2nd Grade Arts & Crafts Learning Resources

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its giant tentacles!

This gooey, squishy recipe will introduce your second grader to the world of measurements without seeming like a lesson or a chore.

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

This Fourth of July, create some explosive colors on black paper for fun Fourth of July decorations!

Help your child experiment with the combination of acid and baking soda by making these homemade bath bombs!

Teach your child about the art of ancient Australia by creating your own handprint art just like Aboriginal artists did thousands of years ago.

Even the birds need to get out of the rain during the winter months. Help your child help nature and fill a lazy afternoon with this easy, cute craft.

Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

Try making these hand-dipped candles with your child and help bring colonial history to life!

Paper bag reindeer are perfect for handing out holiday goodies in style. Make a paper bag reindeer with your child this Christmas season.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

Need another reason to celebrate Thanksgiving? Now kids can create a sunny, textured sunflower card to remember the day!

All you need to put together this guitar is an old shoebox. Soon your kid will be rocking out while saving room in the landfill.

Strengthen math and social studies skills with this beautiful patriotic placemat "quilt" project!

Recycle bottles of different shapes and sizes to create a group of unique dolls that are as unique as the real people around you!

Give your second-grader insight into the Huichol culture of Mexico with this arts and craft activity by creating an ojo de Dios (eye of God), or yarn weaving.

This simple and fun project introduces kids to the art of pottery and offers them a glimpse into how ancient peoples created the very first Neolithic pottery.