1st and 2nd Grade Construction & Sculpture Educational Resources : Page 2

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.

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

Try making these hand-dipped candles with your child and help bring colonial history to life!

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

Enjoy the beauty of winter from the comfort of your home with this first grade art activity: make sparkly snowflake sculptures using modeling clay and glitter.

This activity encourages children to sculpt in free form. The only rule is that they have to build upwards.

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

Light up your home with this lightning bug craft that will keep glowing even after summer's gone!

With a few creases and crimps, you can turn regular old aluminum foil into tin foil art!

Help your child experiment with the combination of acid and baking soda by making these homemade bath bombs!

Bring the zoo to you with this fun second grade arts and crafts activity: make a mini menagerie using colored pipe cleaners, a pencil and marker, and eyes!

Explore griffins, dragons, and other medieval mythical beasts through sculpture by making your own bas relief beast out of modeling clay.

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

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

Thousands of witches that come out to celebrate Halloween. Now, your child can make her very own self-standing witch.

Help your child observe Veterans Day by having him create a paper chain American flag; it's a fun and crafty way to show your patriotism.

Why wait for the Easter bunny to arrive when your child can become a bunny herself? Creating a bunny mask is the perfect way to celebrate Easter.

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

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

Forget model kits! Promote creativity by having your child construct a dinosaur model using marshmallows and toothpicks.

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

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

Making gift bags for a Halloween party or tricker-treaters is a great way for your child to learn a bit about geometry and origami!

Help your child rocket off for some high-flying fun with a jet pack you make from recycled materials and a few odds and ends.

This Thanksgiving, make a pine cone turkey that can double as a personalized place setting for each family member.

Invite children to create a Fourth of July centerpiece with this simple craft activity!

Help your child craft a magnetic menorah that they can safely "light" themselves!

Even your first grader can get involved in the lighting of the Kwanzaa Kinara with this clever flameless Kinara project!