Elementary School Painting & Drawing Educational Resources : Page 2

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Are you looking for an out-of-this world activity that's both fun and educational? This solar system garland is a great way to introduce your child to astronomy.

Make hand-painted stemware to give away as a gift in this unique arts and crafts activity.

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

Make a poster with your child about what she wants to be when she grows up, while helping her practice her writing, researching, and artistic skills.

Jump into Japanese culture with your child by making your own calligraphy scroll. Try your hand at painting kanji on paper just like Zen masters of old!

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.

Spark your child's interest in international sporting events by creating a banner of world flags.

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

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

Collect 26 rocks and paint each one with a letter of the alphabet for your very own alphabet rock collection.

In this activity you'll use coffee...to paint! It's a wonderful way to provide your child with a hands-on experience with natural dyes.

Show your young artist how to celebrate Mary Cassatt, an Impressionist painter, by creating a mother-child painting in her style.

Your child will decorate a headband with any bugs they can think of, then they'll add antennae so they can pretend to be a bug!

Make a garland of paper flags representing your child's favorite countries.

Every year at the Passover Seder, the Ten Plagues are mentioned as part of the ritual. Have your kid draw the plagues to help him remember their importance.

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

Travel back to the Jurassic age with this creative dinosaur activity that would make a great addition to any wall or fridge.

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

Brighten up your home with this fun activity! Make a summer sun print and teach your child the art of easy print making.

Encourage your child to create a tribute to their past, and explore future dreams and goals with this narrative assemblage.

Create a sun catcher using baby oil and construction paper in this science-experiment-meets-art-project!

This Labor Day, help your child explore various occupations by discussing the tools workers use on a daily basis at their jobs.

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Your kindergartener will make prints of his favorite fruits and vegetables and learn how to organize and assemble his very own book.