4th and 5th Grade Arts & Crafts Activities

Have your child create a little leprechaun to celebrate the season and create a little mischief.

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

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

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

Greek mythology offers up some of the most epic tales ever. This Greek mythology tree activity introduces him to some of the main characters in Greek mythology.

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

Use these pretty egg carton flowers to decorate a spring table. They don't require water, they'll never wilt, and they're perfect for Easter.

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall 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.

Do something totally unique and new with a pumpkin this year! Practice designing patterns with stripes, zigzags, or geometric shapes. The sky's the limit!

Learn how to make a trick-or-treat bag for Halloween. See how to make a decorative trick-or-treat bag with this Halloween craft tutorial.

Make a sweet, budget-friendly treat for your loved ones with these trick-or-treat lollipops.

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

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!

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!

Invite your child to craft dream cloud magnets to display their hopes and visions for the future!

This costume wig is a simple craft that will result in a great item for Halloween, dress up, or pretend play. Make a yarn costume wig with your child.

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

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

Decorate with a banner made from paper, clover shapes and buttons to celebrate spring or St. Patrick's Day!

Capture a bit of magic with these mesmerizing ice balloons!

Using an empty plastic bottle, your child can create a newfangled version of this African percussion instrument.

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

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

Teach your fourth grader foreshortening, a type of visual perspective in art with this fun and easy activity!

Explore geometry, patterns, and history by creating pretty decorative Islamic tile art.

Celebrate the spirit of Dr. King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech with this meaningful and educational art project.