3rd - 5th Grade Construction & Sculpture Activities

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.

Design a colorful leprechaun trap—and make some memories—with this fun St. Patrick's Day craft project!

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.

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

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.

Celebrate the Presidents Day the creative way by constructing toilet paper tube figurines of a couple famous U.S. Presidents!

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.

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!

Make your very own fortune cookies from paper and share good fortunes with family and friends.

Learn about the architecture of Asia by building your very own model of a pagoda!

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

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

Show your third grader how to craft his own version of the symbolic Olympic rings using some easy-to-find art supplies!

Capture a bit of magic with these mesmerizing ice balloons!

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

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

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!

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

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

Get excited for St. Patrick's Day by making a Celtic knot.

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

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

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

Help your 4th grader learn how to make a topographic map and strengthen key grade level social studies and math skills in the process.

Help your fifth grader bring the magnificent spirit of Rome to a modern day, personalized clay coin.

Honor dad's fatherly achievements with a handmade plaque for a job well done!

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.

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