2nd - 5th Grade Painting & Drawing Educational Resources

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

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.

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having your child create a baseball card!

A woven heart makes a thoughtful and heartfelt gift for a special friend or family member on Valentine's Day. Make a woven heart with your young crafter.

Create your own version of an Aboriginal Australian dot painting in this fun activity!

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

This heart print makes the perfect simple and sweet gift for Valentine's Day!

Make some cool hearts that are sure to brighten anyone's Valentine's Day. This project is a opportunity to play with overlapping shapes and show your love!

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!

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

Create your very own creepy, haunted castle sitting in a turbulent field of flowing grass, eerily surrounded by dark, ominous clouds.

Layer images and handprint owls to create a Halloween painting!

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

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

A heart ornament is a adorable decoration that shares the love on Valentine's Day. Make a heart ornament with your child this February.

This fun art activity gets your child to create background and foreground elements, building his art skills and creative development.

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.

Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.

Embrace the spooky and creepy thrills of Halloween night with a nightlight that will do more to frighten than soothe.

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

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

Spark your child's interest in international sporting events by creating a banner of world flags.

Learn all about Misty Copeland, a famous African American ballerina with this hands-on, colorful art project!

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

Show your young artist how to celebrate Mary Cassatt, an Impressionist painter, by creating a mother-child painting in her style.

Help your fifth grader honor Black History month and the musical genre of jazz by crafting decorative music notes embellished with jazz musical instruments.