1st and 2nd Grade Arts & Crafts Science Resources

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

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

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

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

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.