Elementary School Construction & Sculpture Social Studies Resources

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

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

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!

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

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

Help your fifth grader bring the magnificent spirit of Rome to a modern day, personalized clay coin.

Give your child an American history lesson as you create a colorful mini totem pole!

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

Chinese New Year is a time when many different luck-bringing rituals are performed. In this activity your child will create a lucky trinket.

Whether your child is celebrating a great American holiday or simply feeling patriotic, this american flag craft is sure to please your little artist.

Nothing says party like a bright and bursting piÃata! Create your own mini festive centerpiece with paper towel rolls and ribbons.

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.

Teach your child about Chinese New Year by creating a dragon float inspired by the brilliant traditional ones seen in Chinese new year parades.

Make this dragon relief with your first grader to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and teach her about an important part of Chinese culture.

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

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

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

Have the children play a more active role in the Seder by helping them prepare paper puppets that represent the ten plagues.

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

In this activity, your child will learn how to make a drop spindle with a handy vegetable.

Combine music, history and craft by making a Native American instrument of your own

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.

Your first or second grader will delight in creating multi-colored confetti egg smashers, traditional in Mexico, called cascarones!

Make ancient Egypt come alive by showing kids how to make their own mini sarcophagus out of a shoe box.

Ignite your child's creativity by having them design their own clay version of an alebrije, a traditional fanciful creature like the ones made in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Combine art, history and food with this unique project! Your child will make her own butters, and learn a little about Colonial history at the same time

Make a paper plate puppet that'll help your child imagine what it's like to be in a performance of the dragon dance.

In this activity, your child will create a red envelope that can be filled with money to spread good will and ward off evil spirits in the New Year.

Create a yarn doll out of a few toothpicks and colorful string with this Guatemalan craft.

Bring a bit of the fun of Yuan Xiao Jie to your home with this lantern activity. Happy New Year!