4th Grade Construction & Sculpture Activities

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

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

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

This paper mache snowman is a unique winter craft for kids. Use this paper mache snowman to show your child the wonders of this three-dimensional art form.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Craft butterflies from coffee filters in this sweet spring craft project!

Turn an abstract lesson into a practical craft with the fun and colorful creation of dough earth layers!

Challenge your fourth grader to try to recreate the geography of her state using just flour, salt, and water.

Ignite your child's creativity by having them design their own clay version of an alebrije, a traditional fanciful creature like the ones made in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

Making a freedom kite is a great way to show appreciation on Memorial Day or July 4th, and enjoy the summer sunshine with family.

Confetti balloons pack a triple-punch, with tiny messages, colorful confetti, and balloons. Use confetti balloons to add some fun to your next celebration.

This Santa puppet brings a little extra cheer to your Christmas celebration. Make a Santa puppet with your child this holiday season.

Looking for way to help Japan? Start by making paper cranes! Learn how you and your child can show your support for Japan through the art of origami.

Help your child get ready for back to school with this fun fifth grade activity, which has him creating an "I'm Studying" door sign.

This fragrant drawer sachet keeps clothes smelling sweet, and makes for the perfect gift.

There's more to corn than the sweet yellow kernels. This easy craft project shows you and your kid how to make pretty corn husk flowers using just a few tools.

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!

Music is all around us. Bring some melody into your home with a hand-crafted door harp.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

Capture a bit of magic with these mesmerizing ice balloons!

Here's a homemade bulletin board project to help your fourth grader's school year start off right.