2nd and 3rd Grade Arts & Crafts Science Resources

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

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

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.

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.

This Valentine's Day, pair up science and crafting with this simple crystal formation project that's sure to bring a little love into your home.

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

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

Set your young chemist up for an afternoon of science-fueled magic with a deceptively simple activity starring baking soda and vinegar!

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

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

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

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!

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!

Your child will create her own falling snowflakes using white paper and glue them over a tree, so it appears as if they are falling from the sky.

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

This fun marbled paper craft uses things you're likely to have around your house, and it teaches kids some simple chemistry too!

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

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.

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

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

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

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

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.

Make a DIY golf putter and design your own golf putting course in this 2nd-3rd grade arts and crafts/game activity.

Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!