2nd Grade Painting & Drawing Educational Resources

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.

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

Layer images and handprint owls to create a Halloween painting!

Take your child outside during winter time and have them observe the leafless trees before having them make a watercolor of a tree or trees using masking tape. They’re sure to love their winter tree painting, plus they make lovely decorations in the home!

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.

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

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

Brrrrr! It's chilly outside. Now's the perfect time to create a snow globe. But, don't worry, you don't need glass for this dome.

In this activity you'll use coffee...to paint! It's a wonderful way to provide your child with a hands-on experience with natural dyes.

Learn about the ancient art of Japanese calligraphy with this New Year's activity about kakizome.

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

Your child can emulate M.C. Escher with this hands-on art project for fall and Thanksgiving.

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!

Create an outer space painting with chalk, water and black paper in this art project that explores the solar system.

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

Teach your little one to appreciate all the best things in life with a keepsake Thanksgiving plate.

This adorable activity is a great way to share the Gingerbread Man story with your kid while she practices assemblage.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

Get fired up for the new school year with a "Back-to-School Calendar" you and your child can make at home.

Before your crafty kid moves on to sewing needles and thread, help her create a beautiful cross-stitch pattern with markers!

Here's a fun family activity: have your child make a cameo appearance by creating and drawing on their own silhouettes!

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

Make sure your child is prepared for Halloween by having him create a stamp-printing that says: "Trick or treat? Smell my feet!"

Your child can get out the acrylic paints and create a colorful paperweight perfect for dad this Father's Day!

With this fun and easy method of printing your child will draw patterns, trace them with yarn, paint and press their very own masterpieces.

Your child will have fun creating an Earth Day Plate that he can eat off as often as he likes!

This Fourth of July, create some explosive colors on black paper for fun Fourth of July decorations!

Re-purpose a tin can into a pretty compost bucket for your family's kitchen counter and learn about the science and fun of recycling and renewing objects.