1st and 2nd Grade Arts & Crafts Activities

This homemade pom-pom garland requires very few materials and instantly brightens up a room with Easter-themed pastels.

Capture your beach memories—not with a photograph, but with a beach mosaic made from that classic beach souvenir, the shell.

Help your child channel his inner wizard with this crafty activity perfect for imaginative youngsters.

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.

Have your child create a little leprechaun to celebrate the season and create a little mischief.

This uniquely cute Easter bunny craft will give your child practice tracing their handprint while repurposing a paper plate as the base for their bunny.

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

Give your child some practice with even numbers, while creating a cute Christmas keepsake. Create this skip counting book.

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

Use these pretty egg carton flowers to decorate a spring table. They don't require water, they'll never wilt, and they're perfect for Easter.

Make a clever egg pop-up card for Easter that hides a special surprise: open the flaps, and out pops a fluffy baby chick!

Help your child discover the difference between his wants and needs using this poster.

Design a colorful leprechaun trap—and make some memories—with this fun St. Patrick's Day craft project!

Craft butterflies from coffee filters in this sweet spring craft project!

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

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.

Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.

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

This easy craft project boosts counting and fine motor skills, and will help kids learn about Jewish culture.

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

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

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.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

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

Make a bouquet of colorful duct tape flowers in this hands-on spring craft.

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!

In this activity, your child will prepare for the first night of Passover by creating her own Seder plate.

Help your child make a picture of a four-leaf clover this St. Patrick's Day. It's thought that whoever finds a four-leaf clover will enjoy good luck!

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