1st and 2nd Grade Paper & Glue Crafts Activities

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

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

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.

Get kids to celebrate Earth Day by designing their very own junk truck.

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

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

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

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

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

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

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

Bring barnyard fun to a rainy day by making this simple pig nose, or make several noses and round up two of your child's friends to act out Three Little Pigs.

Take a break with a paper bag costume. A great rainy-day art project.

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

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

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.

In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

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

Making these fabulous cupcake liner flowers is a great way to introduce your child to relief artwork and patterns.

Your child can use colorful construction paper to make an easy paper basket to hold some of his special things!

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

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.

Are you looking for a fun craft for the next big American holiday? Make this hat with your kid and let him march around the room like a Revolutionary soldier!

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

Covered in patterns and reflective texture, this paper purse is sure to stand out!

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 preschooler chart her good eating habits with this arts and crafts activity that has her making a healthy fruits and vegetables rainbow and graph!

Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!

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.