Elementary School Paper & Glue Crafts Science Activities

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

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.

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

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

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

Celebrate April showers with a springtime arts and crafts activity: make sparkly, shiny raindrops with your kid.

Make your own helicopter using a paper clip and a sheet of paper. Hold the spinner up in the air, let it go, and watch it spin gracefully to the ground.

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.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

Try hammering some plants with your kids to teach them a valuable lesson in flower science while making beautiful artwork in the process!

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!

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

Who says snow globes are just for winter? Help your child create a summer version with this fun art project!

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

Learn how to make marbleized paper with simple everyday ingredients in this fun activity! Your child will learn about oil and water while doing this project.

Your child will create her own falling snowflakes using white paper and glue them over a tree, so it appears as if they are falling from the sky.

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

If your mom likes flowers, make her a sweet gift that she'll treasure with this fun craft, a pretty Pressed Flowers Card!

This craft is an excellent way to learn about African-American history, and it also provides fine motor practice.

Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

This fun marbled paper craft uses things you're likely to have around your house, and it teaches kids some simple chemistry too!

Pair a planetarium visit with this fun art project that mimics the look of far-off galaxies.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

Help your kindergartener expand social studies and science work while creating this lovely bag clip for the holidays.

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).

Help your young scientist celebrate the wonders of the night sky in the comfort of your own home.

Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.