1st - 3rd Grade Arts & Crafts Activities

Use a simple toothbrush and a splatter painting technique to create this sparkling skyline work of art!

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

Make a beautiful nature silhouette to remember a family walk in the park or a camping trip with friends.

Make these lasting felt hearts and fill them with a sweet smelling combination of rice and spices to keep the Valentine spirit alive all year long.

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!

This shamrock wreath will allow your child to practice tracing and layering shapes and is the perfect way to get everyone in the mood for St. Patrick's Day.

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.

This little chick is so cute that your child will want to make a whole flock to call her own.

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.

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.