Elementary School Construction & Sculpture Educational Resources : Page 2

Show your third grader how to string together a pretty, decorative harp.

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

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Build a paper boat that's modeled on the ones used to cross the Nile River in ancient Egypt!

Transform a paper coffee cup into an adorable Easter bunny gift basket in this second grade arts and crafts activity.

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!

How do you turn an everyday object into a scary skeleton? This project is the perfect way to practice counting while using cotton swabs to create a skeleton.

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.

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

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

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.

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

Learn about the architecture of Asia by building your very own model of a pagoda!

This little bumble bee is the perfect springtime party table decoration and is great practice for pattern-making, folding and cutting.

Add a little sparkle and shine to your Christmas or Easter decorations: make a charming blown egg ornament in this fourth grade arts and crafts activity.

Make your very own fortune cookies from paper and share good fortunes with family and friends.

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.

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

Make a family tree with your child to teach him about his personal history. Make a family tree with this tutorial, and teach your kid about his family history.

These easy-to-make felt friends are created by sewing two pieces of felt together with yarn and make great gifts for holidays such as Easter.

Make a peace dove to commemorate Black History Month and hang it in your home as a quiet reminder of the spirit of the movement.

Create a string of paper jack-o'-lanterns with this simple Halloween paper craft!

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

Can your third grader catch a leprechaun using a homemade trap? Help her entice these folkloric Irish fairies with gold coins that they simply can't resist.

Lots of kids wonder what it would be like to be a police officer. Celebrate the people who help keep our communities safe with this fun craft.

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!

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

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

Help your 4th grader learn how to make a topographic map and strengthen key grade level social studies and math skills in the process.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.