1st - 4th Grade Construction & Sculpture Activities

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.

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

Let your second grader channel a famous Dr. Seuss character--the Cat in the Hat--with this hat-making activity inspired by the main character.

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.

Show your third grader how to string together a pretty, decorative harp.

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

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

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.

Celebrate the Presidents Day the creative way by constructing toilet paper tube figurines of a couple famous U.S. Presidents!

This year, celebrate the season with a pumpkin wreath! Have your kid trace and cut patterns to create multiple pumpkin shapes from a single sheet of paper.

Learn about the architecture of Asia by building your very own model of a pagoda!

Build a paper boat that's modeled on the ones used to cross the Nile River in ancient Egypt!

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

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

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

Show your third grader how to craft his own version of the symbolic Olympic rings using some easy-to-find art supplies!

Capture a bit of magic with these mesmerizing ice balloons!

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

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

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

The pinwheel is a simple toy that has been around for years and uses the wonders of the wind to spin it and delight kids of all ages!

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

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

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

Create a string of paper jack-o'-lanterns with this simple Halloween paper craft!

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

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.

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!