Kindergarten and 1st Grade Construction & Sculpture Educational Resources

Make a peace dove to commemorate Black History Month and hang it in your home as a quiet reminder of the spirit of the movement.

This fun craft will teach your child a little bit about the human skeletal system and can be adapted to teach the biology of many different living animals.

This creepy, crawly spider fiber arts project is a great way to practice combining different materials to create an interesting work of decorative art.

How do you turn an everyday object into a scary skeleton? This project is the perfect way to practice counting while using cotton swabs to create a skeleton.

Get into the Halloween spirit by creating creepy (but cute) spiders from paper egg cartons, paint, and pipe cleaners.

Recycle your cereal boxes and engage your child's creativity with this fun arts and crafts project.

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

Kids entranced by Little House on the Prairie? This popsicle stick "log cabin" is a great introduction to pioneer history.

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

Make your own dreidel from modeling clay with this Hannukah craft activity!

These paper pumpkins will make lovely, festive centerpieces in your home this fall.

Lots of kids wonder what it would be like to be a police officer. Celebrate the people who help keep our communities safe with this fun craft.

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

Make a family tree with your child to teach him about his personal history. Make a family tree with this tutorial, and teach your kid about his family history.

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

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

Craft a sparkling magic wand and let your child pretend she's a fairy, wizard, or magician!

Help your child will learn about shapes and patterns by creating her own masterpiece mosaic out of dried beans.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Give your child an American history lesson as you create a colorful mini totem pole!

Help your child practice her counting as she makes this fun and festive holiday decoration!

For most kids the fun is in the process, and making a dollhouse out of cardboard boxes is as creative as it gets! Here's how to make your own dollhouse.

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.

Here's a Halloween arts and crafts activity for your preschooler, pre-kindergartener, or kindergartener: make bat wings of poster board and ribbon.

Make a garland of paper flags representing your child's favorite countries.

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

Sweets are for the sweet, but this pretty frame will last longer than a box of chocolates.

Even your first grader can get involved in the lighting of the Kwanzaa Kinara with this clever flameless Kinara project!

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

This marshmallow snowman craft is a festive way for your child to practice counting and art. Make a marshmallow snowman with your child this holiday season.