Elementary School Fall Arts & Crafts Educational Resources

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

Arrange a cluster of glittering pumpkins on your dining table or use them as individual place cards to add a little sparkle to your next fall party.

Layer images and handprint owls to create a Halloween painting!

This crafty activity will help your child develop an understanding of important math concepts like patterning and spatial awareness.

Create a fun fall leaf rubbing with your child to explore shapes and textures this fall.

This simple and seasonal kid activity turns glue and food coloring into beautiful autumn leaves that will last forever.

Dive into U.S. colonial history by making a simple bottle gourd water cooler, crafted by colonists of Roanoke Island in the 16th century.

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

This fun art project is a great way to introduce your child to some basic geometry.

These paper pumpkins will make lovely, festive centerpieces in your home this fall.

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

This year, celebrate the season with a pumpkin wreath! Have your kid trace and cut patterns to create multiple pumpkin shapes from a single sheet of paper.

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

Your child can emulate M.C. Escher with this hands-on art project for fall and Thanksgiving.

Teach your first or second grader about an important Mexican holiday, the Day of the Dead, with this traditional skeleton mask made out of a paper plate.

Satisfy your child's love of the game with a paper project starring his favorite pigskin!

This nature craft is a great way for your child to learn about the fall season and make a festive decoration to display in your home.

Here's an wholesome arts and crafts activity for your kid: create awesome handmade apple note cards with just some paint and blank paper!

Celebrate autumn by making a beautiful pastel art piece with corn as its theme.

Have a little fun playing with food this Thanksgiving, and a silly harvest holiday potato with your child!

Get started on an ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos with this easy edible sugar skull project.

Enjoy some autumn fun, and develop measurement skills with this sweet-smelling fall art project.

Halloween is a great opportunity to look around and see faces that are funny, scary, happy and sad.

This unique project will help your child learn the basics of assemblage and he'll create a perfectly festive pumpkin in the process.

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

Celebrate the popular holiday Diwali with a craft! Make a homemade diya lamp to welcome light over darkness.

Decorating pumpkins is a safer, cleaner alternative to carving. These Cubist art pumpkins are easy and fun to make, and serve as great fall decor.