1st - 4th Grade Spring Activities : Page 2

Invite the hungry caterpillar over to your house by creating a larger-than-life, colorful caterpillar friend out of balloons!

Make this spring break a memorable one by creating a "growth" flower with your child, also great for your second grader's writing practice!

Embroidery ain't your grandma's art anymore...it can be adapted to a number of cool designs Jazz up a traditional fabric embellishment with sparkly beads!

These delicious Easter Basket Cupcakes are a simple, creative holiday treat. These cupcakes sit in waffle bowls with festive coconut grass and jellybean eggs.

Celebrate the blooming season with your kid by showing him how to make a magical spring mosaic out of all natural materials!

Make cards this May Day celebrating the arrival of springtime.

Collage this elegant spring-themed card that's sure to freshen someone's day!

Make a seed bomb and let your junior guerilla gardener spread flowers far and wide.

This stamp-making fabric craft will get you in the mood for a picnic and get your child excited about fruit.

Unlike other seed sprouting projects, this one allows kids to compare five different sprouts (either 5 herbs or 5 flowers) by watching them grow in a glove.

Kids paint a still life of a vase of flowers using colors found side by side on the color wheel, just like Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers.

Celebrate the season of flowers with a homemade vase budding with blooms of the season. Filled with the warmth of a sunny day, it's just the thing for spring.

Celebrate spring with a cute cut-out bug button your child can make out of colorful felt and markers!

Inspired by the children's book, Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, this card brings the spunky spider Charlotte to life!

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

Help your first grader emboss his own design reminiscent of Middle Ages metalwork. Using foil and a wooden stylus, he'll create pretty springtime flower images.

Merge the excitement of basketball tournaments with students’ excitement about books! This activity gives kids a chance to read and form opinions about the books.

Enjoy the beautiful outdoors and indulge in a colorful game of I Spy while you're at it! It's just as fun as classic I Spy but twice as educational.

Making decorative pottery is a great way to experiment with making patterns and texture on a traditionally smooth surface.

Hand-painted pottery is the perfect way to add a bit of decoration to your potted plants.