1st and 2nd Grade Painting & Drawing Educational Resources

Transform an old chair into a chalkboard canvas! This painting activity is a useful and creative way to add some quirky charm to your existing furniture.

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

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

This crafty activity will help your child develop an understanding of important math concepts like patterning and spatial awareness.

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

Create a little magic with this special craft that transforms a regular paper tree into a Valentine masterpiece.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

Layer images and handprint owls to create a Halloween painting!

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

In this activity, kids use sponges to make textured stamps for homemade, artistic Valentine's Day cards.

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

Your first grader can create this cute heart puzzle with craft sticks and watercolor paints to challenge her friends!

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

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

Learn all about Misty Copeland, a famous African American ballerina with this hands-on, colorful art project!

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

With this fun and easy method of printing your child will draw patterns, trace them with yarn, paint and press their very own masterpieces.

If your first grader has a hard time practicing his vocabulary skills, introduce him to this fun word building game.

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

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Teach your child about the importance and peacefulness of Ramadan as she gets creative drawing domes, minarets and prayer halls.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

Take a fun and simple look at the concept of parallel lines with your child. This art activity is great for fine motor skills and perfect for Valentine's Day!

Use painted pasta to create your very own ancient Egyptian necklace.

Let the world be your canvas by transforming an ordinary household window into a snowy holiday scene.