1st and 2nd Grade Construction & Sculpture Activities

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Make a gingerbread house with your kid with this tutorial. Learn how to make a gingerbread house using a milk carton, graham crackers, and frosting.

This simple and fun project introduces kids to the art of pottery and offers them a glimpse into how ancient peoples created the very first Neolithic pottery.

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.

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!

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

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

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.

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

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

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

Fly into some rainy day fun with a cardboard airplane project. Making paper airplanes is fun, but you can add a new twist by using recycled materials instead.

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

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

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

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!

This Santa puppet brings a little extra cheer to your Christmas celebration. Make a Santa puppet with your child this holiday season.