2nd - 4th Grade Construction & Sculpture Educational Resources

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!

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.

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

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.

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

Instead of pulling out the usual Easter decorations, have your child transform cupcake liners into mini Easter baskets.

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

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

Weave colorful Easter basket pictures out of construction paper and ribbon that open to reveal an assortment of fun Easter shapes!

Are you tired of the same old Easter egg dying routine? Does your kid love to try new art techniques? If so, try making Easter eggs out of embroidery floss!

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

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

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.

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.

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

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!

This little bumble bee is the perfect springtime party table decoration and is great practice for pattern-making, folding and cutting.

Add a little sparkle and shine to your Christmas or Easter decorations: make a charming blown egg ornament in this fourth grade arts and crafts activity.

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.

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

These easy-to-make felt friends are created by sewing two pieces of felt together with yarn and make great gifts for holidays such as Easter.

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

Can your third grader catch a leprechaun using a homemade trap? Help her entice these folkloric Irish fairies with gold coins that they simply can't resist.