1st and 2nd Grade Construction & Sculpture Activities

A Valentine's Day pop-up card is the perfect way to show your love on February 14th. Get creative with a fun 3-D paper art project.

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

This unique project will help your child learn the basics of assemblage and he'll create a perfectly festive pumpkin in the process.

This heart paper chain is the perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day. Include some decorations in a simple AB pattern and work on pattern recognition.

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its tentacles!

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

This valentine bag craft makes a chic little pouch that holds cards and treats. Fall in love with this valentine bag craft this February.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Valentine's Day is a great day to show loved ones how much you appreciate them, and this love bug craft is an adorably simple way to spread the love.

Your child will boost her gross motor skills as she has fun playing with your easy-to-make and totally safe dart board and dart balls.

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

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

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

Explore form, space, and texture with your child this Valentine's Day by making a charming papier-mâché heart sculpture!

Get a leg up on counting concepts with this project where art and math collide.

No matter the occasion, this flag craft is the perfect way for you child to proudly display her love of the red, white and blue!

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

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

Winter is a great time to build a friendly snowman! Turn regular modeling clay into a glittery snowy surprise.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this second grade shamrock tote bag craft.

Decorating pumpkins is a safer, cleaner alternative to carving. These Cubist art pumpkins are easy and fun to make, and serve as great fall decor.

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

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

Make your own dreidel from modeling clay with this Hannukah craft activity!

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

Create a unique gift that is as useful as it is gorgeous by using eggshells, tempera paint and glue.

Make cleaning fun with a duster made from a decorated tube sock.

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

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