wind chime is fun to make and it gets kids experimenting with patterns, a key kindergarten math skill.

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!